Date | 6 – 11 May 1908 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Queen's Club, West Kensington | |
Participants | 7 from 2 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
There were only six players who ended up competing in this event, but it was significant in that the top singles player was one of them, Arthur “Wentworth” Gore. He survived a very difficult semi-final against Josiah Ritchie, who would win the Olympic lawn tennis outdoors later in the year, and then won easily in the final, winning in three sets over George Caridia, representing Britain although he was of Greek origin (né Georgios Karidias).
Pos | Competitor | NOC | |||
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1 | Arthur Wentworth Gore | GBR | Gold | ||
2 | George Caridia | GBR | Silver | ||
3 | Josiah Ritchie | GBR | Bronze | ||
4 | Wilberforce Eaves | GBR | |||
=5 | Gunnar Setterwall | SWE | |||
=5 | Wollmar Boström | SWE | |||
7 | Lionel Escombe | GBR | |||
Tony Wilding | NZL | ||||
Leslie Poidevin | NZL | ||||
Roper Barrett | GBR |
Date | 6 May 1908 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | Tony Wilding | NZL | bye | ||||
Match #2 | Arthur Wentworth Gore | GBR | bye | ||||
Match #3 | Leslie Poidevin | NZL | bye | ||||
Match #4 | 06 May | Josiah Ritchie | GBR | Roper Barrett | GBR | walkover | |
Match #5 | 06 May | Gunnar Setterwall | SWE | 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 | Lionel Escombe | GBR | |
Match #6 | George Caridia | GBR | bye | ||||
Match #7 | Wollmar Boström | SWE | bye | ||||
Match #8 | Wilberforce Eaves | GBR | bye |
Date | 7 – 8 May 1908 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | Josiah Ritchie | GBR | Tony Wilding | NZL | walkover | ||
Match #2 | Arthur Wentworth Gore | GBR | Leslie Poidevin | NZL | walkover | ||
Match #3 | 08 May 12:00 | George Caridia | GBR | 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 | Gunnar Setterwall | SWE | |
Match #4 | 07 May 12:00 | Wilberforce Eaves | GBR | 7-5, 6-2, 9-7 | Wollmar Boström | SWE |
Date | 8 – 9 May 1908 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 08 May 15:30 | Arthur Wentworth Gore | GBR | 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 | Josiah Ritchie | GBR | |
Match #2 | 09 May 12:00 | George Caridia | GBR | 7-5 | Wilberforce Eaves | GBR |
Date | 11 May 1908 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 11 May | Arthur Wentworth Gore | GBR | 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 | George Caridia | GBR |