Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Singles, two balls

The 1900 Olympic Croquet two-ball singles tournament was held on 4 and 11 July 1900. Eight athletes from France competed. The event was won by Chrétien Waydelich, the only person to earn two singles medals in Olympic croquet (with a bronze in the one-ball competition as well). Silver went to Maurice Vignerot and bronze to Jacques Sautereau.

Two ball singles croquet at the Games of the II Olympiad
Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Dates	July 4 and 11
Competitors	6 from 1 nation
Medalists
Chrétien Waydelich  France Maurice Vignerot  France Jacques Sautereau  France

Background

This was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics; it was one of three croquet competitions in 1900. Croquet was one of the first Olympic sports open to women (with only sailing having female competitors before croquet, due to that sport taking place earlier in 1900), with two of the six players in this event being women.^[1]

Competition format

The competition format is unclear. There were two rounds. The first round appears to have been a head-to-head, best-of-three competition. The winners advanced to the second round, as did one of the losers. The second round appears to have been a round-robin with each match being best-of-three.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 4 July 1900		First round
Wednesday, 11 July 1900		Final

Results

Round 1

Winner	Score	Loser
Maurice Vignerot (FRA)	2-0 (42-40)	Louise Anne Marie Després (FRA)
Jacques Sautereau (FRA)	2-0 (41-19)	Al. Blachère (FRA)
Chrétien Waydelich (FRA)	w/o	Jeanne Filleul-Brohy (FRA)

Final

The second round was conducted as a round-robin.

Pos	Player	Nation	W	L		CW	MV	JS	AB
	Chrétien Waydelich	France	3	0			2–1[a]	1–0[b]	1–0[c]
	Maurice Vignerot	France	2	1		1–2[d]		2–1[e]	2–0[f]
	Jacques Sautereau	France	1	2		0–1[g]	1–2[h]		1–0[i]
4	Al. Blachère	France	0	3		0–1[j]	0–2[k]	0–1[l]

Source: Olympedia
Notes:

1. 42–41
2. Games and scores unknown
3. Games and scores unknown
4. 41–42
5. 42–41
6. Walkover
7. Games and scores unknown
8. 41–42
9. Games and scores unknown
10. Games and scores unknown
11. Walkover
12. Games and scores unknown

Results summary

Rank	Player	Nation
	Chrétien Waydelich	France
	Maurice Vignerot	France
	Jacques Sautereau	France
4	Al. Blachère	France
5	Louise Anne Marie Després	France
	Jeanne Filleul-Brohy	France