Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
| Men's singles tennis at the Games of the I Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Singles final in 1896 Olympic tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Neo Phaliron Velodrome Athens Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||||||
| Dates | April 8 (first round) April 9 (quarterfinals) April 10 (semifinals) April 11 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Template:TennisAt1896SummerOlympics The men's singles was one of two tennis events on the Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The sixteen entrants were seeded into a single-elimination tournament, with only thirteen of the players actually competing. They represented six nations.
Standings
| Place | Athlete |
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| 1 |  John Pius Boland (GBR)
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| 2 |  Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE)
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| 3 |  Momčilo Tapavica (HUN)
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| Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE)
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| 5 | Aristidis Akratopoulos (GRE)
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| Konstantinos Akratopoulos (GRE)
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| Evangelos Rallis (GRE)
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| 8 |  J. Defert (FRA)
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 Edwin Flack (AUS)
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| D. Frangopoulos (GRE)
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| Demetrios Petrokokkinos (GRE)
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| George S. Robertson (GBR)
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 Friedrich Traun (GER)
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Bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A. Akratopoulos
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 Flack (AUS)
| A. Akratopoulos
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| Paspatis
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| Robertson
| Paspatis
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| Rallis
| Boland
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| Petrokokkinos
| Rallis
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| Boland
| Boland
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 Traun
| Boland
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tapavica
| Kasdaglis
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frangopoulos
| Tapavica
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| Tapavica
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| Kasdaglis
| Kasdaglis
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 Defert
| Kasdaglis
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| K. Akratopoulos
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References
- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Digitally available at [1]) - Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Excerpt available at [2]) - Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.