Dionysios Kasdaglis (1880 - ?) was a Greek-Egyptian tennis player. He competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Tennis, in the form of lawn tennis, was a summer Olympic sport contested in every Games between 1896 and 1924 before disappearing from the Olympic scene until its revival as an Olympic event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A tennis net Tennis is a sport played between either two players (Singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponents court. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ...

The men's singles final in 1896, which Kasdaglis lost to Boland

Kasdaglis, the only competitor from Egypt, made it to the finals in both the singles and doubles events. In the singles, he defeated Defert of France in the first round, Konstantinos Akratopoulos of Greece in the second, and Momcsilló Tapavicza of Hungary in the semifinals before facing John Pius Boland of Great Britain and Ireland in the final. Boland proved the better player, and Kasdaglis finished second. The medal is credited to Kasdaglis as a Greek by the International Olympic Committee. Image File history File links From the Official Report of the 1896 Olympics. ... Image File history File links From the Official Report of the 1896 Olympics. ... Defert was a French tennis player. ... Konstantinos Akratopoulos was a Greek tennis player. ... Momcsilló Tapavicza (14 October 1872 – 10 January 1949) was a Hungarian tennis player, weightlifter, and wrestler. ... John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 – 17 March 1958) was an Irish politician, and the first Olympic champion in tennis. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital London Language English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy Head of State British monarch Head of Govt. ... Bold textralf is gay IOC redirects here. ...

For the doubles tournament, Kasdaglis paired with Demetrios Petrokokkinos in a mixed team.^[1] They defeated the Greeks Konstantinos Paspatis and Evangelos Rallis in the first round and the British/Australian pair of George S. Robertson and Teddy Flack in the semifinals. In the final, Kasdaglis again faced Boland, this time paired with Friedrich Traun of Germany. Kasdaglis and Petrokokkinos lost that match to give Kasdaglis his second silver medal. Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878 – ?) was a Greek tennis player. ... At the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, mixed teams composed of athletes of different nationalities competed in the doubles tennis event. ... Konstantinos Paspatis was a Greek tennis player. ... Evangelos Rallis was a Greek tennis player. ... George Stuart Robertson was a British athlete. ... Teddy Flack Edwin Harold Teddy Flack (November 5, 1873 – January 10, 1935) was an Australian athlete. ... Friedrich Adolph Traun (29 March 1876 – 11 July 1908) was a German athlete and tennis player. ...

Notes

1. ^ The International Olympic Committee's medals database lists this as a mixed team; however, Kasdaglis is himself identified as Greek and Petrokokkinos, whose nationality is not explicitly mentioned by the IOC database, is elsewhere always listed as Greek.