Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Date	6–11 July 1900
Edition	2nd
Surface	Red clay
Location	Cercle des Sports, Île de Puteaux
Champions
Men's Singles
Laurence Doherty (GBR)
Women's Singles
Charlotte Cooper (GBR)
Men's Doubles
Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty (GBR)
Mixed Doubles
Charlotte Cooper / Reginald Doherty (GBR)

Four tennis events were contested at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. These were played at the Cercle des Sports de l'Île de Puteaux.

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Laurence Doherty (GBR)	Harold Mahony (GBR)	Reginald Doherty (GBR)
			Arthur Norris (GBR)
Men's doubles	Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty (GBR)	Mixed team (ZZX) Max Décugis (FRA) and Basil Spalding de Garmendia (USA)	Guy de la Chapelle and André Prévost (FRA)
			Harold Mahony and Arthur Norris (GBR)
Women's singles	Charlotte Cooper (GBR)	Hélène Prévost (FRA)	Marion Jones (USA)
			Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH)
Mixed doubles	Great Britain (GBR) Charlotte Cooper Reginald Doherty	Mixed team (ZZX) Hélène Prévost (FRA) Harold Mahony (GBR)	Mixed team (ZZX) Marion Jones (USA) Laurence Doherty (GBR)
			Mixed team (ZZX) Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH) Archibald Warden (GBR)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	3	8
2	Mixed team (ZZX)	0	2	2	4
3	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
4	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		4	4	8	16

Participating nations

A total of 26 players from 4 nations competed at the Paris Games:

• Bohemia (1)
• France (14)
• Great Britain (6)
• United States (5)

Notes

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Tennis 1900". Accessed 10 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide