Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles tennis
at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Mixed doubles tennis; at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Venue	Athens Lawn Tennis Club
Date	23–28 April
Competitors	5 teams from 2 nations
Medalists
	← 1900 1912 →

The mixed doubles was one of four lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games programme. The tournament was played on clay courts at the Athens Lawn Tennis Club. Frenchmen Marie Decugis and Max Decugis won the gold medal.^[1]

Uniquely, the silver and bronze medals were awarded on the basis of the best performance against the gold and silver medalists, instead of the usual losing finalist or winner of a play-off between the losing semi-finalists.

Thus, Greek Aspasia Matsa and Xenophon Kasdaglis, who were beaten by the French team in the final, actually won the bronze medal. They won eight games, whereas Greeks Sophia Marinou and Georgios Simiriotis won nine games in their loss to the French team in the semifinal (accordingly, they won the silver medal). ^[2]

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round			Semifinals			Gold Medal Match

			Marie Decugis (FRA) Max Decugis (FRA)	8	6
Sofia Marinou (GRE) Georgios Simiriotis (GRE)	6	6	Sofia Marinou (GRE) Georgios Simiriotis (GRE)	6	3
Euphrosine Paspati (GRE) Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE)	2	2				Marie Decugis (FRA) Max Decugis (FRA)	6	7
						Aspasia Matsa (GRE) Xenophon Kasdaglis (GRE)	3	5
			Aspasia Matsa (GRE) Xenophon Kasdaglis (GRE)	6	6
			Esmée Simirioti (GRE) Nikolaos Zarifis (GRE)	1	4

References

^ Hernández, Pedro (1 June 2018). "Historias de Roland Garros: Max Decugis, maestro de los Mosqueteros" [Roland Garros stories: Max Decugis, master of the Musketeers] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 23 July 2018. In 1906, he won the gold medal in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Athens Olympics.
^ "Olympic Tennis Event - Medallists". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Athens 1906: The Mixed Doubles Silver was awarded to Georgios Simiriotis and Sophia Marinou as they had taken nine games off the champions in the semi-final, and the Bronze Medal went to the losing finalists who had won one game less.

External links

[1] Hernández, Pedro (1 June 2018). "Historias de Roland Garros: Max Decugis, maestro de los Mosqueteros" [Roland Garros stories: Max Decugis, master of the Musketeers] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 23 July 2018. In 1906, he won the gold medal in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Athens Olympics.

[2] "Olympic Tennis Event - Medallists". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Athens 1906: The Mixed Doubles Silver was awarded to Georgios Simiriotis and Sophia Marinou as they had taken nine games off the champions in the semi-final, and the Bronze Medal went to the losing finalists who had won one game less.

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