# Tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles was a tennis event held as part of the tennis program at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. There were 27 competitors from 2 nations. The event was won by Beals Wright, with the Americans sweeping the medals. Robert LeRoy finished second, with Alphonzo Bell and Edgar Leonard eliminated in the semifinals.

## Background

This was the third appearance of the men's singles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. Demonstration events were held in 1968 and 1984.
Beals Wright was one of the 1903 U.S. doubles champions. His compatriot Robert LeRoy was the 1903 European champion.
No nations made their debut in the event. Germany and the United States both made their second appearance.

## Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with no bronze-medal match (both semifinal losers tied for third). All matches, including the final, were best-of-three sets.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 29 August 1904 Tuesday, 30 August Wednesday, 31 August Thursday, 1 September Friday, 2 September Saturday, 3 September | | Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## 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
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) |
| Beals Wright (USA) | Beals Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| John Neely (USA) | John Neely (USA) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| John Neely (USA) | John Neely (USA) | 0 | 2 | Beals Wright (USA) | Beals Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Alphonzo Bell (USA) | Alphonzo Bell (USA) | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Alphonzo Bell (USA) | Alphonzo Bell (USA) | 6 | 6 | Alphonzo Bell (USA) | Alphonzo Bell (USA) | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Semp Russ (USA) | Semp Russ (USA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Semp Russ (USA) | Semp Russ (USA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | Beals Wright (USA) | Beals Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | Robert LeRoy (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | 3 | 4 |
| Wilfred Blatherwick (USA) | Wilfred Blatherwick (USA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Robert LeRoy (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | 3 | 4 |
| Edgar Leonard (USA) | Edgar Leonard (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Edgar Leonard (USA) | Edgar Leonard (USA) | 6 | 6 | Edgar Leonard (USA) | Edgar Leonard (USA) | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Robert LeRoy (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Charles Cresson (USA) | Charles Cresson (USA) | 4 | 6 | Robert LeRoy (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Robert LeRoy (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| B Wright (USA) | B Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| F Montgomery (USA) | F Montgomery (USA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | B Wright (USA) | B Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | H Hardy (GER) | H Hardy (GER) | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| H Hardy (GER) | H Hardy (GER) | | | | | | | | | | |
| F Eberhardt (USA) | F Eberhardt (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | B Wright (USA) | B Wright (USA) | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | J Neely (USA) | J Neely (USA) | 0 | 2 |
| J Neely (USA) | J Neely (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| M MacDonald (USA) | M MacDonald (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | J Neely (USA) | J Neely (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | F Feitshans (USA) | F Feitshans (USA) | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| F Feitshans (USA) | F Feitshans (USA) | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| J Charles (USA) | J Charles (USA) | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | A Bell (USA) | A Bell (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | O Vernon (USA) | O Vernon (USA) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | A Bell (USA) | A Bell (USA) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | D Davis (USA) | D Davis (USA) | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | D Davis (USA) | D Davis (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | S Tritle (USA) | S Tritle (USA) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | A Bell (USA) | A Bell (USA) | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | S Russ (USA) | S Russ (USA) | 3 | 1 |
| | | | H Jones (USA) | H Jones (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | A Drew (USA) | A Drew (USA) | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | H Jones (USA) | H Jones (USA) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| S Russ (USA) | S Russ (USA) | | | | | | S Russ (USA) | S Russ (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| NM Smith (USA) | NM Smith (USA) | w/o | S Russ (USA) | S Russ (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| D Turner (USA) | D Turner (USA) | | D Turner (USA) | D Turner (USA) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| J Eberhardt (USA) | J Eberhardt (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| N Semple (USA) | N Semple (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Stadel (USA) | G Stadel (USA) | 2 | 1 | N Semple (USA) | N Semple (USA) | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| W Blatherwick (USA) | W Blatherwick (USA) | | | W Blatherwick (USA) | W Blatherwick (USA) | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Bergfeld (USA) | M Bergfeld (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | W Blatherwick (USA) | W Blatherwick (USA) | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | |
| H Jacobs (USA) | H Jacobs (USA) | | | | | | | | J Cunningham (USA) | J Cunningham (USA) | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| J Benger (USA) | J Benger (USA) | w/o | | H Jacobs (USA) | H Jacobs (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | J Cunningham (USA) | J Cunningham (USA) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W Blatherwick (USA) | W Blatherwick (USA) | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Leonard (USA) | E Leonard (USA) | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | W Easton (USA) | W Easton (USA) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | R McKittrick (USA) | R McKittrick (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | R McKittrick (USA) | R McKittrick (USA) | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | E Leonard (USA) | E Leonard (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | C Forney (USA) | C Forney (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | E Leonard (USA) | E Leonard (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| F Rahe (GER) | F Rahe (GER) | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| H Holland (USA) | H Holland (USA) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | H Holland (USA) | H Holland (USA) | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | | C Cresson (USA) | C Cresson (USA) | | | | | | |
| F Wheaton (USA) | F Wheaton (USA) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| C Cresson (USA) | C Cresson (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | C Cresson (USA) | C Cresson (USA) | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | R LeRoy (USA) | R LeRoy (USA) | 6 | 8 |
| J Elliott (USA) | J Elliott (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| F Sanderson (USA) | F Sanderson (USA) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | F Sanderson (USA) | F Sanderson (USA) | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | R LeRoy (USA) | R LeRoy (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| T Holland (USA) | T Holland (USA) | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| R LeRoy (USA) | R LeRoy (USA) | | | | | | | | | | |

## Results summary

| Rank | Player | Nation | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| | Beals Wright | United States | Bye | Montgomery (USA) W 6–3, 6–1 | Hardy (GER) W 6–2, 6–1 | Neely (USA) W 6–0, 6–2 | Bell (USA) W 6–3, 6–4 | LeRoy (USA) W 6–3, 6–4 |
| | Robert LeRoy | United States | Bye | T Holland (USA) W w/o | Sanderson (USA) W 6–3, 6–3 | Cresson (USA) W 6–4, 8–6 | Leonard (USA) W 6–3, 6–3 | Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–4 |
| | Alphonzo Bell | United States | Bye | Vernon (USA) W 6–3, 6–2 | Davis (USA) W w/o | Russ (USA) W 6–3, 6–1 | Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–4 | Did not advance |
| | Edgar Leonard | United States | Bye | Forney (USA) W 6–1, 6–1 | McKittrick (USA) W 6–2, 6–2 | Blatherwick (USA) W 6–2, 6–0 | LeRoy (USA) L 6–3, 6–3 | Did not advance |
| 5 | Wilfred Blatherwick | United States | Bergfeld (USA) W w/o | Semple (USA) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 | Cunningham (USA) W 6–2, 0–6, 6–4 | Leonard (USA) L 6–2, 6–0 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 5 | Charles Cresson | United States | Bye | Wheaton (USA) W 6–2, 6–4 | H Holland (USA) W w/o | LeRoy (USA) L 6–4, 8–6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 5 | John Neely | United States | Bye | MacDonald (USA) W 6–1, 6–1 | Feitshans (USA) W 6–0, 6–2 | Wright (USA) L 6–0, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 5 | Semp Russ | United States | Smith (USA) W w/o | Turner (USA) W 6–2, 6–1 | Jones (USA) W 6–1, 6–2 | Bell (USA) L 6–3, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Joe Cunningham | United States | Bye | Jacobs (USA) W w/o | Blatherwick (USA) L 6–2, 0–6, 6–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Dwight F. Davis | United States | Bye | Tritle (USA) W 6–2, 6–1 | Bell (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Rollin Feitshans | United States | Bye | Charles (USA) W 8–6, 6–1 | Neely (USA) L 6–0, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Hugo Hardy | Germany | Bye | F. Eberhardt (USA) W w/o | Wright (USA) L 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Hugh Jones | United States | Bye | Drew (USA) W 6–4, 6–1 | Russ (USA) L 6–1, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Ralph McKittrick | United States | Bye | Easton (USA) W 6–2, 6–2 | Leonard (USA) L 6–2, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | Fred Sanderson | United States | Bye | Elliott (USA) W w/o | LeRoy (USA) L 6–3, 6–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Joseph Charles | United States | Bye | Feitshans (USA) L 8–6, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Andrew Drew | United States | Bye | Jones (USA) L 6–4, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | William Easton | United States | Bye | McKittrick (USA) L 6–2, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Chris Forney | United States | Bye | Leonard (USA) L 6–1, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Malcolm MacDonald | United States | Bye | Neely (USA) L 6–1, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Forest Montgomery | United States | Bye | Wright (USA) L 6–3, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Nathaniel Semple | United States | Stadel (USA) W 6–2, 6–1 | Blatherwick (USA) L 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Stewart Tritle | United States | Bye | Davis (USA) L 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Douglas Turner | United States | J Eberhardt (USA) W w/o | Russ (USA) L 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Orien Vernon | United States | Bye | Bell (USA) L 6–3, 6–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Frank Wheaton | United States | Bye | Cresson (USA) L 6–2, 6–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | George Stadel | United States | Semple (USA) L 6–2, 6–1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | Benger | United States | Jacobs (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | M. Bergfeld | United States | Blatherwick (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | H. Holland | United States | Bye | Rahe (GER) W w/o | Cresson (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | Frank Eberhardt | United States | Bye | Hardy (GER) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | John Eberhardt | United States | Turner (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | J. Elliott | United States | Bye | Fred Sanderson (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | Thomas Holland | United States | Bye | LeRoy (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | H. W. Jacobs | United States | Benger (USA) W w/o | Cunningham (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | Germany | Bye | H. Holland (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| — | N. M. Smith | United States | Russ (USA) L w/o | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |