Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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Six '''[[tennis]]''' events were contested at the '''[[1908 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. Indoor tennis events were held for the first time, along with the usual outdoor events. Women's tennis returned, with women's singles (but not women's doubles or mixed doubles) and indoor women's singles. 5 nations made their tennis debuts, while 5 more returned to competition for a total of 10 nations. 50 players, 40 men and 10 women, competed.
==Medal summary==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Singles|Men's Singles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josiah Ritchie]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Otto Froitzheim]]|GER|1908 Summer|flag=Flag of the German Empire.svg}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wilberforce Eaves]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Indoor Singles|Men's Indoor Singles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arthur Gore]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George Caridia]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josiah Ritchie]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles|Women's Singles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dorothea Douglass Chambers|Dorothea Chambers]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Dora Boothby|Penelope Boothby]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Joan Winch]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Women's Indoor Singles|Women's Indoor Singles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Angela Greene]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Märtha Adlerstråhle]]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Doubles|Men's Doubles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George Hillyard (tennis)|George Hillyard]] & [[Reginald Doherty]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Josiah Ritchie]] & [[James Parke (tennis player)|James Parke]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Charles Cazalet]] & [[Charles Dixon (tennis player)|Charles Dixon]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|-
| [[Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Indoor Doubles|Men's Indoor Doubles]]
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arthur Gore]] & [[Herbert Barrett]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George Caridia]] & [[George Simond]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wollmar Boström]] & [[Gunnar Setterwall]]|SWE|1908 Summer}}
|}
==Medal table==
[[Image:London 1908 Lawn-Tennis WomensSingle.jpg|thumb|The Women's singles final.]]
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
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| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}} || 6 || 5 || 4 || 15
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER|1908 Summer|flag=Flag of the German Empire.svg}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|}
[[Austria at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Austria]], [[Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Bohemia]], [[Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Canada]], [[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]], [[Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Hungary]], the [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]], and [[South Africa at the 1908 Summer Olympics|South Africa]] had tennis players compete, but won no medals.
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