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. None of the leading players of the time such as Wimbledon champion Harold Mahony, U.S champion Robert Wrenn, William Larned or Wilfred Baddeley participated.
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
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frangopoulos
| Tapavica
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| Tapavica
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| 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.