Demetrios Stephen Petrokokkinos ( el, Δημήτριος Πετροκόκκινος, 17 April 1878 in
Ilford (registered at birth in England as Demetrius Stephen Petrocochino) – 10 May 1942 in
Cape Town
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) was a
Greek
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tennis
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player. He competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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.
Petrokokkinos was defeated in the first round of the
singles tournament by fellow Greek
Evangelos Rallis
Evangelos Rallis (Greek: Ευάγγελος Ράλλης) was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Rallis defeated fellow Greek Demetrios Petrokokkinos in the first round of the singles tournament. In the ...
. This put him in a six-way tie for eighth (last) place among the thirteen man field. In the doubles tournament, Petrokokkinos again faced Rallis in the first round. This time, Petrokokkinos and his partner
Dionysios Kasdaglis
Dimitrios written also as Demetrius Emmanuel ( el, Δημήτριος Εμμανουήλ) Kasdaglis written also as Casdagli(s) ( el, Κάσδαγλης), (10 October 1872 in Salford – 6 July 1931 in Bad Nauheim) was a Greek-Egyptian ...
a Greek from
Egypt
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, a team nowadays considered a Greek team, defeated Rallis and his partner
Konstantinos Paspatis
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. Petrokokkinos and Kasdaglis faced
Edwin Flack
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of
Australia
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and
George S. Robertson
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of
Great Britain and Ireland in the semifinals, again winning the match to advance to the final. There, they met Irishman
John Pius Boland
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and
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Friedrich Traun
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, to whom they lost to place second.
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1878 births
1942 deaths
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Olympic silver medalists for Greece
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Olympic medalists in tennis
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