Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles rackets
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
DatesApril 27–29
Competitors6 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evan Noel  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henry Leaf  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Jacob Astor  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry Brougham  Great Britain
Rackets at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Singlesmen
Doublesmen

The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players,[1] though only Great Britain competed and with a total of 6 players.

Results

Standings

Place Name Nation
1 Evan Noel  Great Britain
2 Henry Leaf  Great Britain
3 John Jacob Astor  Great Britain
Henry Brougham  Great Britain
5 Vane Pennell  Great Britain
6 Cecil Browning  Great Britain

Bracket

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Noel (GBR) 3
 Browning (GBR) 1  Noel (GBR) 3
 Pennell (GBR) 0
 Noel (GBR) 3
 Astor (GBR) 0
 Noel (GBR) w/o[a]
 Leaf (GBR)  
 Leaf (GBR) 3
 Brougham (GBR) 0
  1. ^ Leaf broke his hand in the doubles competition and was forced to withdraw from the final; Noel was awarded the gold medal.

References

  1. ^ Cook 1908, p. 36.
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.