Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's indoor singles
| Women's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||
| Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||
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| Dates | 6–11 May | ||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 2 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Outdoor | ||||
| Singles | men | women | ||
| Doubles | men | |||
| Indoor | ||||
| Singles | men | women | ||
| Doubles | men | |||
The indoor women's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1]
Results
Standings
| Place | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |  Great Britain |
| 2nd | Alice Greene | Great Britain |
| 3rd | Märtha Adlerstråhle |  Sweden |
| 4th | Elsa Wallenberg | Sweden |
| 5th | Penelope Boothby | Great Britain |
| Mildred Coles | Great Britain | |
| Violet Pinckney | Great Britain |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |
7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Violet Pinckney |
5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |
6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elsa Wallenberg |
4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elsa Wallenberg |
11 | 4 | 4[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mildred Coles |
9 | 6 | 5 r | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |
6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Greene |
2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Greene |
6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Penelope Boothby |
2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Greene |
6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Märtha Adlerstråhle |
1 | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||||||||
| Märtha Adlerstråhle |
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| bye | Elsa Wallenberg |
6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Märtha Adlerstråhle |
1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's singles". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ Cook, p. 222. Coles, with a lead of 5 games to 4 and 40-15 in the game in progress, was a single point from defeating Wallenberg when the Briton suffered an arm injury and could not continue play.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Tennis 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 27 May 2006.
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