Demetrios Petrokokkinos
Tennis Player
1878 –
Who is Demetrios Petrokokkinos?
Demetrios Petrokokkinos was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Petrokokkinos was defeated in the first round of the singles tournament by fellow Greek Evangelos Rallis. This put him in a six-way tie for eighth place among the thirteen man field.
In the doubles tournament, Petrokokkinos again faced Rallis in the first round. This time, Petrokokkinos and his partner Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt defeated Rallis and his partner Konstantinos Paspatis. Petrokokkinos and Kasdaglis faced Edwin Flack of Australia and George S. Robertson of Great Britain and Ireland in the semifinals, again winning the match to advance to the final. There, they met Irishman John Pius Boland and German Friedrich Traun, to whom they lost to place second.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1878
London Borough of Redbridge - Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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