Tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
Tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Events
Singles	men
Doubles	men

Men's singles tennis
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Men's singles tennis; at the Games of the III Olympiad
	Beals Wright
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	29 August–3 September 1904
Competitors	27 from 2 nations
Medalists
	← 1900 1908 →

The men's singles was a tennis event held as part of the tennis program at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. There were 27 competitors from 2 nations. The event was won by Beals Wright, with the Americans sweeping the medals. Robert LeRoy finished second, with Alphonzo Bell and Edgar Leonard eliminated in the semifinals.

Background

This was the third 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.

Beals Wright was one of the 1903 U.S. doubles champions. His compatriot Robert LeRoy was the 1903 European champion.^[1]

No nations made their debut in the event. Germany and the United States both made their second appearance.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with no bronze-medal match (both semifinal losers tied for third). All matches, including the final, were best-of-three sets.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 29 August 1904 Tuesday, 30 August Wednesday, 31 August Thursday, 1 September Friday, 2 September Saturday, 3 September		Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final (gold-medal match)

Beals Wright (USA)	6	6

John Neely (USA)	0	2
			Beals Wright (USA)	6	6

			Alphonzo Bell (USA)	3	4
Alphonzo Bell (USA)	6	6

Semp Russ (USA)	3	1
						Beals Wright (USA)	6	6

						Robert LeRoy (USA)	3	4
Wilfred Blatherwick (USA)	2	0

Edgar Leonard (USA)	6	6
			Edgar Leonard (USA)	3	3

			Robert LeRoy (USA)	6	6
Charles Cresson (USA)	4	6

Robert LeRoy (USA)	6	8

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

	B Wright (USA)	6	6
	F Montgomery (USA)	3	1
				B Wright (USA)	6	6
				H Hardy (GER)	2	1
	H Hardy (GER)
	F Eberhardt (USA)	w/o
							B Wright (USA)	6	6
							J Neely (USA)	0	2
	J Neely (USA)	6	6
	M MacDonald (USA)	1	1
				J Neely (USA)	6	6
				F Feitshans (USA)	0	2
	F Feitshans (USA)	8	6
	J Charles (USA)	6	1

Section 2

First round		Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

		A Bell (USA)	6	6
		O Vernon (USA)	3	2
					A Bell (USA)
					D Davis (USA)	w/o
		D Davis (USA)	6	6
		S Tritle (USA)	2	1
								A Bell (USA)	6	6
								S Russ (USA)	3	1
		H Jones (USA)	6	6
		A Drew (USA)	4	1
					H Jones (USA)	1	2
S Russ (USA)					S Russ (USA)	6	6
NM Smith (USA)	w/o	S Russ (USA)	6	6
D Turner (USA)		D Turner (USA)	2	1
J Eberhardt (USA)	w/o

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

N Semple (USA)	6	6
G Stadel (USA)	2	1	N Semple (USA)	6	4	1
W Blatherwick (USA)			W Blatherwick (USA)	4	6	6
M Bergfeld (USA)	w/o						W Blatherwick (USA)	6	0	6
H Jacobs (USA)							J Cunningham (USA)	2	6	4
J Benger (USA)	w/o		H Jacobs (USA)	w/o
			J Cunningham (USA)
											W Blatherwick (USA)	2	0
											E Leonard (USA)	6	6
			W Easton (USA)	2	2
			R McKittrick (USA)	6	6
							R McKittrick (USA)	4	4
							E Leonard (USA)	6	6
			C Forney (USA)	1	1
			E Leonard (USA)	6	6

Section 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

F Rahe (GER)

w/o

H Holland (USA)

H Holland (USA)

w/o

C Cresson (USA)

F Wheaton (USA)

2

4

C Cresson (USA)

6

C Cresson (USA)

4

6

R LeRoy (USA)

6

8

J Elliott (USA)

w/o

F Sanderson (USA)

F Sanderson (USA)

3

R LeRoy (USA)

6

T Holland (USA)

w/o

R LeRoy (USA)

Results summary

Rank	Player	Nation	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
	Beals Wright	United States	Bye	Montgomery (USA) W 6–3, 6–1	Hardy (GER) W 6–2, 6–1	Neely (USA) W 6–0, 6–2	Bell (USA) W 6–3, 6–4	LeRoy (USA) W 6–3, 6–4
	Robert LeRoy	United States	Bye	T Holland (USA) W w/o	Sanderson (USA) W 6–3, 6–3	Cresson (USA) W 6–4, 8–6	Leonard (USA) W 6–3, 6–3	Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–4
	Alphonzo Bell	United States	Bye	Vernon (USA) W 6–3, 6–2	Davis (USA) W w/o	Russ (USA) W 6–3, 6–1	Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–4	Did not advance
	Edgar Leonard	United States	Bye	Forney (USA) W 6–1, 6–1	McKittrick (USA) W 6–2, 6–2	Blatherwick (USA) W 6–2, 6–0	LeRoy (USA) L 6–3, 6–3	Did not advance
5	Wilfred Blatherwick	United States	Bergfeld (USA) W w/o	Semple (USA) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Cunningham (USA) W 6–2, 0–6, 6–4	Leonard (USA) L 6–2, 6–0	did not advance
	Charles Cresson	United States	Bye	Wheaton (USA) W 6–2, 6–4	H Holland (USA) W w/o	LeRoy (USA) L 6–4, 8–6	did not advance
	John Neely	United States	Bye	MacDonald (USA) W 6–1, 6–1	Feitshans (USA) W 6–0, 6–2	Wright (USA) L 6–0, 6–2	did not advance
	Semp Russ	United States	Smith (USA) W w/o	Turner (USA) W 6–2, 6–1	Jones (USA) W 6–1, 6–2	Bell (USA) L 6–3, 6–1	did not advance
9	Joe Cunningham	United States	Bye	Jacobs (USA) W w/o	Blatherwick (USA) L 6–2, 0–6, 6–4	did not advance
	Dwight F. Davis	United States	Bye	Tritle (USA) W 6–2, 6–1	Bell (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	Rollin Feitshans	United States	Bye	Charles (USA) W 8–6, 6–1	Neely (USA) L 6–0, 6–2	did not advance
	Hugo Hardy	Germany	Bye	F. Eberhardt (USA) W w/o	Wright (USA) L 6–2, 6–1	did not advance
	Hugh Jones	United States	Bye	Drew (USA) W 6–4, 6–1	Russ (USA) L 6–1, 6–2	did not advance
	Ralph McKittrick	United States	Bye	Easton (USA) W 6–2, 6–2	Leonard (USA) L 6–2, 6–2	did not advance
	Fred Sanderson	United States	Bye	Elliott (USA) W w/o	LeRoy (USA) L 6–3, 6–3	did not advance
16	Joseph Charles	United States	Bye	Feitshans (USA) L 8–6, 6–1	did not advance
	Andrew Drew	United States	Bye	Jones (USA) L 6–4, 6–1	did not advance
	William Easton	United States	Bye	McKittrick (USA) L 6–2, 6–2	did not advance
	Chris Forney	United States	Bye	Leonard (USA) L 6–1, 6–1	did not advance
	Malcolm MacDonald	United States	Bye	Neely (USA) L 6–1, 6–1	did not advance
	Forest Montgomery	United States	Bye	Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–1	did not advance
	Nathaniel Semple	United States	Stadel (USA) W 6–2, 6–1	Blatherwick (USA) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	did not advance
	Stewart Tritle	United States	Bye	Davis (USA) L 6–2, 6–1	did not advance
	Douglas Turner	United States	J Eberhardt (USA) W w/o	Russ (USA) L 6–2, 6–1	did not advance
	Orien Vernon	United States	Bye	Bell (USA) L 6–3, 6–2	did not advance
	Frank Wheaton	United States	Bye	Cresson (USA) L 6–2, 6–4	did not advance
27	George Stadel	United States	Semple (USA) L 6–2, 6–1	did not advance
—	Benger	United States	Jacobs (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	M. Bergfeld	United States	Blatherwick (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	H. Holland	United States	Bye	Rahe (GER) W w/o	Cresson (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	Frank Eberhardt	United States	Bye	Hardy (GER) L w/o	did not advance
	John Eberhardt	United States	Turner (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	J. Elliott	United States	Bye	Fred Sanderson (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	Thomas Holland	United States	Bye	LeRoy (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	H. W. Jacobs	United States	Benger (USA) W w/o	Cunningham (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Germany	Bye	H. Holland (USA) L w/o	did not advance
	N. M. Smith	United States	Russ (USA) L w/o	did not advance

External links

^ "Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.
ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide

[Olympedia-1] "Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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v t e Olympic tennis men's singles champions
Demonstration	1968: Manuel Santana (ESP) 1984: Stefan Edberg (SWE)
Indoor	1908: Arthur Gore (GBR) 1912: André Gobert (FRA)
Outdoor	1896: John Pius Boland (GBR) 1900: Laurence Doherty (GBR) 1904: Beals Wright (USA) 1908: Major Ritchie (GBR) 1912: Charles Winslow (RSA) 1920: Louis Raymond (RSA) 1924: Vincent Richards (USA) 1988: Miloslav Mečíř (TCH) 1992: Marc Rosset (SUI) 1996: Andre Agassi (USA) 2000: Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) 2004: Nicolás Massú (CHI) 2008: Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2012: Andy Murray (GBR) 2016: Andy Murray (GBR) 2020: Alexander Zverev (GER) 2024: Novak Djokovic (SRB)