Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics Tennis and Croquet Club at Worple Road from July 6 through July 11, 1908. In total 50 players, 40 men and 10 women, competed. Five nations made their tennis debuts, while five more returned to competition for a total of ten nations. Two players, Les Poidevin and Wimbledon champion Anthony Wilding were nominated for Australasia but through administrative bungling they were not entered. 50 players from 10 nations competed. Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics Six tennis events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Indoor tennis events, on what were officially called 'covered courts', were
Kevin Anderson (tennis) Dhabi hosted World Tennis Championship. In June 2016, Anderson co-founded a tennis instructional and lifestyle website titled Realife Tennis, which offers online instruction and access to life on the professional tennis circuit. In the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals, Anderson reached his second major final by defeating American John Isner in the second longest match in the history of major tournaments. The match, which lasted 6 hours and 36 minutes, was only beaten in length by the 2010 match between Isner and France's Nicolas Mahut. Anderson started playing tennis at age 6 and was competitive in 800-metre races at school. On the