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Doubles, Men

Date30 April – 1 May 1908
StatusOlympic
LocationQueen's Club, West Kensington
Participants6 from 1 countries
FormatSingle 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.

PosPairNOC
1Vane Pennell / John Jacob AstorGBRGold
2Edmond Bury / Cecil BrowningGBRSilver
3Henry Leaf / Evan NoelGBRBronze

Semi-Finals

Date30 April 1908 — 14:30
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #130 Apr 14:30Pennell / AstorGBR15-11, 0-15, 15-7, 9-15, 18-14, 17-15Leaf / NoelGBR

Final

Date1 May 1908 — 14:30
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match 1/201 May 14:30Pennell / AstorGBR6-15, 15-7, 16-15, 15-6, 15-7Bury / BrowningGBR