Olympics, Olympic Games 1908


General 1908-07-06 - 1908-07-11
Olympic Games
Grass
6
Wimbledon, Worple road
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Source Alan Little ; Tennis and the Olympic games


Info Draw: 31


Report Mens doubles final (Draw: 24): R. Doherty/Hillyard def. Cazalet/Dixon 5-7 2-6 6-4 17-15 6-4



Media


Winner Major Josiah George Ritchie


Players
George Courtenay Ball Greene
George Aristides Caridia (Karidias)
Walter Cecil Crawley
Maxime Omer Mathieu (Max) Decugis (Décugis)
Charles Percy Dixon
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves
Jaroslav Žemla (Zemla)
Ing. Ladislav (Rázný) Žemla (Zemla)
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
John Fortescue Foulkes
Otto Froitzheim
Victor Reginald Gauntlett
Marie Claude Maurice (Maurice) Germot
Arthur William Charles (Wentworth) Gore
Josef Gruss (Mičovský)
George Whiteside Hillyard
Ing. Bohuslav Hyks (Hykš) sr
László Ivánka
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
Harold Austin (Harry) Kitson
Oscar Kreuzer
Dezső Lauber
James Cecil Parke
Fritz Felix Pipes
Kenneth Powell
Robert Branks Powell
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
John R. Richardson
Major Josiah George Ritchie
Herbert Roper Barrett
Josef Rössler-Ořovský (Roessler)
Captain Claude Russell-Brown
Ödön Schmid
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
David Slíva
Hedley Massey Suckling
Ede Tóth (Toth)
Roelof van Lennep
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
Károly Vitus
Baron Moritz (Fritz) Von Bissing
Curt von Wessely
Jenő von Zsigmondy
Artur Zborzil


Rounds
Round 1
Charles Dixon*
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-2 7-5 6-4
Bohuslav Hyks sr*
Ödön Schmid
w.o.
Jenő von Zsigmondy*
László Ivánka
w.o.
Moritz von Bissing*
George Ball Greene
w.o.
Artur Zborzil*
Arthur Gore
w.o.
Curt von Wessely*
Herbert Roper Barrett
w.o.
Wilberforce Eaves*
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
6-3 6-1 6-0
Ede Toth*
Josef Gruss (Mičovský)
6-3 2-1 ret.
James Cecil Parke*
Josef Rössler-Ořovský (Roessler)
w.o.
Otto Froitzheim*
Kenneth Powell
6-3 6-1 6-4
Robert Powell*
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
6-4 6-1 6-2
Ladislav Zemla*
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
w.o.
Oscar Kreuzer*
Fritz Felix Pipes
6-3 6-1 6-4

Round 2
Károly Vitus*
Hedley Massey Suckling
w.o.
Maurice Germot*
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
7-5 6-4 6-2
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Victor Gauntlett
6-1 6-4 6-1
Walter Cecil Crawley*
George Hillyard
w.o.
Charles Dixon*
Dezső Lauber
6-1 6-0 6-0
Bohuslav Hyks sr*
Jenő von Zsigmondy
7-5 6-4 3-6 6-0
Moritz von Bissing*
Artur Zborzil
6-1 6-4 6-4
Wilberforce Eaves*
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
James Cecil Parke*
Ede Toth
6-1 6-3 6-2
Robert Powell*
Ladislav Zemla
2-6 6-0 6-4 6-1
George Caridia*
Harold Kitson
6-1 6-3 6-1
John Fortescue Foulkes*
Roelof van Lennep
6-2 6-4 6-3
John R. Richardson*
Max Decugis
w.o.
David Slíva*
Jaroslav Žemla (Zemla)
w.o.
Captain Claude Russell-Brown*
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
w.o.
Otto Froitzheim*
Oscar Kreuzer
6-2 6-3 6-3

Round 3
Maurice Germot*
Károly Vitus
w.o.
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Walter Cecil Crawley
6-1 6-4 6-1
Charles Dixon*
Bohuslav Hyks sr
6-1 6-2 6-3
Wilberforce Eaves*
Moritz von Bissing
8-6 7-5 7-5
Otto Froitzheim*
James Cecil Parke
6-4 11-9 6-4
George Caridia*
Robert Powell
6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2
John R. Richardson*
John Fortescue Foulkes
6-2 6-4 6-3
Captain Claude Russell-Brown*
David Slíva
6-2 6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Maurice Germot
6-0 4-0 ret.
Wilberforce Eaves*
Charles Dixon
6-3 7-5 6-3
Otto Froitzheim*
George Caridia
6-4 6-1 5-7 6-1
John R. Richardson*
Captain Claude Russell-Brown
6-3 6-1 6-0

Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Wilberforce Eaves
2-6 6-1 6-4 6-1
Otto Froitzheim*
John R. Richardson
2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4

Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Otto Froitzheim
7-5 6-3 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
Wilberforce Eaves*
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
Curt von Wessely*
Herbert Roper Barrett
Moritz von Bissing*
George Ball Greene
Artur Zborzil*
Arthur Gore
Charles Dixon*
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Bohuslav Hyks sr*
Ödön Schmid
Jenő von Zsigmondy*
László Ivánka
Otto Froitzheim*
Kenneth Powell
Oscar Kreuzer*
Fritz Felix Pipes
James Cecil Parke*
Josef Rössler-Ořovský (Roessler)
Ede Toth*
Josef Gruss (Mičovský)
Robert Powell*
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
Ladislav Zemla*
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Victor Gauntlett
Walter Cecil Crawley*
George Hillyard
Maurice Germot*
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
Károly Vitus*
Hedley Massey Suckling
Wilberforce Eaves*
Curt von Wessely
Moritz von Bissing*
Artur Zborzil
Charles Dixon*
Dezső Lauber
Bohuslav Hyks sr*
Jenő von Zsigmondy
Otto Froitzheim*
Oscar Kreuzer
James Cecil Parke*
Ede Toth
George Caridia*
Harold Kitson
Robert Powell*
Ladislav Zemla
John R. Richardson*
Max Decugis
John Fortescue Foulkes*
Roelof van Lennep
Captain Claude Russell-Brown*
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
David Slíva*
Jaroslav Žemla (Zemla)
Round 3
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Walter Cecil Crawley
Maurice Germot*
Károly Vitus
Wilberforce Eaves*
Moritz von Bissing
Charles Dixon*
Bohuslav Hyks sr
Otto Froitzheim*
James Cecil Parke
George Caridia*
Robert Powell
John R. Richardson*
John Fortescue Foulkes
Captain Claude Russell-Brown*
David Slíva
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Maurice Germot
Wilberforce Eaves*
Charles Dixon
Otto Froitzheim*
George Caridia
John R. Richardson*
Captain Claude Russell-Brown
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Wilberforce Eaves
Otto Froitzheim*
John R. Richardson
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie*
Otto Froitzheim