Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Men's doubles tennis
Games:	1906 Intercalated
Venue:	Athens Lawn Tennis Club
Date:	23–28 April
Competitors:	12 teams
Nations:	7
Gold:	Max Decugis Maurice Germot
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Ioannis Ballis Xenophon Kasdaglis
Silvernoc:	GRE
Bronze:	Ladislav Žemla Zdeněk Žemla
Bronzenoc:	BOH
Prev:	1904
Next:	1908

See main article: Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

The men's 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 Max Decugis and Maurice Germot won the gold medal^[1] by defeating Greeks Ioannis Ballis and Xenophon Kasdaglis in five sets.

This is one of two events that featured a specific match to determine the bronze medal winner (the other being the women's doubles),^[2] in which Bohemians Ladislav Žemla and Zdeněk Žemla defeated Greeks Georgios Simiriotis and Nikolaos Zarifis in straight sets.

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Notes and References

News: Hernández . Pedro . Historias de Roland Garros: Max Decugis, maestro de los Mosqueteros . Roland Garros stories: Max Decugis, master of the Musketeers . 23 July 2018 . La Vanguardia . 1 June 2018 . Spanish . In 1906, he won the gold medal in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Athens Olympics..
Web site: Olympic Tennis Event - Medallists . International Tennis Federation . 23 July 2018 . Athens 1906: The Women's Singles and Men's Doubles, however, did have the usual bronze play-off..