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Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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{{short description|Tennis at the Olympics}}

{{Infobox tennis tournament year

| 1 = 1924

| 2 = Summer Olympics

| date = 13–21 July 1924

| edition = 7th

| category =

| surface = Clay / outdoor

| location = Colombes

| venue = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

| multi=yes

| after_year=1968

| quadrennial=yes

| champms = {{flagIOCathlete|Vincent Richards|USA|1924 Summer}}

| champws = {{flagIOCathlete|Helen Wills|USA|1924 Summer}}

| champmd = {{flagIOCathlete|Vincent Richards / Francis Hunter|USA|1924 Summer}}

| champwd = {{flagIOCathlete|Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills|USA|1924 Summer}}

| champxd = {{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Hazel Wightman / R. Norris Williams|USA|1924 Summer}}}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/games/8/sports/TEN |title=Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2020}}

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Schedule

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Date

!colspan=2|13 July

!colspan=2|14 July

!colspan=2|15 July

!16 July

!17 July

!18 July

!19 July

!20 July

!21 July

Day

!colspan=2|Sunday

!colspan=2|Monday

!colspan=2|Tuesday

!Wednesday

!Thursday

!Friday

!Saturday

!Sunday

!Monday

Time

!M

!A

!M

!Afternoon

!Morning

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

!Afternoon

align="left"|Men's singles

|colspan="6" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination rounds

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 16

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semifinals

| —

|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|Bronze & final

| —

align="left"|Women's singles

| —

|colspan="4" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination rounds

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination/
round of 16

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 16

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semifinals

| —

|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|Bronze & final

| —

align="left"|Men's doubles

| —

| —

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination rounds

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination/round of 16

| —

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semifinals

| —

|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|Bronze & final

align="left"|Women's doubles

| —

| —

| —

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination

| —

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 16

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semifinals

|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|Bronze & final

| —

| —

align="left"|Mixed doubles

| —

| —

| —

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 16

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Elimination/
round of 16

| —

|bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 16

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Round of 16/
quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarterfinals

|bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semifinals

|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|Bronze & final

Medal summary

=Events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
Men's singles

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vincent Richards|USA|1924 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Henri Cochet|FRA|1924 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Uberto De Morpurgo|ITA|1924 Summer}}

Men's doubles

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer}}
Vincent Richards
Francis Hunter

| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1924 Summer}}
Jacques Brugnon
Henri Cochet

| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1924 Summer}}
Jean Borotra
René Lacoste

Women's singles

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Helen Wills|USA|1924 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Julie Vlasto|FRA|1924 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kathleen McKane|GBR|1924 Summer}}

Women's doubles

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer}}
Hazel Wightman
Helen Wills

| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1924 Summer}}
Phyllis Covell
Kathleen McKane

| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1924 Summer}}
Evelyn Colyer
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron

Mixed doubles

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer}}
Hazel Wightman
R. Norris Williams

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1924 Summer}}
Marion Jessup
Vincent Richards

| {{flagIOCteam|NED|1924 Summer}}
Kea Bouman
Hendrik Timmer

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1924 Summer

| team =

| gold_USA = 5 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 2

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

}}

Participating nations

There were 124 tennis players from 28 countries.

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  • {{flagIOC|ARG|1924 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|AUS|1924 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|BEL|1924 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|CHI|1924 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROC|1924 Summer|4}}{{cite book |title=Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel |editor=M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français |publisher=Librairie de France |location=Paris |language=fr |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=16 October 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf| archive-date= 5 May 2011 | quote=39 seulement s’alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait. |url-status= live}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1924 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|DEN|1924 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|1924 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|1924 Summer|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|GRE|1924 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|HUN|1924 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|IND|1924 Summer|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|IRL|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1924 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|JPN|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|LUX|1924 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|MEX|1924 Summer|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|NED|1924 Summer|5}}
  • {{flagIOC|NOR|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|POR|1924 Summer|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROU|1924 Summer|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|RSA|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|ESP|1924 Summer|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1924 Summer|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1924 Summer|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|YUG|1924 Summer|1}}

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee medal database]
  • [http://www.itftennis.com/media/80351/80351.pdf ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide]
  • {{cite book |title=Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel |editor=M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français |publisher=Librairie de France |location=Paris |pages=373–397 |language=fr |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=16 October 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf| archive-date= 5 May 2011 |url-status= live}}

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