| Event: | Men's outdoor singles tennis |
| Games: | 1912 Summer |
| Venue: | Östermalms IP |
| Dates: | 28 June – 5 July 1912 |
| Competitors: | 49 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Charles Winslow |
| Goldnoc: | RSA |
| Silver: | Harold Kitson |
| Silvernoc: | RSA |
| Bronze: | Oscar Kreuzer |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 1908 |
| Next: | 1920 |
| Type: | olympics1912 |
| Quadrennial: | yes |
| Multi: | yes |
| After Year: | 1920 |
The (outdoor) men's singles competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics was part of the tennis program for the games. There were 49 competitors from 12 nations. Nations were limited to 8 players each.[1] The event was won by Charles Winslow in an all-South African final over Harold Kitson; they were the nation's first medals in the men's singles. Oscar Kreuzer of Germany won the bronze-medal match against Bohemian Ladislav Žemla.
This was the fifth appearance of the men's singles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. Demonstration events were held in 1968 and 1984. 1912 was the second and last time an indoor version was held concurrently.
The 1908 Official Report's recommendation to schedule Olympic tennis not so close to Wimbledon was not acted upon; indeed, the scheduling issue was worse in 1912. Rather than starting three days after the end of Wimbledon, the Olympic outdoor tennis events were now at the same time as Wimbledon. The indoor events, held in May, were thus attended by top-flight players, while the outdoor competitions were not.[2] [3] [4]
Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. France and Germany both made their fourth appearance, tied for most among all nations.
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. All matches were best-of-five sets.
The tournament was beset by withdrawals; there were 67 entries, necessitating drawing up a bracket for seven rounds, but only 49 men actually started.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 28 June 1912 | Round of 128 Round of 64 | ||
| Saturday, 29 June 1912 | Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 | ||
| Sunday, 30 June 1912 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | ||
| Monday, 1 July 1912 | Round of 32 Round of 16 | ||
| Tuesday, 2 July 1912 | Quarterfinals | ||
| Wednesday, 3 July 1912 | Quarterfinals Semifinals | ||
| Thursday, 4 July 1912 | Semifinals Bronze medal match | ||
| Friday, 5 July 1912 | Final |
| Rank | Player | Nation | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left data-sort-value="Winslow, Charles" | Charles Winslow | W 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 | W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | W 6–4, 8–6, 6–4 | W 6–2, 6–4, 8–10, 4–6, 6–3 | W 9–7, 7–5, 6–2 | W 7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kitson, Harold" | Harold Kitson | W 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 | W 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | W 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | W 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | W 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | L 7–5, 4–6, 10–8, 8–6 | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kreuzer, Oscar" | Oscar Kreuzer | W 6–0, 6–0, 6–1 | W w/o | W 6–2, 2–4, 6–4, 6–0 | W 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | L 9–7, 7–5, 6–2 | W 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |||
| 4 | align=left data-sort-value="Žemla, Ladislav" | Ladislav Žemla | W w/o | W w/o | W 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2 | W 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 | L 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | L 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 5 | align=left data-sort-value="Heyden, Luis Maria" | Luis Maria Heyden | W 7–9, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1 | W 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | W 2–6, 7–5, 8–6, 7–5 | L 6–2, 6–4, 8–10, 4–6, 6–3 | did not advance | |||
| align=left data-sort-value="Müller, Otto von" | Otto von Müller | W 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 | W 6–1, 6–2, 6–0 | W 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 | L 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Salm-Hoogstraeten, Ludwig von" | Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten | W 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 | W 7–5, 6–4, 6–1 | W 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 | L 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Zborzil, Arthur" | Arthur Zborzil | W 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | W 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | W 6–1, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 | L 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | did not advance | ||||
| 9 | align=left data-sort-value="Ingerslev, Vagn" | Vagn Ingerslev | W 6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–4 | W 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | L 6–4, 8–6, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kehrling, Béla von" | Béla von Kehrling | W w/o | W 6–2, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4 | L 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Pell, Theodore" | Theodore Pell | W w/o | W 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 | L 2–6, 7–5, 8–6, 7–5 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Schomburgk, Heinrich" | Heinrich Schomburgk | W w/o | W 8–6, 6–1, 6–4 | L 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Šebek, Josef" | Josef Šebek | W w/o | W 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 | L 6–1, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Sumarokov-Elston, Mikhail" | Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston | W w/o | W 6–2, 6–3, 3–5, 6–2 | L 6–2, 2–4, 6–4, 6–0 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Tapscott, Lionel" | Lionel Tapscott | W 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 | W 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | W 1–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | L 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Wennergren, Charles" | Charles Wennergren | W 6–1, 6–0, 6–0 | W 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1 | L 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||
| 17 | align=left data-sort-value="Blanchy, François" | François Blanchy | W 5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 | L 1–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Boström, Wollmar" | Wollmar Boström | W 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 | L 7–5, 6–4, 6–1 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Canet, Albert" | Albert Canet | W 6–3, 6–0, 6–1 | L 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Grönfors, Torsten" | Torsten Grönfors | W w/o | L 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Hansen, Victor" | Victor Hansen | W w/o | L 6–2, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kelemen, Aurél von" | Aurél von Kelemen | W 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 | L 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Möller, Frans" | Frans Möller | W w/o | L 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Robětín, Karel" | Karel Robětín | W w/o | L 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Rovsing, Leif" | Leif Rovsing | W w/o | L 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Setterwall, Gunnar" | Gunnar Setterwall | W 6–3, 6–3, 8–6 | L 6–2, 6–3, 3–5, 6–2 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Spiess, Robert" | Robert Spiess | W 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | L 8–6, 6–1, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Stibolt, Willem" | Willem Stibolt | W w/o | L 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Thayssen, Axel" | Axel Thayssen | W w/o | W 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | L 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Zsigmondy, Jenő" | Jenő Zsigmondy | W w/o | L 6–1, 6–2, 6–0 | did not advance | ||||||
| 31 | align=left data-sort-value="Arenholt, Jørgen" | Jørgen Arenholt | L 6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–4 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Baráth, Leó von" | Leó von Baráth | L 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Benckert, Curt" | Curt Benckert | L 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Bjørklund, Herman" | Herman Bjørklund | L 6–0, 6–0, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Blom, Otto" | Otto Blom | L 6–3, 6–3, 8–6 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Boström, Wollmar" | Trygve Smith | L 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Frederiksen, Ove" | Ove Frederiksen | L 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Frigast, Ernst" | Ernst Frigast | L 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Hykš, Bohuslav" | Bohuslav Hykš | L 5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Just, Jaroslav" | Jaroslav Just | L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Langaard, Conrad" | Conrad Langaard | L 6–3, 6–0, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Leffler, Hakon" | Hakon Leffler | L 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Madsen, Aage" | Aage Madsen | L 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Mény de Marangue, Édouard" | Édouard Mény de Marangue | L 7–9, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Peterson, Richard" | Richard Peterson | L 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Pipes, Felix" | Felix Pipes | W 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 | L 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Zeman, Jaromír" | Jaromír Zeman | L 6–1, 6–0, 6–0 | did not advance | |||||||
| 48 | align=left data-sort-value="Kodl, Jiří" | Jiří Kodl | L 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Lindpaintner, Otto" | Otto Lindpaintner | L 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 | did not advance | |||||||
| — | align=left data-sort-value="Alenitsyn, Aleksandr" | Aleksandr Alenitsyn | L w/o | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Angell, Bjarne" | Bjarne Angell | W w/o | L w/o | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Ardelt, Karel" | Karel Ardelt | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Bertrand, Rudolf" | Rudolf Bertrand | W w/o | L w/o | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Gyula, Paller" | Paller Gyula | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Froitzheim, Otto" | Otto Froitzheim | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Hammacher, Adolf" | Adolf Hammacher | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Kempe, Carl" | Carl Kempe | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Lawton, Daniel" | Daniel Lawton | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Liebisch, Hermann" | Hermann Liebisch | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Montariol, Jean" | Jean Montariol | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Planner von Plaun, Herbert" | Herbert Planner von Plaun | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Relly, Otto" | Otto Relly | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Samazeuilh, Jean-Pierre" | Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Schmid, Ödön" | Ödön Schmid | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Segner, Pál" | Pál Segner | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Tóth, Ede" | Ede Tóth | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||
| align=left data-sort-value="Wessely, Kurt von" | Kurt von Wessely | L w/o | did not advance | |||||||