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Doubles, Men

Date14 – 21 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationStade Tennis de Colombes, Colombes
Participants76 from 24 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Vinnie Richards and Frank Hunter had won the Wimbledon doubles earlier in 1924, defeating Richard Williams and Watson Washburn in the final. Both American teams competed in Paris, where they were challenged by the French Four Musketeers – Henri Cochet, René Lacoste, Jean Borotra, and Jacques Brugnon. In a semi-final, Richards and Hunter prevailed in five sets over Borotra and Lacoste. They then faced the other French team, Brugnon and Cochet, in the final, again winning in five sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

PosPairNOC
1Vinnie Richards / Frank HunterUSAGold
2Jacques Brugnon / Henri CochetFRASilver
3Jean Borotra / René LacosteFRABronze
4Jack Condon / Ivie RichardsonRSA
=5Henning Müller / Charles WennergrenSWE
=5Dick Williams / Watty WashburnUSA
=5José María Alonso / José Manuel AlonsoESP
=5S. M. Hadi / Donald RutnamIND
=9Runar Granholm / Boris SchildtFIN
=9Uberto De Morpurgo / Clemente ServentiITA
=9Eduardo Flaquer / Ricardo SaprissaESP
=9Erik Tegner / Einer UlrichDEN
=9Ladislav Žemla / Jan KoželuhTCH
=9Avgoustos Zerlentis / Pantelis PapadopoulosGRE
=9Carlos Dumas / Guillermo RobsonARG
=16Américo Cattaruzza / Jorge WilliamsARG
=16Jean Washer / Victor de LaveleyeBEL
=16Domingo Torralva / Luis TorralvaCHI
=16Asaji Honda / Masanosuke FukudaJPN
=16Friedrich Rohrer / Ernst GottliebTCH
=16Pablo Debran / Hans SÿzSUI
=16Charly Aeschlimann / Maurice FerrierSUI
=16Jim Willard / Manton BayleyAUS
=16Takeichi Harada / Sunao OkamotoJPN
=16Félix del Canto / Mariano LozanoMEX
=16Jack Nielsen / Conrad LangaardNOR
=16Albert Lammens / Stéphane HalotBEL
=16Arne Grahn / Esse SchybergsonFIN
=29Alexandru Roman / Gheorghe LupuROU
=29Christiaan, Jonkheer van Lennep / Henk TimmerNED
=29Leslie Godfree / Max WoosnamGBR
=29Kálmán Kirchmayer / Lajos GönczHUN
=29Mohammed Sleem / Sydney JacobIND
=29D'Arcy McCrea / Walter IrelandIRL
=29Maas van der Feen / Gerard LeembruggenNED
=29Béla Kehrling / Aurél KelemenHUN
=29Algernon Kingscote / Patrick WheatleyGBR
=29Einar Bache / Bjørn ThalbitzerDEN
DNSCesare Colombo / Riccardo SabbadiniITA
DNSNg Sze-Kwang / Wei RongluoCHN
DNSIván Balás / Aleksander ĐurđenskiYUG
DNSKhoo Hooi-Hye / Wu ShizhangCHN
DNSAntónio Casanovas / Rodrigo PereiraPOR
DNSLouis Raymond / Pat SpenceRSA
DNSNicolae Mișu / Misu SternROU

Round One

Date14 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #114 JulCattaruzza / WilliamsARGbye
Match #214 JulMüller / WennergrenSWEbye
Match #314 JulGranholm / SchildtFINbye
Match #4Ng / WeiCHNbye
Match #514 JulDe Morpurgo / ServentiITAbye
Match #614 JulWasher / de LaveleyeBELbye
Match #7Balás / ĐurđenskiYUGbye
Match #814 JulBrugnon / CochetFRAbye
Match #914 JulCondon / RichardsonRSAbye
Match #1014 JulTorralva / TorralvaCHI7-5, 6-2, 6-3Roman / LupuROU
Match #1114 JulHonda / FukudaJPN6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2van Lennep / TimmerNED
Match #1214 JulFlaquer / SaprissaESPCasanovas / PereiraPORwalkover
Match #1314 JulRohrer / GottliebTCH6-3, 6-4, 6-2Godfree / WoosnamGBR
Match #1414 JulWilliams / WashburnUSA6-1, 6-0, 6-0Kirchmayer / GönczHUN
Match #1514 JulTegner / UlrichDEN6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4Sleem / JacobIND
Match #1614 JulDebran / SÿzSUI4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4McCrea / IrelandIRL
Match #1714 JulAeschlimann / FerrierSUIRaymond / SpenceRSAwalkover
Match #1814 JulŽemla / KoželuhTCH6-3, 6-2, 6-3van der Feen / LeembruggenNED
Match #1914 JulWillard / BayleyAUS6-8, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2Kehrling / KelemenHUN
Match #2014 JulRichards / HunterUSAMișu / SternROUwalkover
Match #2114 JulAlonso / AlonsoESP6-4, 6-3, 6-1Kingscote / WheatleyGBR
Match #2214 JulHarada / OkamotoJPN6-0, 6-0, 6-1Thalbitzer / BacheDEN
Match #2314 Juldel Canto / LozanoMEXbye
Match #2414 JulZerlentis / PapadopoulosGREbye
Match #25Colombo / SabbadiniITAbye
Match #26Khoo / WuCHNbye
Match #2714 JulNielsen / LangaardNORbye
Match #2814 JulHadi / RutnamINDbye
Match #2914 JulBorotra / LacosteFRAbye
Match #3014 JulLammens / HalotBELbye
Match #3114 JulDumas / RobsonARGbye
Match #3214 JulGrahn / SchybergsonFINbye

Round Two

Date14 – 16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #1Müller / WennergrenSWE6-2, 6-0, 6-3Cattaruzza / WilliamsARG
Match #2Granholm / SchildtFINNg / WeiCHNwalkover
Match #3De Morpurgo / ServentiITA6-4, 6-4, 7-5Washer / de LaveleyeBEL
Match #4Brugnon / CochetFRABalás / ĐurđenskiYUGwalkover
Match #5Condon / RichardsonRSA6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2Torralva / TorralvaCHI
Match #6Flaquer / SaprissaESP6-2, 6-3, 6-3Honda / FukudaJPN
Match #7Williams / WashburnUSA6-3, 6-2, 6-1Rohrer / GottliebTCH
Match #8Tegner / UlrichDEN3-6, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1Debran / SÿzSUI
Match #9Žemla / KoželuhTCH6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4Aeschlimann / FerrierSUI
Match #10Richards / HunterUSA6-1, 6-2, 6-2Willard / BayleyAUS
Match #11Alonso / AlonsoESP6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4Harada / OkamotoJPN
Match #12Zerlentis / PapadopoulosGRE6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2del Canto / LozanoMEX
Match #13Colombo / SabbadiniITAKhoo / WuCHNwalkover
Match #14Hadi / RutnamIND6-2, 6-3, 6-0Nielsen / LangaardNOR
Match #15Borotra / LacosteFRA6-3, 6-0, 6-2Lammens / HalotBEL
Match #16Dumas / RobsonARG6-1, 6-3, 6-0Grahn / SchybergsonFIN

Round Three

Date15 – 16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #1Müller / WennergrenSWE6-3, 6-1, 6-4Granholm / SchildtFIN
Match #2Brugnon / CochetFRA6-2, 6-4, 6-2De Morpurgo / ServentiITA
Match #3Condon / RichardsonRSA6-2, 6-3, 6-1Flaquer / SaprissaESP
Match #4Williams / WashburnUSA6-4, 6-4, 12-10Tegner / UlrichDEN
Match #5Richards / HunterUSA6-2, 6-3, 6-4Žemla / KoželuhTCH
Match #6Alonso / AlonsoESP6-2, 9-7, 6-4Zerlentis / PapadopoulosGRE
Match #7Hadi / RutnamINDColombo / SabbadiniITAwalkover
Match #8Borotra / LacosteFRA6-4, 6-1, 6-3Dumas / RobsonARG

Quarter-Finals

Date18 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #118 JulBrugnon / CochetFRA6-4, 6-1, 6-3Müller / WennergrenSWE
Match #218 JulCondon / RichardsonRSA4-6, 11-9, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4Williams / WashburnUSA
Match #318 JulRichards / HunterUSA6-4, 6-4, 6-3Alonso / AlonsoESP
Match #418 JulBorotra / LacosteFRA6-2, 6-2, 6-3Hadi / RutnamIND

Semi-Finals

Date19 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #119 JulBrugnon / CochetFRA5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2Condon / RichardsonRSA
Match #219 JulRichards / HunterUSA6-2, 6-3, 0-6, 5-7, 6-3Borotra / LacosteFRA

Final Round

Date21 July 1924
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match 1/221 JulRichards / HunterUSA4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3Brugnon / CochetFRA
Match 3/421 JulBorotra / LacosteFRA6-3, 10-8, 6-3Condon / RichardsonRSA