Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's doubles

Men's doubles tennis

at the 1906 Intercalated Games

Venue

Athens Lawn Tennis Club

Date

23–28 April

Competitors

12 teams from 7 nations

Medalists

		Max Decugis Maurice Germot	France
		Ioannis Ballis Xenophon Kasdaglis	Greece
		Ladislav Žemla Zdeněk Žemla	Bohemia

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The men's doubles 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.

Frenchmen Max Decugis and Maurice Germot won the gold medal^[1] by defeating Greeks Ioannis Ballis and Xenophon Kasdaglis in five sets.

This is one of two events that featured a specific match to determine the bronze medal winner (the other being the women's doubles),^[2] in which Bohemians Ladislav Žemla and Zdeněk Žemla defeated Greeks Georgios Simiriotis and Nikolaos Zarifis in straight sets.

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round		Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold Medal Match

		M Decugis (FRA) M Germot (FRA)	6	6
		K Beukema (NED) G Scheurleer (NED)	4	0
					M Decugis (FRA) M Germot (FRA)	6	6
L Žemla (BOH) Z Žemla (BOH)	w/o				L Žemla (BOH) Z Žemla (BOH)	3	4
A Goergiadis (GRE) D Syriotis (GRE)		L Žemla (BOH) Z Žemla (BOH)	6	6
H Byington (USA) R Schauffler (USA)	w/o	H Byington (USA) R Schauffler (USA)	3	3
J Giraud (FRA) J Whittal (GBR)								M Decugis (FRA) M Germot (FRA)	6	9	3	0	6
H Giraud (FRA) D Whittal (GBR)								I Ballis (GRE) X Kasdaglis (GRE)	3	7	6	6	0
P Manesis (GRE) H Melis (GRE)	w/o	P Manesis (GRE) H Melis (GRE)
V Károly (HUN) J Žemla (BOH)		I Ballis (GRE) X Kasdaglis (GRE)	w/o
I Ballis (GRE) X Kasdaglis (GRE)	w/o				I Ballis (GRE) X Kasdaglis (GRE)	7	6	Bronze Medal Match
					G Simiriotis (GRE) N Zarifis (GRE)	5	4
		I Ketseas (GRE) G Skouzes (GRE)	7	1				L Žemla (BOH) Z Žemla (BOH)	6	6
		G Simiriotis (GRE) N Zarifis (GRE)	9	6				G Simiriotis (GRE) N Zarifis (GRE)	2	3

References

^ Hernández, Pedro (1 June 2018). "Historias de Roland Garros: Max Decugis, maestro de los Mosqueteros" [Roland Garros stories: Max Decugis, master of the Musketeers] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 23 July 2018. In 1906, he won the gold medal in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Athens Olympics.
^ "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.