Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor doubles
South Africa won its first Olympic men's doubles gold.
Last updated
At the 1912 Summer Olympics, the men's outdoor doubles tennis event featured 21 teams from ten nations. South Africa's Harold Kitson and Charles Winslow took gold, beating Austria's Felix Pipes and Arthur Zborzil. This marked the first Olympic medal in the event for both countries.
Background
This was the fifth appearance of men's doubles tennis at the Summer Olympics, an event held at every Games where tennis was on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 onward, with a demonstration in 1968. The 1912 edition was the second and last time an indoor version was held concurrently. The 1908 Official Report's recommendation to schedule Olympic tennis further from Wimbledon was not followed; in 1912 the outdoor events overlapped with Wimbledon, while the indoor events in May attracted top players. Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden debuted in the event, while Germany made its fourth appearance, having missed only the 1900 edition.
More in Men's Doubles Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's outdoor doubles (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced