Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles tennis; at the Games of the I Olympiad
	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	15 from 6 nations
Medalists

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 or fifteen 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.

Draw

Key

Finals

The International Society of Olympic Historians gives only thirteen players; according to them Frank and George Marshall did not participate.

First Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Konstantinos Akratopoulos (GRE)

Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE)

J. Defert (FRA)

Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE)

Momčilo Tapavica (HUN)

Momčilo Tapavica (HUN)

Dimitris Frangopoulos (GRE)

Momčilo Tapavica (HUN)

George Marshall (GBR)

George Marshall (GBR)

Frank Marshall (GBR)

Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE)

3

1

John Boland (GBR)

6

Evangelos Rallis (GRE)

Demetrios Petrokokkinos (GRE)

Evangelos Rallis (GRE)

John Boland (GBR)

Friedrich Traun (GER)

John Boland (GBR)

Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE)

Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE)

George Robertson (GBR)

Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE)

Aristidis Akratopoulos (GRE)

Aristidis Akratopoulos (GRE)

Edwin Flack (AUS)

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. (Digitally available at )
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. (Excerpt available at )
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide

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