1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1909 Wimbledon Championships GBR Arthur Gore GBR Major Ritchie 85 – 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 1909 Wimbledon Championships Major Ritchie defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Arthur Gore defeated Ritchie 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships.Tingay Lance 100 Years of Wimbledon 1977 Guinness Superlatives Enfield [Eng.] 0900424710Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Arthur Gore was the oldest winner of the title at 41 years and 182 days.Little Alan 2010 Wimbledon Compendium 2001 All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Wimbledon, London 1899039333 14 Draw Challenge round 5 Challenge Round 175 GBR Major Ritchie 8 6 2 2 2 GBR Arthur Gore 6 1 6 6 6 All comers' finals 5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 GBR Theodore Mavrogordato 6 9 2 4 6 GBR George Caridia 1 7 6 6 4 GBR Charles Dixon 10 1 1 4 GBR Major Ritchie 8 6 6 6 GBR Lionel Escombe 6 5 9 0r GBR Herbert Roper Barrett 4 7 11 0 GBR Gordon Lowe 10 0 4 GER empire Friedrich Rahe 12 6 6 GBR Theodore Mavrogordato 6 3 3 2 GBR Major Ritchie 3 6 6 6 GBR Herbert Roper Barrett 6 6 6 7 GER 1866 Friedrich Rahe 4 2 8 5 GBR Major Ritchie 6 6 4 6 GBR Herbert Roper Barrett 2 3 6 4 Top half Section 1 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR George Thomas 4 6 6 7 IND British Sirdar Nihal Singh 6 2 2 5 BEL Georges Watson 7 6 6 GBR Kenneth Ingram 5 4 4 GBR Dunstan Rhodes 9 6 6 GBR RB Gurney 7 0 3 GBR Theodore Mavrogordato 6 6 6 GBR T Ennis 0 4 0 GBR G Thomas 7 6 3 6 BEL G Watson 5 3 6 3 GBR D Rhodes 0 0 1 GBR T Mavrogordato 6 6 6 GBR G Thomas 5 4 4 GBR T Mavrogordato 7 6 6 Section 2 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Charles Tuckey GBR E Morris Hall w/o GBR Douglas Kitching 5 6 6 6 AUS Les Poidevin 7 2 4 4 GBR George Caridia 6 6 8 GBR Alfred Crawley 0 4 6 GBR Wilberforce Eaves 6 6 0 GBR Clement Cazalet 4 3 0r GBR C Tuckey 6 2 1 6 3 GBR D Kitching 2 6 6 2 6 GBR G Caridia 4 6 6 6 GBR W Eaves 6 3 1 2 GBR D Kitching 1 3 2 GBR G Caridia 6 6 6 Section 3 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round NZL TR Quill 9 5 4 GBR RH Hotham 11 7 6 GBR Fritz Goldberg 7 6 6 GBR LE Milburn 5 1 0 ARG Stanley Knight 6 1 6 6 GBR RD Nolan 4 6 2 1 GBR Charles Dixon 6 6 4 6 BEL William le Maire de Warzée 2 2 6 4 GBR JB Ward 6 6 7 GBR Sydney Watts 2 4 5 BEL Réginald Storms w/o NZL TR Quill GBR F Goldberg 6 4 6 6 ARG S Knight 3 6 0 3 GBR C Dixon 9 6 6 6 GBR JB Ward 7 1 8 0 NZL TR Quill 2 6 0 4 GBR F Goldberg 6 1 6 6 GBR C Dixon 11 6 6 GBR F Goldberg 9 3 3 Section 4 y 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Stanley Doust 4 6 10 6 GER 1866 Moritz von Bissing 6 2 8 2 ARG Henry Knight GBR WE Lane w/o GBR Major Ritchie 6 6 6 GBR HB Routledge 1 1 2 NZL Harry Parker 6 6 6 GBR HS Fellowes 1 3 3 GBR Henry Wilson-Fox GBR Albert Prebble w/o GBR Percival Davson 7 6 5 6 GBR BC Hopson 5 3 7 2 GBR CS Gordon-Smith 6 6 6 GBR CJ Adams 1 1 0 GBR John Flavelle 4 6 11 5 6 FRA RF Quennessen 6 2 9 7 0 AUS S Doust 6 6 7 ARG H Knight 2 2 5 GBR M Ritchie 0 6 6 6 NZL H Parker 6 2 3 3 GBR H Wilson-Fox 2 2 5 GBR P Davson 6 6 7 GBR CS Gordon-Smith 2 0 0 GBR J Flavelle 6 6 6 AUS S Doust 5 3 5 GBR M Ritchie 7 6 7 GBR P Davson 8 2 4 GBR J Flavelle 6 6 2r GBR M Ritchie 6 6 2 GBR P Davson 2 2 0r Bottom half Section 5 y 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR William Blew GBR Evan Gwynne-Evans w/o GBR Charles Ridding 6 7 6 GBR Charles Simond 1 5 4 GBR Stanley Franklin 4 4 6 8 6 GBR Ernest Wills 6 6 4 6 3 GBR George Coulson 6 7 4 6 NED Otto Blom 3 5 6 3 GBR EW Timmis 6 7 5 6 GBR Robert Dudley 0 5 7 3 GBR Glen Walker 6 6 6 GBR L Bidlake 4 1 4 BEL Louis Trasenster 6 7 6 GBR E Yatman 3 5 3 GBR Lionel Escombe 6 6 6 GBR David Hawes 0 0 2 GBR W Blew 2 6 6 3 GBR C Ridding 6 3 8 6 GBR S Franklin 3 3 6 6 6 GBR G Coulson 6 6 3 4 1 GBR EW Timmis 6 6 3 8 GBR G Walker 1 1 6 6 BEL L Trasenster 6 3 0 4 GBR L Escombe 3 6 6 6 GBR C Ridding 6 6 6 GBR S Franklin 1 1 1 GBR EW Timmis 4 2 3 GBR L Escombe 6 6 6 GBR C Ridding 3 6 6 4 3 GBR L Escombe 6 4 3 6 6 Section 6 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR James Cecil Parke 6 6 6 GBR Augustus Hendriks 2 0 2 GBR Herbert Roper Barrett 6 6 6 GBR James Powell 1 1 1 GBR JC Parke 3 2 4 GBR HR Barrett 6 6 6 GBR GTC Watt 6 6 8 GBR George Allen 2 4 6 GBR AW Andrews 6 6 6 GBR Brame Hillyard 3 3 3 USA 1908 DP Rhodes 4 6 6 6 GBR Henry Pollard 6 1 3 2 GBR HR Barrett 6 6 6 GBR GTC Watt 1 1 1 GBR AW Andrews 2 4 1 USA 1908 D Rhodes 6 6 6 GBR HR Barrett 6 5 6 6 USA 1908 D Rhodes 3 7 3 1 Section 7 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Arthur Lowe 6 6 8 GBR Alfred Taylor 2 2 6 GBR Gordon Lowe 6 6 6 GBR Anthony Prinsep 4 4 3 GBR RS Barnes 6 6 6 GBR HL Brunton 4 3 3 GBR Alfred Beamish 6 0 GBR AC Butler 2 0r GBR A Lowe 6 2 3 2 GBR G Lowe 3 6 6 6 GBR RS Barnes 6 0 4 5 GBR A Beamish 3 6 6 7 GBR G Lowe 0 6 6 1 6 GBR A Beamish 6 3 4 6 3 Section 8 y 5 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Kenneth Powell 6 6 6 CAN 1868 Robert Powell 1 3 4 BEL Paul de Borman 6 9 0 7 GBR Geoffrey Fowler 1 7 6 5 GER empire Friedrich Rahe 4 6 6 8 GBR Thomas Haydon 6 1 4 6 GBR J Robinson 9 3 6 8 GBR Roderick McNair 7 6 0 6 GBR K Powell 3 6 6 6 BEL P de Borman 6 1 1 3 GER 1866 F Rahe 6 6 6 GBR J Robinson 1 2 2 GBR K Powell 3 6 6 3 3 GER empire F Rahe 6 3 0 6 6 References External links 1909 MS 1908 Australasian Championships – Men's singles Grand Slam men's singles 1909 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles