Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden eight tennis events were contested divided over two tournaments; an indoor covered courts tournament, played on wood, held from May 5 until May 12 and an outdoor hard court tournament, played on clay, held from June 28 until July 5.[1]

Tennis on covered courts was agreed initially for the 1912 Games, with competitions run for gentlemen's singles and doubles, ladies' singles and mixed doubles.[2] The outdoor tournament was confirmed once the Östermalm Athletic Grounds were completed in late 1911, with the plans modified to have both indoor and outdoor tournaments.[3]

Six countries sent players for the covered court competitions, with representatives from Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Australasia and Bohemia appearing. Included in this lineup was Australasia's only competitor, the New Zealander Anthony Wilding, who was also the reigning Wimbledon gentlemen's champion.[4] The indoor knockout competition started on 5 May, and continued as expected until the semi final round where Wilding was beaten by Britain's Charles P. Dixon.[5] The British player met Frenchman André Gobert in the final, but Gobert was victorious over the Englishman in straight sets. Wilding took the bronze medal in a playoff against another British player, Arthur Lowe.[6]

The outdoors tennis competition saw seventy players enter from twelve nations. However, Great Britain did not enter any competitors as the dates of the outdoor competition clashed with the 1912 Wimbledon Championships despite attempts by the British authorities to convince the Olympic organizing committee to change the dates. Other noted tennis players including Anthony Wilding, André Gobert and Arthur Gore refused to compete at the Olympics and instead attended Wimbledon.[7] The gold and silver medals in the gentlemen's singles ended up being decided between two South Africans, with Charles Winslow and Harold Kitson playing each other. Winslow won the match and the gold medal, 7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6.[8] The duo also competed as a pair in the gentlemen's doubles and took the gold medal, beating the Austrians Felix Pipes and Arthur Zborzil.[9] Marguerite Broquedis of France defeated Dorothea Koring of Germany in the ladies' singles for the gold medal.[10] In the mixed double Koring teamed up with Heinrich Schomburgk to win the gold, the duo defeating Sigrid Fick and Gunnar Setterwall of Sweden in the final.[11] .

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles outdoor
 Charles Winslow
 South Africa		 Harold Kitson
 South Africa		 Oscar Kreuzer
 Germany
Men's singles indoor
 André Gobert
 France		 Charles Dixon
 Great Britain		 Anthony Wilding
 Australasia
Men's doubles outdoor
 Harold Kitson
and Charles Winslow
 South Africa		 Felix Pipes
and Arthur Zborzil
 Austria		 Albert Canet
and Edouard Mény de Marangue
 France
Men's doubles indoor
 Maurice Germot
and André Gobert
 France		 Carl Kempe
and Gunnar Setterwall
 Sweden		 Alfred Beamish
and Charles Dixon
 Great Britain

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's singles outdoor
 Marguerite Broquedis
 France		 Dorothea Koring
 Germany		 Molla Bjurstedt
 Norway
Women's singles indoor
 Edith Hannam
 Great Britain		 Sofie Castenschiold
 Denmark		 Mabel Parton
 Great Britain

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed doubles outdoor
 Dorothea Koring
and Heinrich Schomburgk
 Germany		 Sigrid Fick
and Gunnar Setterwall
 Sweden		 Marguerite Broquedis
and Albert Canet
 France
Mixed doubles indoor
 Edith Hannam
and Charles Dixon
 Great Britain		 Helen Aitchison
and Herbert Roper Barrett
 Great Britain		 Sigrid Fick
and Gunnar Setterwall
 Sweden

Participating nations

A total of 82 tennis players (69 men and 13 women) from 14 nations (men from 14 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France (FRA) 3 0 2 5
2  Great Britain (GBR) 2 2 2 6
3  South Africa (RSA) 2 1 0 3
4  Germany (GER) 1 1 1 3
5  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
6  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
8  Australasia (ANZ) 0 0 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 8 24

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 616.
  3. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 617.
  4. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 618.
  5. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 620.
  6. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 621.
  7. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 630.
  8. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 633.
  9. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 634.
  10. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 636.
  11. ↑ Official Report (1913): p. 637.
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