Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Dates	6 July (rounds 1–3) 7 July (rounds 2 and 3) 8 July (round 3) 9 July (quarterfinals) 10 July (semifinal) 11 July (semifinal, final, bronze match)
Competitors	31 from 9 nations
Medalists
Josiah Ritchie   Great Britain   Otto Froitzheim   Germany   Wilberforce Eaves   Great Britain

Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Outdoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men
Indoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men

The men's singles (outdoor) was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The tournament was played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. It was held from 6 July through 11 July 1908 and 31 competitors from nine nations took part although leading players such as Norman Brookes, Laurence Doherty, Bill Larned and Anthony Wilding were absent.

Results

Standings

Place	Name	Nation
1st	Josiah Ritchie	Great Britain
2nd	Otto Froitzheim	Germany
3rd	Wilberforce Eaves	Great Britain
4th	John Richardson	South Africa
5th	Charles Brown	Canada
	George Caridia	Great Britain
	Charles Dixon	Great Britain
	Maurice Germot	France
9th	Moritz von Bissing	Germany
	Walter Crawley	Great Britain
	James F. Foulkes	Canada
	Bohuslav Hykš	Bohemia
	James Cecil Parke	Great Britain
	Robert Powell	Canada
	David Slíva	Bohemia
17th	Victor Gauntlett	South Africa
	Harold Kitson	South Africa
	Oscar Kreuzer	Germany
	Dezső Lauber	Hungary
	Roelof van Lennep	Netherlands
	Heinrich Schomburgk	Germany
	Ede Tóth	Hungary
	Arthur Zborzil	Austria
	Ladislav Žemla	Bohemia
	Jenő Zsigmondy	Hungary
27th	Rolf Kinzl	Austria
	Christiaan van Lennep	Netherlands
	Jozef Micovský	Bohemia
	Felix Pipes	Austria
	Kenneth Powell	Great Britain
	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Germany

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
		Josiah Ritchie (GBR)	6	4
		Maurice Germot (FRA)	0	0	r
											Josiah Ritchie	2	6	6	6
											Wilberforce Eaves	6	1	4	1
		Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)	6	7	6
		Charles P. Dixon (GBR)	3	5	3
																				Josiah Ritchie	7	6	6
																				Otto Froitzheim	5	3	4
		Otto Froitzheim (GER)	6	6	5	6
		George Caridia (GBR)	4	1	7	1
											Otto Froitzheim	2	6	6	6
											John Richardson	6	1	4	4
		John Richardson (RSA)	6	6	6
		Charles Brown (CAN)	3	1	0

There was no match for third place. A bronze medal was awarded to Wilberforce Eaves, who had lost to Ritchie in the semifinals.

Section 1

	First round									Second round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
		Josiah Ritchie (GBR)
		bye									Josiah Ritchie	6	6	6
		Victor Gauntlett (RSA)									Victor Gauntlett	1	4	1
		bye																		Josiah Ritchie	6	6	6
		Walter Crawley (GBR)																		Walter Crawley	1	4	1
		bye									Walter Crawley
											Bye
																													Josiah Ritchie	6	4
		Maurice Germot (FRA)																											Maurice Germot	0	0	r
		bye									Maurice Germot	7	6	6
		Heinrich Schomburgk (GER)									Heinrich Schomburgk	5	4	2
		bye																		Maurice Germot	w/o
																				Karoly Vitus

Section 2

	First round									Second round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
		Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)	6	6	6
		Rolf Kinzl (AUT)	3	1	0						Wilberforce Eaves
											Bye
																				Wilberforce Eaves	8	7	7
		Moritz von Bissing (GER)																		Moritz von Bissing	6	5	5
		Bye									Moritz von Bissing	6	6	6
		Arthur Zborzil (AUT)									Arthur Zborzil	1	4	4
		Bye																											Wilberforce Eaves	6	7	6
		Charles P. Dixon (GBR)	6	7	6																								Charles P. Dixon	3	5	3
		Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (GER)	2	5	4						Charles P. Dixon	6	6	6
		Dezső Lauber (HUN)									Dezső Lauber	1	0	0
		Bye																		Charles P. Dixon	6	6	6
		Bohuslav Hykš (BOH)																		Bohuslav Hykš	1	2	3
		Ödön Schmid (HUN)[1]	w/o								Bohuslav Hykš	7	6	3	6
		Jenő Zsigmondy (HUN)									Jenő Zsigmondy	5	4	6	0
		László Ivánka (HUN)[1]	w/o

Section 3

	First round									Second round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
		Otto Froitzheim (GER)	6	6	6
		Kenneth Powell (GBR)	3	1	4						Otto Froitzheim	6	6	6
		Oscar Kreuzer (GER)	6	6	6						Oscar Kreuzer	2	3	3
		Felix Pipes (AUT)	3	1	4															Otto Froitzheim	6	11	6
		James Cecil Parke (GBR)																		James Cecil Parke	4	9	4
		Bye									James Cecil Parke	6	6	6
		Ede Tóth (HUN)	6	2							Ede Tóth	1	3	2
		Josef Mičovský (BOH)	3	1	r																								Otto Froitzheim	6	6	5	6
		George Caridia (GBR)																											George Caridia	4	1	7	1
		Bye									George Caridia	6	6	6
		Harold Kitson (RSA)									Harold Kitson	1	3	1
		Bye																		George Caridia	6	3	6	6
		Robert Powell (CAN)	6	6	6															Robert Powell	4	6	4	2
		Christiaan van Lennep (NED)	4	1	2						Robert Powell	2	6	6	6
		Ladislav Žemla (BOH)									Ladislav Žemla	6	0	4	1
		Bye

Section 4

	First round									Second round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
		John Richardson (RSA)
		Bye									John Richardson
		Max Decugis (FRA)									Max Decugis	w.o.
		Bye																		John Richardson	6	6	6
		James F. Foulkes (CAN)																		James F. Foulkes	2	4	3
		Bye									James F. Foulkes	6	6	6
		Roelof van Lennep (NED)									Roelof van Lennep	2	4	3
		Bye																											John Richardson	6	6	6
		Charles Brown (CAN)																											Charles Brown	3	1	0
		Bye									Charles Brown
											Bye
																				Charles Brown	6	6	6
		David Slíva (BOH)																		David Slíva	2	1	2
		Bye									David Slíva
											Bye

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. 

References