Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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Date | 16–24 August 1920 |
Edition | 6th |
Surface | Grass / outdoor |
Location | Beerschot Tennis Club, Kontich |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Louis Raymond (RSA) | |
Women's singles | |
Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | |
Men's doubles | |
Noel Turnbull / Max Woosnam (GBR) | |
Women's doubles | |
Kathleen McKane / Winifred McNair (GBR) | |
Mixed doubles | |
Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis (FRA) |
Final results for the Tennis competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The competition was held from Monday, 16 August 1920 to Tuesday, 24 August 1920.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Events
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 75 tennis players (52 men and 23 women) from 14 nations (men from 14 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:
- Australia (1) (men:1 women:0)
- Belgium (16) (men:8 women:8)
- Czechoslovakia (7) (men:6 women:1)
- Denmark (3) (men:1 women:2)
- France (10) (men:7 women:3)
- Great Britain (8) (men:4 women:4)
- Greece (1) (men:1 women:0)
- Italy (4) (men:3 women:1)
- Japan (2) (men:2 women:0)
- Norway (3) (men:2 women:1)
- South Africa (5) (men:5 women:0)
- Spain (4) (men:4 women:0)
- Sweden (8) (men:5 women:3)
- Switzerland (3) (men:3 women:0)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.