The mixed doubles was one of four
lawn tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
events on the
Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games programme. The tournament was played on
clay courts at the
Athens Lawn Tennis Club
The Athens Lawn Tennis Club ( Greek: Όμιλος Αντισφαίρισης Αθηνών) is a multi-sports club that is located in Athens, Greece. The club currently has departments in bridge, gymnastics, squash, and in men's, women's and yout ...
. Frenchmen
Marie Decugis
Marie Decugis (7 August 1884 – 4 May 1969; née ''Flameng''; also ''Décugis'') was a French tennis player.
Life
Marie was born in 1884 the daughter of painter François Flameng (1856–1923) and his wife Marguerite Henriette Augusta (née T ...
and
Max Decugis
Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis (; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a tennis player from France who held the French Championships record of winning the tournament eight times (a French club members only tournament before 1925) ...
won the gold medal.
Uniquely, the silver and bronze medals were awarded on the basis of the best performance against the gold and silver medalists, instead of the usual losing finalist or winner of a play-off between the losing semi-finalists.
Thus, Greek
Aspasia Matsa and
Xenophon Kasdaglis, who were beaten by the French team in the final, actually won the bronze medal. They won eight games, whereas Greeks
Sophia Marinou and
Georgios Simiriotis won nine games in their loss to the French team in the semifinal (accordingly, they won the silver medal).
Draw
Draw
References
External links
ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media GuideOfficial results archive (ITF)
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Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games