Doubles, Mixed

This was the last time that mixed doubles was contested at the Olympics until 2012. The final came down to two American teams – Dick Williams and Hazel Wightman against Marion Jessup and the men’s singles gold medalist, Vinnie Richards. It was an easy victory for Williams and Wightman in two sets, 6-2, 6-3.

Dick Williams had been schooled in Switzerland and, in April 1912, he and his father boarded the Titanic for his return to the United States. His father died after the ill-fated ship hit an iceberg, but Williams survived by clinging to a lifeboat before being rescued aboard the Carpathia. In World War I, Williams saw active service as a captain of artillery and served as an aide to Major Gen. John Harbord, winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d’Honneur in the Second Battle of the Marne.