All England Plate

The All England Plate, also referred to as the Wimbledon Plate, was a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1896 and the winner was awarded £5 prize money and the runner-up £3. In 1933 the first women's edition was held. In 1975 the competition also became open to players who had lost in the third round of the singles competition as well as players who only participated in the doubles competition. The last edition of the men's tournament was held in 1981 and for the women in 1989.^[1]

Finals

Men

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1896	BRI	Arthur Gore	BRI	Lawrence Doherty	1–6, 6–2, 7–5
1897	BRI	Herbert Baddeley	BRI	Ernest Crawley	6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1898	BRI	George Hillyard	BRI	Allan Pearson	6–3, 8–6
1899	BRI	Wilberforce Eaves	BRI	George Hillyard	w.o.
1900	BRI	George Greville	BRI	Ernest Black	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1901	BRI	Philip Pearson	BRI	H. W. Davies	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1902	BRI	Brame Hillyard	BRI	Herbert Lawford	8–6, 6–1
1903	BRI	Arthur Gore	USA	Clarence Hobart	7–5, 6–3
1904	BRI	George Greville	BRI	Brame Hillyard	6–3, 6–0
1905	BRI	Wilberforce Eaves	AUS	B. Murphy	6–3, 6–2
1906	BRI	George Hillyard	BRI	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–2, 6–4
1907	NZL	Anthony Wilding	AUT	Kurt von Wessely	6–3, 6–4
1908	GER	Oscar Kreuzer	RSA	Victor Gauntlett	6–3, 6–4
1909	CAN	Robert Powell	NZL	Harry Parker	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1910	FRA	André Gobert	NZL	Percival Davson	6–4, 6–4
1911	BRI	Arthur Lowe	BRI	A. C. Parke	6–0, 8–6
1912	BRI	Frank Pearson	AUS	F. E. Barritt	6–0, 10–8
1913	BRI	Gordon Lowe	BRI	F. F. Roe	8–10, 6–3, 6–3
1914	BRI	Charles P. Dixon	BRI	R. W. F. Harding	6–1, 6–2
1915	No competition (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919	BRI	Leighton Crawford	BRI	Max Woosnam	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1920	BRI	Gordon Lowe	BRI	Charles P. Dixon	1–6, 8–6, 6–3
1921	BRI	Brian Gilbert	NZL	Frank Fisher	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1922	RSA	Brian Norton	AUS	Rupert Wertheim	6–2, 6–2
1923	BEL	Jean Washer	BRI	Josiah Ritchie	6–3, 6–4
1924	RSA	Jack Condon	BRI	Jack Hillyard	7–5, 6–2
1925	HUN	Béla von Kehrling	FRA	Roger George	6–3, 6–4
1926	BRI	Brian Gilbert	BRI	Leighton Crawford	10–8, 6–2
1927	FRA	Antoine Gentien	BRI	Oswald Turnbull	1–6, 6–2, 6–0
1928	IND	Mohammed Sleem	BRI	Brian Gilbert	6–3, 6–3
1929	USA	Bud Chandler	BRI	William Powell	6–4, 6–1
1930	FRA	Emanuelle du Plaix	NZL	Cam Malfroy	6–1, 9–7
1931	RSA	Vernon Kirby	IRL	George Lyttleton-Rogers	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932	FRA	Henri Cochet	JPN	Takeo Kuwabara	6–2, 6–4
1933	GBR	Frank Wilde	GBR	Patrick Wheatley	6–2, 6–4
1934	AUT	Hermann Artens	GBR	Raymond Tuckey	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
1935	JPN	Jiro Yamagishi	FRA	Jean Lesueur	6–2, 6–2
1936	USA	D. N. Jones	GBR	Ian Collins	6–0, 6–2
1937	USA	Wayne Sabin	RSA	Norman Farquharson	2–6, 6–0, 6–3
1938	GBR	Don Butler	HUN	Ottó Szigeti	6–1, 8–10, 6–3
1939	USA	Don McNeill	BEL	Jacques Van den Eynde	8–6, 6–2
1940	No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946	FRA	Robert Abdesselam	POL	Czesław Spychała	7–5, 6–3
1947	RSA	Eric Sturgess	GBR	Tony Mottram	6–3, 6–3
1948	PHI	Felicisimo Ampon	ARG	Heraldo Weiss	11–9, 6–4
1949	USA	Earl Cochell	IRL	Guy Jackson	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1950	GBR	Geoff Paish	BEL	Jacques Brichant	6–4, 6–4
1951	RSA	Nigel Cockburn	HKG	Koon Ip	7–5, 5–7, 10–8
1952	CHI	Luis Ayala	IND	Naresh Kumar	8–6, 6–2
1953	GBR	Geoff Paish	USA	John Ager	4–6, 6–2
1954	USA	Hugh Stewart	BRA	Armando Vieira	8–6, 6–0, 7–5
1955	AUS	Neale Fraser	AUS	Bob Howe	6–2, 7–5
1956	USA	Hugh Stewart	USA	Gardnar Mulloy	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1957	RSA	Gordon Forbes	RSA	Abe Segal	10–8, 11–13, 6–3
1958	FRA	Paul Rémy	FRA	Jean Noël Grinda	6–3, 11–9
1959	TCH	Jiří Javorský	USA	Mal Fox	6–3, 6–2
1960	DEN	Torben Ulrich	ITA	Orlando Sirola	6–4, 7–5
1961	DEN	Jørgen Ulrich	IND	Naresh Kumar	6–4, 10–12, 6–3
1962	USA	Jon Douglas	RSA	Abe Segal	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1963	USA	Gene Scott	NZL	Ian Crookenden	w.o.
1964	GBR	Bobby Wilson	AUS	Bill Bowrey	6–4, 6–3
1965	AUS	Owen Davidson	NED	Tom Okker	6–3, 8–6
1966	GBR	Roger Taylor	AUS	Bob Howe	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1967	USA	Jim McManus	USA	Gene Scott	6–3, 6–2
1968	GBR	Gerald Battrick	USA	Herb Fitzgibbon	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1969	BRA	Thomaz Koch	AUS	Ray Ruffels	6–1, 6–3
1970	RSA	Bob Maud	USA	Roy Barth	6–3, 6–3
1971	AUS	Dick Crealy	CHI	Patricio Cornejo	6–3, 6–4
1972	AUS	Kim Warwick		N/A	w.o.
1973	GBR	John Clifton	USA	Steve Messmer	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1974	URS	Teimuraz Kakulia	AUS	Paul Kronk	6–3, 5–7
1975	BRA	Thomaz Koch	USA	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–2
1976	NZL	Brian Fairlie	GBR	Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1977	USA	Marty Riessen	USA	Raz Reid	6–4, 5–7, 9–7
1978	AUS	Dale Collings	USA	Tim Wilkison	3–6, 9–8, 6–4
1979	AUS	Paul Kronk	AUS	Mark Edmondson	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1980	ISR	Shlomo Glickstein	FRA	Patrice Dominguez	6–3, 7–6
1981	AUS	David Carter	AUS	Chris Johnstone	6–3, 6–4

Women

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1933	FRA	Colette Rosambert	FRA	Jacqueline Goldschmidt	6–4, 6–1
1934	ITA	Lucia Valerio	GBR	Jean Saunders	7–5, 6–3
1935	ITA	Lucia Valerio	GBR	Alex McOstrich	6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1936	GBR	Florence Ford	GBR	Mona Riddell	6–4, 6–4
1937	GBR	Freda James	GBR	Margot Lumb	6–0, 7–5
1938	AUS	Dorothy Stevenson	AUS	Joan Hartigan	6–4, 6–4
1939	GBR	Mrs. Alex McKelvie	LUX	Alice Weiwers	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1940	No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946	POL	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	GBR	Patsy O'Connell	6–4, 7–5
1947	POL	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	GBR	Molly Blair	6–2, 7–5
1948	ARG	Maria Weiss	GBR	Betty Wilford	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1949	ITA	Annalisa Bossi	SWE	Bibbi Gullbrandsson	6–0, 7–5
1950	GBR	Kay Tuckey	USA	Betty Rosenquest	6–4, 6–1
1951	RSA	Beryl Bartlett	GBR	Georgie Woodgate	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1952	EGY	Betsy Abbas	GBR	Gem Hoahing	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1953	GBR	Pat Harrison	IRL	Betty Lombard	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1954	GBR	Rosemary Walsh	GBR	Pat Hird	6–2, 7–5
1955	AUS	Fay Muller	USA	Lois Felix	6–4, 6–4
1956	AUS	Thelma Coyne Long	FRG	Ilse Buding	6–3, 6–4
1957	AUS	Margaret Hellyer	RSA	Renée Schuurman	6–4, 6–4
1958	RSA	Sandra Reynolds	AUS	Margaret Hellyer	6–2, 6–2
1959	GBR	Shirley Brasher	CAN	Hanna Sladek	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1960	GBR	Deidre Catt	GBR	Lorna Cawthorn	6–3, 6–2
1961	GBR	Rita Bentley	URS	Anna Dmitrieva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1962	RSA	Marlene Gerson	AUS	Margaret Hellyer	6–2, 6–1
1963	FRA	Françoise Dürr	URS	Anna Dmitrieva	6–1, 6–3
1964	TCH	Věra Suková	USA	Justina Bricka	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1965	URS	Anna Dmitrieva	GBR	Nell Truman	6–2, 6–1
1966	RSA	Pat Walkden	GBR	Robin Lloyd	6–4, 6–0
1967	USA	Patti Hogan	AUS	Gail Sherriff	6–2, 9–7
1968	GBR	Virginia Wade	USA	Kathleen Harter	6–2, 12–10
1969	USA	Betty-Ann Grubb	RSA	Laura Rossouw	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1970	AUS	Evonne Goolagong	INA	Lita Liem	6–2, 6–1
1971	GBR	Janice Wainwright	NED	Betty Stöve	6–4, 0–6, 6–2
1972	AUS	Karen Krantzcke	USA	Sharon Walsh	6–1, 6–4
1973	AUS	Helen Gourlay	GBR	Veronica Burton	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1974	URS	Marina Kroschina	GBR	Lindsey Beaven	6–3, 8–6
1975	AUS	Dianne Fromholtz	GBR	Veronica Burton	6–4, 6–2
1976	SWE	Mimmi Wikstedt	USA	Bunny Bruning	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1977	RSA	Yvonne Vermaak	GBR	Sue Mappin	6–2, 7–5
1978	USA	Mona Guerrant	TCH	Hana Strachoňová	6–2, 8–6
1979	GBR	Sue Barker	ITA	Sabina Simmonds	7–6, 6–0
1980	RSA	Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	Sharon Walsh	6–4, 6–2
1981	AUS	Sue Saliba	USA	Pam Casale	6–3, 6–3
1982	BRA	Cláudia Monteiro	USA	Renee Blount	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
1983	GBR	Amanda Brown	AUS	Amanda Tobin	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984	USA	Melissa Brown	USA	Robin White	6–2, 7–5
1985	RSA	Elna Reinach	USA	Terry Holladay	6–4, 6–2
1986	USA	Pam Shriver	USA	Stephanie Rehe	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–0
1987	GBR	Sara Gomer	USA	Kate Gompert	6–3, 6–4
1988	USA	Gretchen Magers	GBR	Sara Gomer	6–1, ret.
1989	USA	Wendy White	RSA	Elna Reinach	6–3, 6–4