Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's indoor singles

The indoor women's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Women's indoor singles tennis
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueQueen's Club
Dates6–11 May
Competitors9 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
 Great Britain
Alice Greene
 Great Britain
Märtha Adlerstråhle
 Sweden

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
 D Lambert Chambers (GBR) w/o
 M Adlerstråhle (SWE)
 M Adlerstråhle (SWE) 1 3
 A Greene (GBR) 6 6
 D Boothby (GBR) 2 2
 A Greene (GBR)  A Greene (GBR) 6 6
 R Winch (GBR) w/o  A Greene (GBR) 2 6 0
 G Eastlake-Smith (GBR) 6 4 6
 E Wallenberg (SWE) 11 4 4
 M Coles (GBR)[1] 9 6 5r
 E Wallenberg (SWE) 4 4 Bronze medal match
 G Eastlake-Smith (GBR) 6 6
 G Eastlake-Smith (GBR) 7 7  E Wallenberg (SWE) 6 2 3
 V Pinckney (GBR) 5 5  M Adlerstråhle (SWE) 1 6 6

References

  1. Cook, p. 222. Coles, with a lead of 5 games to 4 and 40-15 in the game in progress, was a single point from defeating Wallenberg when the Briton suffered an arm injury and could not continue play.
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  • ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
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