Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's indoor singles

The indoor women's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players.[1]

Women's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Queen's Club
Dates	6–11 May
Competitors	9 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith  Great Britain Alice Greene  Great Britain Märtha Adlerstråhle  Sweden

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final (Gold medal match)
								D Lambert Chambers (GBR)		w/o
								M Adlerstråhle (SWE)
															M Adlerstråhle (SWE)		1	3
															A Greene (GBR)		6	6
								D Boothby (GBR)		2	2
	A Greene (GBR)							A Greene (GBR)		6	6
	R Winch (GBR)		w/o																			A Greene (GBR)		2	6	0
																						G Eastlake-Smith (GBR)		6	4	6
								E Wallenberg (SWE)		11	4	4
								M Coles (GBR)[2]		9	6	5^r
															E Wallenberg (SWE)		4	4				Bronze medal match
															G Eastlake-Smith (GBR)		6	6
								G Eastlake-Smith (GBR)		7	7											E Wallenberg (SWE)		6	2	3
								V Pinckney (GBR)		5	5											M Adlerstråhle (SWE)		1	6	6

References

1. Official Report, p. 36.
2. Cook, p. 222. Coles, with a lead of 5 games to 4 and 40-15 in the game in progress, was a single point from defeating Wallenberg when the Briton suffered an arm injury and could not continue play.

External links

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide