Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's indoor singles
Appearance
(Redirected from Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's indoor singles)
Men's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||||||||
Dates | 6–11 May 1908 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Men's indoor singles | |
---|---|
Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
The indoor men's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players.[1]
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
[edit]First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | ![]() | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | 0 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | 2 | 7 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | 6 | 9 | ![]() | w/o |
There was no match for third place. Eaves, described in the Official Report as "obviously out of condition",[2] had not finished his semifinal match after a tight first set played in great heat. Ritchie, therefore, was awarded the bronze medal.
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide