Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's indoor singles
The indoor men's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
| Men's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 6–11 May | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Outdoor | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
| Indoor | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
Draw
Key
- 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
Draw
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (Gold medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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",[1] had not finished his semifinal match after a tight first set played in great heat. Ritchie, therefore, was awarded the bronze medal.
Notes
- Cook, p. 221
External links
- 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
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