Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the Olympics

Tennis tournament

Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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)
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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]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles
details | Louis Raymond
South Africa | Ichiya Kumagae
Japan | Charles Winslow
South Africa
Men's doubles
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Noel Turnbull
Max Woosnam |  Japan (JPN)
Seiichiro Kashio
Ichiya Kumagae |  France (FRA)
Pierre Albarran
Max Decugis
Women's singles
details | Suzanne Lenglen
France | Dorothy Holman
Great Britain | Kathleen McKane
Great Britain
Women's doubles
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Kathleen McKane
Winifred McNair |  Great Britain (GBR)
Winifred Beamish
Dorothy Holman |  France (FRA)
Élisabeth d'Ayen
Suzanne Lenglen
Mixed doubles
details |  France (FRA)
Suzanne Lenglen
Max Decugis |  Great Britain (GBR)
Kathleen McKane
Max Woosnam |  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Milada Skrbková
Ladislav Žemla

### 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]

1. ^ "Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

## External links[edit]

* International Olympic Committee medal database
* ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide

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