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Doubles, Men

Date28 June – 5 July 1912
StatusOlympic
LocationÖstermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm
Participants42 from 10 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The two South African finalists from the singles competition, Charles Winslow and Harry Kitson, teamed to win the doubles event. Since the retirement of Britain’s Doherty brothers (Laurie and Reggie), there was no dominant doubles team in international tennis. The other men’s doubles champions in 1912 were as follows: Wimbledon - Roper Barrett and Charles Dixon; French - Max Décugis and André Germot; United States - Thomas Bundy and Malcolm McLoughlin; and Australian - James Parke and Charles Dixon (GBR/IRL).

PosPairNOC
1Harry Kitson / Charles WinslowRSAGold
2Fritz Felix Piepes / Arthur ZborzilAUTSilver
3Albert Canet / Édouard Mény de MarangueFRABronze
4Ladislav Žemla / Jaroslav JustBOH
=5Mikhail, Count Sumarokov-Elston / Aleksandr AlenitsynRUS
=5Wollmar Boström / Curt BenckertSWE
=5Charles Wennergren / Carl-Olof NylénSWE
=5Robert Spies / Luis Maria HeydenGER
=9Heinrich Schomburgk / Otto von MüllerGER
=9Leif Rovsing / Victor HansenDEN
=9Axel Thayssen / Aage MadsenDEN
=9Béla Kehrling / Jenő ZsigmondyHUN
=9Richard Peterson / Conrad LangaardNOR
=9Peter Frigast / Ove FrederiksenDEN
=15Leó Baráth / Aurél KelemenHUN
=15Trygve Smith / Herman BjørklundNOR
=15Josef Šebek / Bohuslav HykšBOH
=15Jaromír Zeman / Karel FuchsBOH
=15Vagn Ingerslev / Jørgen ArenholtDEN
=15Bjarne Angell / Noble StiboltNOR
=15Frans Möller / Torsten GrönforsSWE
DNSGyula Paller / Ödön SchmidHUN
DNSHerbert Planner von Plaun / Ludwig, Graf von Salm-HoogstraetenAUT
DNSDaniel Lawton / Jean-Pierre SamazeuilhFRA
DNSJean-François Blanchy / Jean MontariolFRA
DNSKarel Ardelt / Jiří KodlBOH
DNSOtto Froitzheim / Oskar KreuzerGER
DNSAdolf Hammacher / Paul LindpaintnerGER
DNSCarl Kempe / Gunnar SetterwallSWE
DNSPál Segner / Ede TóthHUN
DNSRudolf Bertrand / Kurt von WesselyAUT

Round One

Date28 – 30 June 1912
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #130 Jun 13:00Schomburgk / von MüllerGER6-0, 6-0, 6-2Baráth / KelemenHUN
Match #2Canet / Mény de MarangueFRALawton / SamazeuilhFRAwalkover
Match #3Sumarokov-Elston / AlenitsynRUSBlanchy / MontariolFRAwalkover
Match #4Rovsing / HansenDENArdelt / KodlBOHwalkover
Match #5Boström / BenckertSWEFroitzheim / KreuzerGERwalkover
Match #6Hammacher / LindpaintnerGERPaller / SchmidHUNwalkover
Match #7Planner von Plaun / von Salm-HoogstraetenAUTKempe / SetterwallSWE
Match #829 JunPiepes / ZborzilAUT6-0, 6-2, 6-0Smith / BjørklundNOR
Match #928 JunThayssen / MadsenDEN6-3, 6-4, 6-4Šebek / HykšBOH
Match #10Wennergren / NylénSWESegner / TóthHUNwalkover
Match #1128 JunKehrling / ZsigmondyHUN3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4Zeman / FuchsBOH
Match #1228 JunKitson / WinslowRSA6-4, 6-1, 6-4Ingerslev / ArenholtDEN
Match #1329 JunŽemla / JustBOH6-1, 6-2, 6-0Angell / StiboltNOR
Match #1428 JunPeterson / LangaardNORBertrand / von WesselyAUTwalkover
Match #1529 Jun 12:00Spies / HeydenGER3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1Möller / GrönforsSWE
Match #16Frigast / FrederiksenDENbye

Round Two

Date29 June – 1 July 1912
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #101 Jul 18:30Canet / Mény de MarangueFRA6-8, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3Schomburgk / von MüllerGER
Match #230 Jun 10:30Sumarokov-Elston / AlenitsynRUS2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3Rovsing / HansenDEN
Match #3Boström / BenckertSWEPaller / SchmidHUNwalkover
Match #4Piepes / ZborzilAUTPlanner von Plaun / von Salm-HoogstraetenAUTwalkover
Match #530 Jun 13:00Wennergren / NylénSWE6-1, 6-2, 6-4Thayssen / MadsenDEN
Match #630 Jun 17:30Kitson / WinslowRSA6-3, 6-3, 7-9, 6-2Kehrling / ZsigmondyHUN
Match #729 JunŽemla / JustBOH6-1, 6-2, 6-4Peterson / LangaardNOR
Match #830 Jun 14:30Spies / HeydenGER6-2, 7-5, 6-3Frigast / FrederiksenDEN

Quarter-Finals

Date1 – 2 July 1912
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #102 Jul 11:00Canet / Mény de MarangueFRA6-3, 6-0, 6-1Sumarokov-Elston / AlenitsynRUS
Match #201 Jul 17:00Piepes / ZborzilAUT6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1Boström / BenckertSWE
Match #301 Jul 17:00Kitson / WinslowRSA6-3, 7-5, 6-1Wennergren / NylénSWE
Match #402 Jul 14:00Žemla / JustBOH6-0, 8-6, 6-4Spies / HeydenGER

Semi-Finals

Date3 July 1912
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #103 Jul 11:00Piepes / ZborzilAUT7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 10-8, 10-8Canet / Mény de MarangueFRA
Match #203 Jul 17:30Kitson / WinslowRSA4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4Žemla / JustBOH

Final Round

Date4 – 5 July 1912
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match 1/204 Jul 15:00Kitson / WinslowRSA4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2Piepes / ZborzilAUT
Match 3/405 Jul 15:00Canet / Mény de MarangueFRA13-11, 6-3, 8-6Žemla / JustBOH