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]
| Men's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 6–11 May 1908 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Men's indoor singles | |
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| Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Anthony Wilding (ANZ)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Arthur Gore (GBR)
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| Arthur Gore (GBR)
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Ritchie (GBR)
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Les Poidevin (ANZ)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major Ritchie (GBR)
| Major Ritchie (GBR)
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| Herbert Roper Barrett (GBR)
| w/o | Arthur Gore (GBR)
| 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Gunnar Setterwall (SWE)
| 6 | 6 | 6 | George Caridia (GBR)
| 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lionel Escombe (GBR)
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Gunnar Setterwall (SWE)
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Caridia (GBR)
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Caridia (GBR)
| 7 | 0 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)
| 5 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wollmar Boström (SWE)
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Major Ritchie (GBR)
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| Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)
| 7 | 6 | 9 | Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)
| 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