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.
| Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
editStandings
edit| Place | Name | Nation |
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Evan Noel |  Great Britain
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Henry Leaf | Great Britain
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John Jacob Astor | Great Britain
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| Henry Brougham | Great Britain
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| 5 | Vane Pennell | Great Britain
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| 6 | Cecil Browning | Great Britain
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Bracket
edit| 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)
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| Leaf (GBR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brougham (GBR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
- ^ Leaf broke his hand in the doubles competition and was forced to withdraw from the final; Noel was awarded the gold medal.
References
edit- 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.