Denmark at The 1920 Summer Olympics - Tennis

Tennis

Three tennis players, one man and two women, competed for Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The team won no medals, but the mixed pair of Hansen and Tegner took fourth place after winning two matches to advance to the semifinals before losing there and in the bronze medal match.

Player Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Elsebreth Brehm Women's singles N/A Dupont (BEL)
W 6–3, 6–4		 Strömberg (SWE)
L 7–5, 6–3		 Did not advance 9
Amory Hansen Women's singles N/A Bye D'Ayen (FRA)
L 6–2, 6–3		 Did not advance 9
Erik Tegner Men's singles Bye Kashio (JPN)
L 6–3, 6–1, 6–2		 Did not advance 17
Elsebreth Brehm
Amory Hansen		 Women's doubles N/A N/A Bye Arendt & Storms (BEL)
L 6–1, 6–1		 Did not advance 5
Amory Hansen
Erik Tegner		 Mixed doubles N/A Bye de Borman & Washer (BEL)
W 4–6, 8–6, 6–3		 Malström & Strömberg (SWE)
W 0–6, 6–1, 6–2		 Décugis & Lenglen (FRA)
L 6–0, 6–1		 Skrbková & Žemla-Rázný (TCH)
L 8–6, 6–4		 4
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Belgium 2 1 .667
Czechoslovakia 0 1 .000
France 0 2 .000
Japan 0 1 .000
Sweden 1 1 .500
Total 3 6 .333
Round Wins Losses Percent
Round of 64 0 0 –
Round of 32 1 1 .500
Round of 16 1 2 .667
Quarterfinals 1 1 .500
Semifinals 0 1 .000
Final 0 0 –
Bronze match 0 1 .000
Total 3 6 .333

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