Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
| Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Singles | men | |
| Doubles | men | |
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
Results
Standings
| Place | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
 | Evan Noel |  Great Britain |
 | Henry Leaf | Great Britain |
 | John Jacob Astor | Great Britain |
| Henry Brougham | Great Britain | |
| 5 | Vane Pennell | Great Britain |
| 6 | Cecil Browning | Great Britain |
Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Browning (GBR) |
1 | Noel (GBR) |
3 | |||||||||||||||
| Pennell (GBR) |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Astor (GBR) |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) |
w/o1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leaf (GBR) |
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| Leaf (GBR) |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brougham (GBR) |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 Leaf broke his hand in the doubles competition and was forced to withdraw from the final; Noel was awarded the gold medal.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
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