Date | 5 – 12 May 1912 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm | |
Participants | 22 from 6 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
The 1912 Olympic Games began at 1315 on 5 May when Sweden’s Carl Kempe hit his first serve in his match with Jaroslav Hainz of Bohemia. The covered court competition had a much stronger field than the lawn tennis event which would occur almost two months later. The covered court event was not hampered by the concurrent competition at Wimbledon, which greatly weakened the lawn tennis events. In fact, the Stockholm covered court singles could claim one of the top international fields to date in men’s tennis. Although Tony Wilding was considered the top player in the world (see his record under lawn tennis men’s singles), he was defeated in the semi-finals by the British player, Charles Dixon. Dixon was favored in the final, but fell in straight sets to André Gobert of France. Gobert was the top French player in 1912, having replaced Max Décugis. Gobert was French singles champion in 1911 and 1920 and won the indoor French title in 1911-13 and again in 1920.
Pos | Nr | Player | NOC | |||
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1 | – | André Gobert | ![]() | Gold | ||
2 | – | Charles Dixon | ![]() | Silver | ||
3 | – | Tony Wilding | ![]() | Bronze | ||
4 | – | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | George Caridia | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Gunnar Setterwall | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Karel Fuchs | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Arthur Lowe | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Theodore Mavrogordato | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Torsten Grönfors | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Arthur Wentworth Gore | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Maurice Germot | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Carl Kempe | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Roper Barrett | ![]() | |||
=9 | – | Charles Wennergren | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Lennart Silfverstolpe | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Frans Möller | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Hakon Leffler | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Wollmar Boström | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Alfred Beamish | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Erik Larsen | ![]() | |||
=16 | – | Jaroslav Hainz | ![]() | |||
DNS | – | Jaroslav Just | ![]() | |||
DNS | – | Max Décugis | ![]() | |||
DNS | – | Josef Šebek | ![]() |
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Match #1 | Charles Dixon | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #2 | Theodore Mavrogordato | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #3 | Karel Fuchs | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #4 | Jaroslav Just | ![]() | Max Décugis | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #5 | Torsten Grönfors | ![]() | Josef Šebek | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #6 | Tony Wilding | ![]() | Lennart Silfverstolpe | ![]() | 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 | ||
Match #7 | George Caridia | ![]() | Frans Möller | ![]() | 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 | ||
Match #8 | Arthur Wentworth Gore | ![]() | Hakon Leffler | ![]() | 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 | ||
Match #9 | Arthur Lowe | ![]() | Wollmar Boström | ![]() | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 | ||
Match #10 | Maurice Germot | ![]() | Alfred Beamish | ![]() | 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 | ||
Match #11 | André Gobert | ![]() | Erik Larsen | ![]() | 8-6, 6-1, 5-7, 8-6 | ||
Match #12 | Carl Kempe | ![]() | Jaroslav Hainz | ![]() | 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | ||
Match #13 | Roper Barrett | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #14 | Gunnar Setterwall | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #15 | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #16 | Charles Wennergren | ![]() | bye |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Charles Dixon | ![]() | Theodore Mavrogordato | ![]() | 6-2, 9-7, 4-6, 10-8 | ||
Match #2 | Karel Fuchs | ![]() | Jaroslav Just | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #3 | Tony Wilding | ![]() | Torsten Grönfors | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 | ||
Match #4 | George Caridia | ![]() | Arthur Wentworth Gore | ![]() | 6-2, 9-7, 7-5 | ||
Match #5 | Arthur Lowe | ![]() | Maurice Germot | ![]() | 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 | ||
Match #6 | André Gobert | ![]() | Carl Kempe | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2, 7-5 | ||
Match #7 | Gunnar Setterwall | ![]() | Roper Barrett | ![]() | 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-8, 6-4 | ||
Match #8 | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | Charles Wennergren | ![]() | 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Charles Dixon | ![]() | Karel Fuchs | ![]() | 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 | ||
Match #2 | Tony Wilding | ![]() | George Caridia | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 | ||
Match #3 | André Gobert | ![]() | Arthur Lowe | ![]() | 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 | ||
Match #4 | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | Gunnar Setterwall | ![]() | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Charles Dixon | ![]() | Tony Wilding | ![]() | 6-0, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 | ||
Match #2 | André Gobert | ![]() | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | 6-4, 10-8, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2 |
Match 1/2 | André Gobert | ![]() | Charles Dixon | ![]() | 8-6, 6-4, 6-4 | ||
Match 3/4 | Tony Wilding | ![]() | Gordon Lowe | ![]() | 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0 |