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Men's doubles tennis
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Dates6 July (round 1)
7 July (round 2)
9 July (quarterfinals)
10 July (semifinal)
11 July (final)
Competitors24 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain
Reginald Doherty, George Hillyard
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain
James Parke, Josiah Ritchie
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
Clement Cazalet, Charles Dixon
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The men's doubles (outdoor) was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Results

Standings

Place Names Nation
1st George Hillyard
Reginald Doherty
Great Britain Great Britain
2nd Josiah Ritchie
James Parke
Great Britain Great Britain
3rd Clement Cazalet
Charles Dixon
Great Britain Great Britain
4th Walter Crawley
Kenneth Powell
Great Britain Great Britain
Vincent Gauntlett
Harold Kitson
South Africa South Africa
Felix Pipes
Arthur Zborzil
Austria Austria
7th James Foulkes
Robert Powell
Canada Canada
Christiaan van Lennep
Roelof van Lennep
Netherlands Netherlands
Otto Froitzheim
Heinrich Schomburgk
Germany Germany
Jenö Zsigmondy
Ede Tóth
Hungary Hungary
11th Bohuslav Hykš
David Slíva
Bohemia Bohemia
Oscar Kreuzer
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Germany Germany

Bracket

Finals

Semifinals Finals
              
United Kingdom Hillyard / Doherty 5 2 6 17 6
United Kingdom Cazalet / Dixon 7 6 4 15 4
United Kingdom Hillyard / Doherty 9 7 9
United Kingdom Ritchie / Parke 7 5 7
United Kingdom Ritchie / Parke w.o.
France Germot / Decugis

Earlier rounds

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
 
 
United Kingdom Hillyard / Doherty 10 6 7 7
United Kingdom Crawley / K. Powell 8 1 9 5
United Kingdom Crawley / K. Powell 7 6 6
Canada Foulkes / R. Powell 5 3 2
United Kingdom Hillyard / Doherty 5 2 6 17 6
United Kingdom Cazalet / Dixon 7 6 4 15 4
United Kingdom Cazalet / Dixon 6 6 3 6
Netherlands C. van Lennep / R. van Lennep 4 0 6 2
United Kingdom Cazalet / Dixon 6 5 2 6 6
 Gauntlett / Kitson (RSA) 6 6 6  Gauntlett / Kitson (RSA) 2 7 6 3 3
Bohemia Hykš / Slíva 0 4 3  Gauntlett / Kitson (RSA) 3 6 7 3
Germany Froitzheim / Schomburgk 6 6 6 Germany Froitzheim / Schomburgk 6 2 5 3
Germany Kreuzer / Rahe 1 3 3
Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
United Kingdom Ritchie / Parke 6 6 6
Hungary Zsigmondy / Tóth 1 0 3
United Kingdom Ritchie / Parke 7 6 6
Austria Zborzil / Pipes Austria Zborzil & Pipes 5 4 2
Bye Austria Zborzil / Pipes
Bye
United Kingdom Ritchie / Parke w.o.
France Germot / Decugis
France Germot / Decugis
Bye
France Germot / Decugis
Bye
 
 

References

  1. ^ "Tennis at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Doubles". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Tennis 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 21 May 2006.