Dionisis Kasdaglis

Silver medal, April 11, 1896, Dionysis Kasdaglis tennis, singles. Athens 1896

Greece had a double success in tennis singles. Dionysis Kasdaglis finished 2nd and Kostas Paspatis 3rd in the matches held at the Tennis Club facility. Kasdaglis reached the final with three wins over Defert (France), A. Akratopoulos (Greece) and Tapavicza (Hungary). There he met John Boland from Great Britain and lost 0:2 (6:3, 6:1). The final ranking: 1. Boland (Great Britain) 2. Kasdaglis (Greece) 3. Paspatis (Greece) 3. Tapavicza (Hungary).

Silver Medal, April 11, 1896, Dionysis Kasdaglis – Dimitris Petrokokkinos, Tennis, Doubles, Athens 1896

Dionysis Kasdaglis and Dimitris Petrokokkinos were the only Greek pair, while the Akratopoulos brothers (Aristideis and Kostas) and Paspatis – Rallis also competed. The matches started with Kasdaglis-Petrokokkinos vs Paspatis-Rallis, a match that the first pair won, thus punching their ticket to the semifinals. There they met Flack (Australia) and Robertson (United Kingdom), whom they also defeated to reach the grand final, which was held on the same day as the men’s final against Boland (United Kingdom) and Traun (Germany). Boland, who protested strongly because the British flag was raised for his victory in the singles and not the Irish one, contributed the most to the victory. Kasdaglis – Petrokokkinos won the first set 7:5, but lost the next two 4:6 and 1:6, leaving them in second place. The final rankings: 1st Boland (Great Britain)-Trown (Germany) 2nd Kasdaglis-Petrokokinos (Greece) 3rd Flack (Australia)-Robertson (Great Britain) 3rd A. Akratopoulos-K. Akratopoulos (Greece).