Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Date13–21 July 1924
Edition7th
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Champions
Men's singles
 Vincent Richards (USA)
Women's singles
 Helen Wills (USA)
Men's doubles
 Vincent Richards / Francis Hunter (USA)
Women's doubles
 Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills (USA)
Mixed doubles
 Hazel Wightman / R. Norris Williams (USA)
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Final results of the tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. After the 1924 Olympics, the tennis competition would be dropped until 1988. The mixed doubles competition did not return until the 2012 Olympics.[1]

Schedule

Date 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July
Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Time M A M Afternoon Morning Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon
Men's singles Elimination rounds Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals — Bronze & final —
Women's singles — Elimination rounds Elimination/
round of 16 		Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals — Bronze & final —
Men's doubles — — Elimination rounds Elimination/round of 16 — Quarterfinals Semifinals — Bronze & final
Women's doubles — — — Elimination — Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze & final — —
Mixed doubles — — — Elimination Round of 16 Elimination/
round of 16 		— Round of 16 Round of 16/
quarterfinals 		Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze & final

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Vincent Richards
 United States 		Henri Cochet
 France 		Uberto De Morpurgo
 Italy
Men's doubles
details 		 United States (USA)
Vincent Richards
Francis Hunter 		 France (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon
Henri Cochet 		 France (FRA)
Jean Borotra
René Lacoste
Women's singles
details 		Helen Wills
 United States 		Julie Vlasto
 France 		Kathleen McKane
 Great Britain
Women's doubles
details 		 United States (USA)
Hazel Wightman
Helen Wills 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Phyllis Covell
Kathleen McKane 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Evelyn Colyer
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Mixed doubles
details 		 United States (USA)
Hazel Wightman
R. Norris Williams 		 United States (USA)
Marion Jessup
Vincent Richards 		 Netherlands (NED)
Kea Bouman
Hendrik Timmer

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)5106
2 France (FRA)0314
3 Great Britain (GBR)0123
4 Italy (ITA)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (5 entries)55515

Participating nations

There were 124 tennis players from 27 countries.

References

  1. ^ "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012. 39 seulement s'alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait.

External links

Events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
Tennis at the Summer Olympics
1924 in tennis
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