Evangelos Rallis was a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

 in Athens

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Rallis defeated fellow Greek Demetrios Petrokokkinos

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...

 in the first round of the singles tournament

Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's singles

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. In the second round, though, he faced John Pius Boland

John Pius Boland

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 of Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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. He lost to the eventual gold medal

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In the doubles tournament

Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles

The men's doubles was one of two tennis events on the tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The six pairs that entered were seeded into a single elimination tournament. Only five actually competed, hailing from four nations but entering as a pair of Greek teams and three mixed teams...

, Petrokokkinos

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...

 got his revenge. Rallis, paired with Konstantinos Paspatis

Konstantinos Paspatis

Konstantinos Paspatis was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Born in Liverpool, England 5 June 1878 and died in Athens 14 March 1903....

, was defeated by the Greek/Egypt

Egypt

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ian pairing of Petrokokkinos and Dionysios Kasdaglis

Dionysios Kasdaglis

Dionysios Kasdaglis was a Greek-Egyptian tennis player. He competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Career:Kasdaglis, the only competitor from Egypt, made it to the finals in both the singles and doubles events...

. Rallis and Paspatis finished in a two-way tie for fourth among the five pairs.