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Singles, Men

Date	28 June – 5 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Östermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm
Participants	49 from 12 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

With most of the top British and Commonwealth players absent, playing at Wimbledon, this tournament was not of the top rank. The top player in the world in 1912 was New Zealand’s Anthony “Tony” Wilding. Wilding was Wimbledon champion in 1910 and 1911, and won again in 1912, during the Olympic championship, and won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship in 1913. The only American who competed at Stockholm, Roosevelt Pell, was not of the top rank, his best finish ever at the United States’ championships coming in 1915, when he lost in the semi-finals.

In Wildings absence, the Olympic men’s singles final came down to two South Africans, Charles Winslow and Harry Kitson. Kitson had the better career record, winning the South African championship in 1905, 1908, 1911, and 1913, while Winslow would win that title only once, in 1914. But at Stockholm, Winslow held on to defeat Kitson and win the Olympic gold medal in four sets.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Charles Winslow	RSA	Gold
2	Harry Kitson	RSA	Silver
3	Oskar Kreuzer	GER	Bronze
4	Ladislav Žemla	BOH
=5	Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT
=5	Otto von Müller	GER
=5	Luis Maria Heyden	GER
=5	Arthur Zborzil	AUT
=9	Heinrich Schomburgk	GER
=9	Charles Wennergren	SWE
=9	Béla Kehrling	HUN
=9	Eric Tapscott	RSA
=9	Vagn Ingerslev	DEN
=9	Roosevelt Pell	USA
=9	Josef Šebek	BOH
=9	Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston	RUS
=17	Frans Möller	SWE
=17	Robert Spies	GER
=17	Wollmar Boström	SWE
=17	Leif Rovsing	DEN
=17	Victor Hansen	DEN
=17	Jenő Zsigmondy	HUN
=17	Jean-François Blanchy	FRA
=17	Axel Thayssen	DEN
=17	Torsten Grönfors	SWE
=17	Aurél Kelemen	HUN
=17	Albert Canet	FRA
=17	Noble Stibolt	NOR
=17	Karel Fuchs	BOH
=17	Gunnar Setterwall	SWE
=31	Hakon Leffler	SWE
=31	Jaroslav Just	BOH
=31	Trygve Smith	NOR
=31	Richard Peterson	NOR
=31	Jaromír Zeman	BOH
=31	Ove Frederiksen	DEN
=31	Bohuslav Hykš	BOH
=31	Fritz Felix Piepes	AUT
=31	Aage Madsen	DEN
=31	Peter Frigast	DEN
=31	Jørgen Arenholt	DEN
=31	Édouard Mény de Marangue	FRA
=31	Leó Baráth	HUN
=31	Conrad Langaard	NOR
=31	Curt Benckert	SWE
=31	Otto Blom	NED
=31	Herman Bjørklund	NOR
=48	Jiří Kodl	BOH
=48	Paul Lindpaintner	GER
DNS	Aleksandr Alenitsyn	RUS
DNS	Bjarne Angell	NOR
DNS	Rudolf Bertrand	AUT
DNS	Otto Froitzheim	GER
DNS	Gyula Paller	HUN
DNS	Adolf Hammacher	GER
DNS	Carl Kempe	SWE
DNS	Daniel Lawton	FRA
DNS	Hermann Liebisch	AUT
DNS	Jean Montariol	FRA
DNS	Herbert Planner von Plaun	AUT
DNS	Otto Relly	AUT
DNS	Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh	FRA
DNS	Ödön Schmid	HUN
DNS	Pál Segner	HUN
DNS	Ede Tóth	HUN
DNS	Kurt von Wessely	AUT
DNS	Karel Ardelt	BOH

Round One

Date	28 – 29 June 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jun	Hakon Leffler	SWE				bye
Match #2	28 Jun	Harry Kitson	RSA				bye
Match #3	29 Jun	Frans Möller	SWE				bye
Match #4		Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh	FRA				bye
Match #5		Robert Spies	GER				bye
Match #6		Jaroslav Just	BOH				bye
Match #7		Heinrich Schomburgk	GER				bye
Match #8		Jean Montariol	FRA				bye
Match #9		Wollmar Boström	SWE				bye
Match #10		Trygve Smith	NOR				bye
Match #11		Richard Peterson	NOR				bye
Match #12		Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT				bye
Match #13		Jaromír Zeman	BOH				bye
Match #14		Charles Wennergren	SWE				bye
Match #15		Leif Rovsing	DEN				bye
Match #16		Pál Segner	HUN				bye
Match #17		Victor Hansen	DEN				bye
Match #18		Ödön Schmid	HUN				bye
Match #19		Béla Kehrling	HUN				bye
Match #20		Carl Kempe	SWE				bye
Match #21		Jenő Zsigmondy	HUN				bye
Match #22		Hermann Liebisch	AUT				bye
Match #23		Otto von Müller	GER				bye
Match #24		Ove Frederiksen	DEN				bye
Match #25		Herbert Planner von Plaun	AUT				bye
Match #26		Rudolf Bertrand	AUT				bye
Match #27		Adolf Hammacher	GER				bye
Match #28		Ladislav Žemla	BOH				bye
Match #29		Jean-François Blanchy	FRA				bye
Match #30		Bohuslav Hykš	BOH				bye
Match #31	28 Jun	Eric Tapscott	RSA	6-4, 6-1, 6-2	Jiří Kodl	BOH
Match #32	28 Jun	Fritz Felix Piepes	AUT	6-2, 6-3, 6-3	Paul Lindpaintner	GER
Match #33	29 Jun	Axel Thayssen	DEN		Karel Ardelt	BOH	walkover
Match #34		Aage Madsen	DEN				bye
Match #35		Charles Winslow	RSA				bye
Match #36		Peter Frigast	DEN				bye
Match #37		Torsten Grönfors	SWE				bye
Match #38		Ede Tóth	HUN				bye
Match #39		Jørgen Arenholt	DEN				bye
Match #40		Vagn Ingerslev	DEN				bye
Match #41		Édouard Mény de Marangue	FRA				bye
Match #42		Luis Maria Heyden	GER				bye
Match #43		Leó Baráth	HUN				bye
Match #44		Aurél Kelemen	HUN				bye
Match #45		Albert Canet	FRA				bye
Match #46		Conrad Langaard	NOR				bye
Match #47		Gyula Paller	HUN				bye
Match #48		Roosevelt Pell	USA				bye
Match #49		Noble Stibolt	NOR				bye
Match #50		Daniel Lawton	FRA				bye
Match #51		Josef Šebek	BOH				bye
Match #52		Otto Froitzheim	GER				bye
Match #53		Karel Fuchs	BOH				bye
Match #54		Kurt von Wessely	AUT				bye
Match #55		Arthur Zborzil	AUT				bye
Match #56		Curt Benckert	SWE				bye
Match #57		Otto Blom	NED				bye
Match #58		Gunnar Setterwall	SWE				bye
Match #59		Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston	RUS				bye
Match #60		Aleksandr Alenitsyn	RUS				bye
Match #61		Otto Relly	AUT				bye
Match #62		Bjarne Angell	NOR				bye
Match #63		Oskar Kreuzer	GER				bye
Match #64		Herman Bjørklund	NOR				bye

Round Two

Date	28 – 30 June 1912
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jun	Harry Kitson	RSA	6-2, 6-1, 6-0	Hakon Leffler	SWE
Match #2		Frans Möller	SWE		Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh	FRA	walkover
Match #3	29 Jun 9:00	Robert Spies	GER	2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1	Jaroslav Just	BOH
Match #4		Heinrich Schomburgk	GER		Jean Montariol	FRA	walkover
Match #5	29 Jun 9:00	Wollmar Boström	SWE	6-2, 6-4, 6-1	Trygve Smith	NOR
Match #6	29 Jun 10:30	Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT	6-1, 7-5, 6-3	Richard Peterson	NOR
Match #7	28 Jun	Charles Wennergren	SWE	6-1, 6-0, 6-0	Jaromír Zeman	BOH
Match #8		Leif Rovsing	DEN		Pál Segner	HUN	walkover
Match #9		Victor Hansen	DEN		Ödön Schmid	HUN	walkover
Match #10		Béla Kehrling	HUN		Carl Kempe	SWE	walkover
Match #11		Jenő Zsigmondy	HUN		Hermann Liebisch	AUT	walkover
Match #12	30 Jun 9:00	Otto von Müller	GER	6-2, 6-1, 6-4	Ove Frederiksen	DEN
Match #13		Rudolf Bertrand	AUT		Herbert Planner von Plaun	AUT
Match #14	29 Jun	Ladislav Žemla	BOH		Adolf Hammacher	GER	walkover
Match #15	28 Jun	Jean-François Blanchy	FRA	5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1	Bohuslav Hykš	BOH
Match #16	30 Jun	Eric Tapscott	RSA	3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5	Fritz Felix Piepes	AUT
Match #17	29 Jun 14:30	Axel Thayssen	DEN	6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3	Aage Madsen	DEN
Match #18	10:30	Charles Winslow	RSA	7-5, 6-2, 6-3	Peter Frigast	DEN
Match #19	29 Jun	Torsten Grönfors	SWE		Ede Tóth	HUN	walkover
Match #20	29 Jun	Vagn Ingerslev	DEN	6-2, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4	Jørgen Arenholt	DEN
Match #21	29 Jun 13:30	Luis Maria Heyden	GER	7-9, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1	Édouard Mény de Marangue	FRA
Match #22	29 Jun	Aurél Kelemen	HUN	6-1, 6-3, 6-4	Leó Baráth	HUN
Match #23	29 Jun 10:30	Albert Canet	FRA	6-3, 6-0, 6-1	Conrad Langaard	NOR
Match #24		Roosevelt Pell	USA		Gyula Paller	HUN	walkover
Match #25		Noble Stibolt	NOR		Daniel Lawton	FRA	walkover
Match #26		Josef Šebek	BOH		Otto Froitzheim	GER	walkover
Match #27	29 Jun	Karel Fuchs	BOH		Kurt von Wessely	AUT	walkover
Match #28	29 Jun 13:30	Arthur Zborzil	AUT	6-2, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3	Curt Benckert	SWE
Match #29	29 Jun 13:30	Gunnar Setterwall	SWE	6-3, 6-3, 8-6	Otto Blom	NED
Match #30		Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston	RUS		Aleksandr Alenitsyn	RUS	walkover
Match #31	29 Jun	Bjarne Angell	NOR		Otto Relly	AUT	walkover
Match #32	29 Jun 12:00	Oskar Kreuzer	GER	6-0, 6-0, 6-1	Herman Bjørklund	NOR

Round Three

Date	29 June – 1 July 1912
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jun 13:00	Harry Kitson	RSA	6-2, 6-2, 6-3	Frans Möller	SWE
Match #2	30 Jun 9:00	Heinrich Schomburgk	GER	8-6, 6-1, 4-1	Robert Spies	GER
Match #3	30 Jun 16:00	Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT	7-5, 6-4, 6-1	Wollmar Boström	SWE
Match #4	29 Jun 15:00	Charles Wennergren	SWE	4-6, 9-7, 6-8, 6-1, 6-1	Leif Rovsing	DEN
Match #5	29 Jun 16:30	Béla Kehrling	HUN	6-2, 6-1, 6-8, 6-4	Victor Hansen	DEN
Match #6	30 Jun 16:00	Otto von Müller	GER	6-1, 6-2, 6-0	Jenő Zsigmondy	HUN
Match #7		Ladislav Žemla	BOH		Rudolf Bertrand	AUT	walkover
Match #8	01 Jul 10:00	Eric Tapscott	RSA	1-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4	Jean-François Blanchy	FRA
Match #9	30 Jun 9:00	Charles Winslow	RSA	6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4	Axel Thayssen	DEN
Match #10	30 Jun 10:30	Vagn Ingerslev	DEN	6-1, 6-2, 6-2	Torsten Grönfors	SWE
Match #11	30 Jun 10:30	Luis Maria Heyden	GER	6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5	Aurél Kelemen	HUN
Match #12	29 Jun	Roosevelt Pell	USA	6-2, 6-3, 6-4	Albert Canet	FRA
Match #13		Josef Šebek	BOH	6-1, 6-3, 6-0	Noble Stibolt	NOR
Match #14	30 Jun 16:00	Arthur Zborzil	AUT	6-4, 6-2, 6-1	Karel Fuchs	BOH
Match #15	30 Jun 17:30	Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston	RUS	6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2	Gunnar Setterwall	SWE
Match #16	29 Jun	Oskar Kreuzer	GER		Bjarne Angell	NOR	walkover

Round Four

Date	1 July 1912
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Jul 12:30	Harry Kitson	RSA	6-2, 6-2, 6-3	Heinrich Schomburgk	GER
Match #2	01 Jul 15:30	Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT	6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1	Charles Wennergren	SWE
Match #3	01 Jul 11:00	Otto von Müller	GER	6-2, 6-1, 6-1	Béla Kehrling	HUN
Match #4	01 Jul 15:30	Ladislav Žemla	BOH	1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2	Eric Tapscott	RSA
Match #5	01 Jul 11:00	Charles Winslow	RSA	6-4, 8-6, 6-4	Vagn Ingerslev	DEN
Match #6	01 Jul 15:30	Luis Maria Heyden	GER	2-6, 7-5, 8-6, 7-5	Roosevelt Pell	USA
Match #7	01 Jul 17:00	Arthur Zborzil	AUT	6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2	Josef Šebek	BOH
Match #8	01 Jul 14:00	Oskar Kreuzer	GER	6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0	Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston	RUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 – 3 July 1912
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Jul 15:00	Harry Kitson	RSA	6-2, 6-2, 6-4	Ludwig, Graf von Salm-Hoogstraeten	AUT
Match #2	03 Jul 9:00	Ladislav Žemla	BOH	6-4, 7-5, 6-4	Otto von Müller	GER
Match #3	02 Jul	Charles Winslow	RSA	6-2, 6-4, 8-10, 4-6, 6-3	Luis Maria Heyden	GER
Match #4	02 Jul 12:00	Oskar Kreuzer	GER	6-4, 6-3, 6-2	Arthur Zborzil	AUT

Semi-Finals

Date	3 – 4 July 1912
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Jul 12:00	Harry Kitson	RSA	2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3	Ladislav Žemla	BOH
Match #2	03 Jul 14:00	Charles Winslow	RSA	9-7, 7-5, 6-2	Oskar Kreuzer	GER

Final Round

Date	4 – 5 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	05 Jul 14:00	Charles Winslow	RSA	7-5, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6	Harry Kitson	RSA
Match 3/4	04 Jul	Oskar Kreuzer	GER	6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1	Ladislav Žemla	BOH