Date | 30 April – 1 May 1908 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Queen's Club, West Kensington | |
Participants | 6 from 1 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament |
The 1908 doubles champions of Great Britain were Vane Pennell and Francis Dames-Longworth. Longworth did not enter for the Olympic tournament. Pennell joined up with John Jacob Astor (whose mother and father perished in the Titanic disaster), and they won two closely fought matches, narrowly defeating Noel and Leaf in the semi-finals.
Pos | Pair | NOC | |||
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1 | Vane Pennell / John Jacob Astor | GBR | Gold | ||
2 | Edmond Bury / Cecil Browning | GBR | Silver | ||
3 | Henry Leaf / Evan Noel | GBR | Bronze |
Date | 30 April 1908 — 14:30 |
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Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 30 Apr 14:30 | Pennell / Astor | GBR | 15-11, 0-15, 15-7, 9-15, 18-14, 17-15 | Leaf / Noel | GBR |
Date | 1 May 1908 — 14:30 |
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Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 01 May 14:30 | Pennell / Astor | GBR | 6-15, 15-7, 16-15, 15-6, 15-7 | Bury / Browning | GBR |