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

Women's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Queen's Club
Dates	6–11 May
Competitors	7 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Great Britain   Alice Greene Great Britain   Märtha Adlerstråhle Sweden

Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Outdoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men
Indoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men

The indoor women's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.^[1]

Results

Standings

Place	Name	Nation
1st	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	Great Britain
2nd	Alice Greene	Great Britain
3rd	Märtha Adlerstråhle	Sweden
4th	Elsa Wallenberg	Sweden
5th	Penelope Boothby	Great Britain
	Mildred Coles	Great Britain
	Violet Pinckney	Great Britain

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	7	7
		Violet Pinckney	5	5
									Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	6	6
									Elsa Wallenberg	4	4
		Elsa Wallenberg	11	4	4[2]
		Mildred Coles	9	6	5 r
																Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	6	4	6
																Alice Greene	2	6	0
		Alice Greene	6	6
		Penelope Boothby	2	2
									Alice Greene	6	6
									Märtha Adlerstråhle	1	3				Bronze Medal Match
		Märtha Adlerstråhle
		bye														Elsa Wallenberg	6	2	3
																Märtha Adlerstråhle	1	6	6

References

1. "Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's singles". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
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.

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Tennis 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 27 May 2006.