At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden eight

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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

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, held from June 28 until July 5. 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. Official Report (1913): p. 616. 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. Official Report (1913): p. 617. Six countries sent players for the covered court competitions, with representatives from Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, France,

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and Bohemia appearing. Included in this lineup was Australasia's only competitor, the New Zealander

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, who was also the reigning Wimbledon gentlemen's champion. Official Report (1913): p. 618. 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. Official Report (1913): p. 620. The British player met Frenchman

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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. Official Report (1913): p. 621. 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

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despite attempts by the British authorities to convince the Olympic organizing committee to change the dates. Other noted tennis players including

and Arthur Gore refused to compete at the Olympics and instead attended Wimbledon. Official Report (1913): p. 630. The gold and silver medals in the gentlemen's singles ended up being decided between two South Africans, with

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and Harold Kitson playing each other. Winslow won the match and the gold medal, 7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6. Official Report (1913): p. 633. The duo also competed as a pair in the gentlemen's doubles and took the gold medal, beating the Austrians

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and Arthur Zborzil. Official Report (1913): p. 634.

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of France defeated Dorothea Koring of Germany in the ladies' singles for the gold medal. Official Report (1913): p. 636. In the mixed double Koring teamed up with Heinrich Schomburgk to win the gold, the duo defeating

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and Gunnar Setterwall of Sweden in the final. Official Report (1913): p. 637.

Medal summary

Events

Outdoor

Indoor

Medal table

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: * (men:1 women:0) * (men:3 women:0) * (men:8 women:0) * (men:9 women:1) * (men:5 women:1) * (men:6 women:1) * (men:8 women:3) * (men:6 women:0) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:6 women:1) * (men:2 women:0) * (men:3 women:0) * (men:10 women:6) * (men:1 women:0)

References

External links

International Olympic Committee medal database
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