Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics
The in the French capital Paris as part of the World's Fair ( Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris) discharged International competitions for Physical Education and Sport ( Concours Internationaux d' Exercices et de Physique Sports) included four competitions in tennis. The International Olympic Committee (IOC ) these competitions arranged the program of the Olympic Games to 1900 ( Games of the II Olympiad ).
Tennis was at that time still a relatively young sport, whose rules had been only 25 years previously developed. However, in the genteel social circles and the nobility he immediately took. With the first former tennis tournaments cash prizes have already been advertised and it developed very early a professional scene. Therefore, there were also competitions in Paris, which are not considered after the presentation of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, and in accordance with the IOC as Olympic. Besides the competitions for professionals, this included the at that time very popular competitions with handicaps for leveling different power levels.
From the beginning of the history of tennis to always women on tennis game involved. For them, even their own tournaments were aligned. It was therefore no wonder if you have a competition held in Paris, only for women. For the history of the Olympic Games, there was still a significant event.
The competitions were held from 6 to 11 July. Venue were the places on the Ile de Puteaux of the local Société de l' Île de Puteaux. The participants were a total of 19 players and seven players each from 4 nations in the competitions.
- 2.1 Single
Singles
Date: 06:07. until 11:07.
15 players, among them the two brothers Hugh and Reginald Doherty, occurred in seven preliminary round games (with a bye ) against each other. The winner and the player with bye played the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the brothers Doherty should compete against each other. They insisted to stage such a play only in the final, but this was not granted to them. Reginald then gave the game a fight at his brother Hugh as lost from. A game for the third place was not discharged, so that Norris and R. Doherty counted together as third parties.
Doubles
Date: 06:07. until 11:07.
16 players ( eight pairs) from three nations entered, among them the two brothers Hugh and Reginald Doherty. No one had in the early days of the Olympic Games aims to Nations Cup or a medal, so it was not a hindrance, when athletes from different countries played in team or team competitions in a team. This was also true of the competitions in the men's doubles, where the case of two pairs of players from the U.S. ( Garmendia and Sands ) with players from France ( Decugis ) or the UK ( Warden ) had come together.
A game for the third place was not discharged. In contrast to the single match of men who were, despite defeat in the semi-final prices handed, thus was bestowed an honor that you did not see this before the double. The IOC still evaluates the defeated in the semifinals couples as third parties.
Women
Singles
Date: 06:07. until 11:07.
6 players competed, among them the two sisters Marion and Georgina Jones. In the quarterfinals, there were only two games, M. Jones and Rosenbaumová received a bye.
In countless publications Charlotte Cooper is regarded as the first Olympic champion in history. This is not correct, because on May 22nd, the Swiss Countess Hélène de Pourtàles 1-2 tons rated at the sailing competitions in the class of boat for crew and together with her husband and her nephew their boat led to victory.
A game for the third place was not discharged. Unlike the game of the men who were in spite of defeat in the quarter-finals Prices handed, thus was bestowed an honor that you did not see this before for women. The IOC still evaluates the defeated in the quarterfinals ladies as third parties, which means that Marion Jones is listed as first medal winner of the United States.
Mixed
Date: 06:07. until 11:07.
12 male and female players ( 6 pairs) from four nations were. No one had in the early days of the Olympic Games aims to Nations Cup or a medal, so it was not a hindrance, when athletes from different countries played in team or team competitions in a team. This was also true for the competitions in the mixed doubles to where in three pairs of players from the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( Hugh Doherty, Harold Mahoney and Archibald Warden ) with players from the USA ( Marion Jones), from France ( Hélène Prévost ) and from Bohemia ( Hedwiga Rosenbaumová ) had come together.
A game for the third place was not discharged. In contrast to the single match of men who were, despite defeat in the quarter-finals Prices handed, thus was bestowed an honor that you did not see this before the mixed doubles. The IOC still evaluates the defeated in the semifinals couples as third parties.
The participation of players and players of different nations in a team at the pair competitions ( men's doubles and mixed doubles ) the IOC has prompted attributable to the placement of the Joint teams and not only of a nation. There are quite publications in which this is viewed differently. Accordingly, there arises also changed the statistics and medal table dar.