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Doubles, Covered Courts, Men

Date6 – 9 May 1908
StatusOlympic
LocationQueen's Club, West Kensington
Participants10 from 2 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

This was likely the weakest of the tennis tournaments in 1908. Arthur “Wentworth” Gore and Roper Barrett would win the 1909 British covered court title as well. They won a four-set final over George Simond and George Caridia, who had been forced to play 13 sets in their three matches.

PosPairNOC
1Arthur Wentworth Gore / Roper BarrettGBRGold
2George Simond / George CaridiaGBRSilver
3Gunnar Setterwall / Wollmar BoströmSWEBronze
4Josiah Ritchie / Lionel EscombeGBR
5George Hillyard / Wilberforce EavesGBR

Round One

Date6 May 1908
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #106 MaySetterwall / BoströmSWEbye
Match #206 MaySimond / CaridiaGBR2-6, 7-9, 6-4, 10-8, 6-4Hillyard / EavesGBR
Match #306 MayGore / BarrettGBRbye
Match #406 MayRitchie / EscombeGBRbye

Semi-Finals

Date6 – 7 May 1908
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #107 May 15:30Simond / CaridiaGBR6-4, 9-7, 2-6, 6-2Setterwall / BoströmSWE
Match #206 MayGore / BarrettGBR0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3Ritchie / EscombeGBR

Final Round

Date9 May 1908
FormatWinner of each match advanced to next round.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match 1/209 May 16:00Gore / BarrettGBR6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3Simond / CaridiaGBR
Match 3/409 May 11:00Setterwall / BoströmSWE4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 6-3Ritchie / EscombeGBR