Date | 28 June – 5 July 1912 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Östermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm | |
Participants | 42 from 10 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
The two South African finalists from the singles competition, Charles Winslow and Harry Kitson, teamed to win the doubles event. Since the retirement of Britain’s Doherty brothers (Laurie and Reggie), there was no dominant doubles team in international tennis. The other men’s doubles champions in 1912 were as follows: Wimbledon - Roper Barrett and Charles Dixon; French - Max Décugis and André Germot; United States - Thomas Bundy and Malcolm McLoughlin; and Australian - James Parke and Charles Dixon (GBR/IRL).
Date | 28 – 30 June 1912 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Date | 29 June – 1 July 1912 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 01 Jul 18:30 | Canet / Mény de Marangue | FRA | 6-8, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 | Schomburgk / von Müller | GER | |
Match #2 | 30 Jun 10:30 | Sumarokov-Elston / Alenitsyn | RUS | 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 | Rovsing / Hansen | DEN | |
Match #3 | Boström / Benckert | SWE | Paller / Schmid | HUN | walkover | ||
Match #4 | Piepes / Zborzil | AUT | Planner von Plaun / von Salm-Hoogstraeten | AUT | walkover | ||
Match #5 | 30 Jun 13:00 | Wennergren / Nylén | SWE | 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 | Thayssen / Madsen | DEN | |
Match #6 | 30 Jun 17:30 | Kitson / Winslow | RSA | 6-3, 6-3, 7-9, 6-2 | Kehrling / Zsigmondy | HUN | |
Match #7 | 29 Jun | Žemla / Just | BOH | 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 | Peterson / Langaard | NOR | |
Match #8 | 30 Jun 14:30 | Spies / Heyden | GER | 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 | Frigast / Frederiksen | DEN |
Date | 1 – 2 July 1912 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 02 Jul 11:00 | Canet / Mény de Marangue | FRA | 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 | Sumarokov-Elston / Alenitsyn | RUS | |
Match #2 | 01 Jul 17:00 | Piepes / Zborzil | AUT | 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 | Boström / Benckert | SWE | |
Match #3 | 01 Jul 17:00 | Kitson / Winslow | RSA | 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 | Wennergren / Nylén | SWE | |
Match #4 | 02 Jul 14:00 | Žemla / Just | BOH | 6-0, 8-6, 6-4 | Spies / Heyden | GER |
Date | 3 July 1912 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 03 Jul 11:00 | Piepes / Zborzil | AUT | 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 10-8, 10-8 | Canet / Mény de Marangue | FRA | |
Match #2 | 03 Jul 17:30 | Kitson / Winslow | RSA | 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 | Žemla / Just | BOH |
Date | 4 – 5 July 1912 |
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Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 04 Jul 15:00 | Kitson / Winslow | RSA | 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 | Piepes / Zborzil | AUT | |
Match 3/4 | 05 Jul 15:00 | Canet / Mény de Marangue | FRA | 13-11, 6-3, 8-6 | Žemla / Just | BOH |