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
Mike Davies (tennis) first Players Association (IPTPA) was the forerunner of what is now the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), of which Davies was to become executive director in 1982. In 1961 Davies published two books: one a teaching book, and the other a biography called "Tennis Rebel" (Stanley Paul, London). Davies retired in 1967, one year before Wimbledon finally allowed professionals to play. However, he did come out of retirement to play in the first Open at Wimbledon. He had missed 28 Grand Slam events during the ban. In 1967 Lamar Hunt co-founded World Championship Tennis (WCT) with his nephew, Al G.