Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Women's singles
The women's singles was one of four lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games programme. The tournament was played on clay courts at the Athens Lawn Tennis Club.
| Women's singles tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Athens Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||||||
| Date | 23–28 April | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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22-years old Greek Esmée Simirioti[1] won the gold medal by defeating her compatriot Sophia Marinou in three sets.
This is one of two events that featured a specific match to determine the bronze medal winner,[2] in which Euphrosine Paspati completed an all-greek podium by winning the bronze medal.
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 | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Euphrosine Paspati (GRE)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||
| Domini Elliadis (GRE)
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| Euphrosine Paspati (GRE)
| 0 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sophia Marinou (GRE)
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Sophia Marinou (GRE)
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Ioanna Tissamenou (GRE)
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sophia Marinou (GRE)
| 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Esmée Simirioti (GRE)
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Marie Decugis (FRA)
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| Aspasia Matsa (GRE)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||
| Aspasia Matsa (GRE)
| 5 | 2 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||||||||
| Esmée Simirioti (GRE)
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| V. Melis (GRE)
| Euphrosine Paspati (GRE)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Esmée Simirioti (GRE)
| w/o | Aspasia Matsa (GRE)
| 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
References
- Mallon, Bill (2009). The 1906 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7864-4067-2. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
Youngest Gold Medalists, Individual (10 athletes): 22 yrs-116 days Esmée Simirioti (GRE-TEN, Ladies' singles)
- "Olympic Tennis Event - Medallists". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
Athens 1906: The Women's Singles and Men's Doubles, however, did have the usual bronze play-off.
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