Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Date	13–21 July
Edition	7th
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Stade 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)

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[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	1	0	6
2	France (FRA)	0	3	1	4
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		5	5	5	15

Participating nations[]

There were 124 tennis players from 27 countries.

Argentina (5)
Australia (2)
Belgium (8)
Chile (2)
Republic of China (4)^[2]
Czechoslovakia (5)
Denmark (5)
Finland (4)
France (10)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (3)
Hungary (5)
India (6)
Ireland (4)
Italy (8)
Japan (4)
Luxembourg (1)
Mexico (2)
Netherlands (5)
Norway (4)
Portugal (1)
Romania (3)
South Africa (4)
Spain (8)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (4)
United States (9)
Yugoslavia (1)

References[]

^ "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ (ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. Les Jeux de la VIII^e 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

External links[]

International Olympic Committee medal database
ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
(ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. pp. 373–397. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[1] "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[2] (ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. Les Jeux de la VIII^e 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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