1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1909 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Arthur Gore
Runner-up	Major Ritchie
Score	6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw	85
Seeds	–
Events

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.^[1]^[2] Arthur Gore was the oldest winner of the title at 41 years and 182 days.^[3]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Major Ritchie	8	6	2	2	2

Arthur Gore	6	1	6	6	6

All comers' finals

Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

Theodore Mavrogordato	6	9	2	4	6

George Caridia	1	7	6	6	4
						Theodore Mavrogordato	6	3	3	2

						Major Ritchie	3	6	6	6
Charles Dixon	10	1	1	4

Major Ritchie	8	6	6	6
											Major Ritchie	6	6	4	6

											Herbert Roper Barrett	2	3	6	4
Lionel Escombe	6	5	9	0^r

Herbert Roper Barrett	4	7	11	0
						Herbert Roper Barrett	6	6	6	7

						Friedrich Rahe	4	2	8	5
Gordon Lowe	10	0	4

Friedrich Rahe	12	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	George Thomas	4	6	6	7
	Sirdar Nihal Singh	6	2	2	5
						G Thomas	7	6	3	6
						G Watson	5	3	6	3
	Georges Watson	7	6	6
	Kenneth Ingram	5	4	4
											G Thomas	5	4	4
											T Mavrogordato	7	6	6
	Dunstan Rhodes	9	6	6
	RB Gurney	7	0	3
						D Rhodes	0	0	1
						T Mavrogordato	6	6	6
	Theodore Mavrogordato	6	6	6
	T Ennis	0	4	0

Section 2

First round	Second round					Third round						Fourth round

	Charles Tuckey
	E Morris Hall	w/o
						C Tuckey	6	2	1	6	3
						D Kitching	2	6	6	2	6
	Douglas Kitching	5	6	6	6
	Les Poidevin	7	2	4	4
												D Kitching	1	3	2
												G Caridia	6	6	6
	George Caridia	6	6	8
	Alfred Crawley	0	4	6
						G Caridia	4	6	6	6
						W Eaves	6	3	1	2
	Wilberforce Eaves	6	6	0
	Clement Cazalet	4	3	0^r

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					Charles Dixon	6	6	4	6
					William le Maire de Warzée	2	2	6	4
										C Dixon	9	6	6	6
										JB Ward	7	1	8	0
					JB Ward	6	6	7
					Sydney Watts	2	4	5
															C Dixon	11	6	6
															F Goldberg	9	3	3
					Réginald Storms	w/o
TR Quill	11	7	6		TR Quill
RH Hotham	9	5	4							TR Quill	2	6	0	4
Fritz Goldberg	7	6	6							F Goldberg	6	1	6	6
LE Milburn	5	1	0		F Goldberg	6	4	6	6
Stanley Knight	6	1	6	6	S Knight	3	6	0	3
RD Nolan	4	6	2	1

Section 4

First round						Second round					Third round				Fourth round

Stanley Doust	4	6	10	6
Moritz von Bissing	6	2	8	2		S Doust	6	6	7
Henry Knight						H Knight	2	2	5
WE Lane	w/o										S Doust	5	3	5
Major Ritchie	6	6	6								M Ritchie	7	6	7
HB Routledge	1	1	2			M Ritchie	0	6	6	6
Harry Parker	6	6	6			H Parker	6	2	3	3
HS Fellowes	1	3	3												M Ritchie	6	6	2
Henry Wilson-Fox															P Davson	2	2	0^r
Albert Prebble	w/o					H Wilson-Fox	2	2	5
Percival Davson	7	6	5	6		P Davson	6	6	7
BC Hopson	5	3	7	2							P Davson	8	2	4
CS Gordon-Smith	6	6	6								J Flavelle	6	6	2^r
CJ Adams	1	1	0			CS Gordon-Smith	2	0	0
John Flavelle	4	6	11	5	6	J Flavelle	6	6	6
RF Quennessen	6	2	9	7	0

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round						Third round				Fourth round

William Blew
Evan Gwynne-Evans	w/o					W Blew	2	6	6	3
Charles Ridding	6	7	6			C Ridding	6	3	8	6
Charles Simond	1	5	4									C Ridding	6	6	6
Stanley Franklin	4	4	6	8	6							S Franklin	1	1	1
Ernest Wills	6	6	4	6	3	S Franklin	3	3	6	6	6
George Coulson	6	7	4	6		G Coulson	6	6	3	4	1
Otto Blom	3	5	6	3												C Ridding	3	6	6	4	3
EW Timmis	6	7	5	6												L Escombe	6	4	3	6	6
Robert Dudley	0	5	7	3		EW Timmis	6	6	3	8
Glen Walker	6	6	6			G Walker	1	1	6	6
L Bidlake	4	1	4									EW Timmis	4	2	3
Louis Trasenster	6	7	6									L Escombe	6	6	6
E Yatman	3	5	3			L Trasenster	6	3	0	4
Lionel Escombe	6	6	6			L Escombe	3	6	6	6
David Hawes	0	0	2

Section 6

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

James Cecil Parke	6	6	6
Augustus Hendriks	2	0	2	JC Parke	3	2	4
Herbert Roper Barrett	6	6	6	HR Barrett	6	6	6
James Powell	1	1	1						HR Barrett	6	6	6
									GTC Watt	1	1	1
				GTC Watt	6	6	8
				George Allen	2	4	6
													HR Barrett	6	5	6	6
													D Rhodes	3	7	3	1
				AW Andrews	6	6	6
				Brame Hillyard	3	3	3
									AW Andrews	2	4	1
									D Rhodes	6	6	6
				DP Rhodes	4	6	6	6
				Henry Pollard	6	1	3	2

Section 7

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	Arthur Lowe	6	6	8
	Alfred Taylor	2	2	6
					A Lowe	6	2	3	2
					G Lowe	3	6	6	6
	Gordon Lowe	6	6	6
	Anthony Prinsep	4	4	3
										G Lowe	0	6	6	1	6
										A Beamish	6	3	4	6	3
	RS Barnes	6	6	6
	HL Brunton	4	3	3
					RS Barnes	6	0	4	5
					A Beamish	3	6	6	7
	Alfred Beamish	6	0
	AC Butler	2	0^r

Section 8

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Kenneth Powell	6	6	6
	Robert Powell	1	3	4
						K Powell	3	6	6	6
						P de Borman	6	1	1	3
	Paul de Borman	6	9	0	7
	Geoffrey Fowler	1	7	6	5
											K Powell	3	6	6	3	3
											F Rahe	6	3	0	6	6
	Friedrich Rahe	4	6	6	8
	Thomas Haydon	6	1	4	6
						F Rahe	6	6	6
						J Robinson	1	2	2
	J Robinson	9	3	6	8
	Roderick McNair	7	6	0	6

References

^ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ Little, Alan (2001). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. p. 14. ISBN 1899039333.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[little-3] Little, Alan (2001). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. p. 14. ISBN 1899039333.

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