1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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Men's singles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Arthur Gore
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
Score6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw69
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1907 · Wimbledon Championships · 1909 →

Arthur Gore defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4 in the All-Comers final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Norman Brookes did not defend his title.[1][2]

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

All comers' finals[edit]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
Belgium William le Maire de Warzée 4 6 4
Canada Robert Powell 6 8 6
Canada Robert Powell 8 4 2
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 10 6 6
United Kingdom Charles Dixon 8 3 6 0
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 10 6 3 6
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 6 6 4 3 6
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 3 2 6 6 4
United Kingdom Walter Crawley 1 3 2
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6 6 6
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 3 1 6 1
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 6 6 3 6
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6 4 4 0
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 2 6 6 6

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith 6 6 6
France Pierre Verdé-Delisle 1 4 3
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith 6 3 5 2
United States Wylie Grant 4 6 7 6
United States Wylie Grant 6 8 7 6
United Kingdom JB Ward 3 10 5 3
United States Wylie Grant 6 6 4 2 2
Belgium W le Maire de Warzée 3 4 6 6 6
United Kingdom Frank Pearce
United Kingdom George Simond w/o
United Kingdom F Pearce 3 3 2
Belgium W le Maire de Warzée 6 6 6
Belgium William le Maire de Warzée 6 2 6 9
South Africa Harold Kitson 1 6 2 7

Section 2[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Germany Friedrich Rahe
United Kingdom Stanley Franklin w/o
Germany F Rahe 2 7 1
United Kingdom G Ball-Greene 6 9 6
United Kingdom George Ball-Greene 6 6 3 6
United Kingdom RH Hotham 3 2 6 0
United Kingdom G Ball-Greene 3 6 0r
Canada R Powell 6 8 0
Canada Robert Powell 6 6 6
France Élie de Lastours 0 2 2
Canada R Powell 6 6 6
United Kingdom C Tuckey 1 2 2
United Kingdom Charles Tuckey 7 4 7 4 6
United Kingdom Alfred Taylor 5 6 5 6 3

Section 3[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Charles Dixon 6 6 6
United Kingdom Fritz Goldberg 4 4 1
United Kingdom C Dixon 6 6 6
United Kingdom C Ridding 3 2 3
United Kingdom Charles Ridding 6 6 6
United Kingdom Valentine Miley 3 3 2
United Kingdom C Dixon 1 6 6 6
United Kingdom G Caridia 6 3 3 3
United Kingdom George Caridia 6 6 6
United Kingdom WP Haviland 1 2 2
United Kingdom C Caridia 6 6 6
Canada JF Foulkes 1 2 1
Canada JF Foulkes 6 4 7 6
United Kingdom AW Andrews 3 6 5 0

Section 4[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
South Africa John Richardson 6 6 1 2 6
United Kingdom EW Timmis 4 3 6 6 4
South Africa J Richardson 2 4 0
United Kingdom A Gore 6 6 6
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 6 6 7
United Kingdom Lionel Escombe 2 1 5
United Kingdom A Gore 6 9 7
United Kingdom K Powell 2 7 5
United Kingdom Kenneth Powell 7 6 6
United Kingdom Percival Davson 6 10 6 United Kingdom P Davson 5 4 1
Germany Moritz von Bissing 4 8 3 United Kingdom K Powell 6 7 6
United Kingdom Roderick McNair 6 6 6 United Kingdom R McNair 1 5 4
United Kingdom Ernest Wills 3 1 1 United Kingdom R McNair 6 6 7
United Kingdom FN Warden 6 3 6 3 6 United Kingdom FN Warden 3 3 5
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet 4 6 4 6 4

Bottom half[edit]

Section 5[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Henry Pollard
Germany Otto Froitzheim w/o United Kingdom H Pollard 6 7 6
United Kingdom AR Sawyer 2 6 7 6 6 United Kingdom AR Sawyer 0 5 1
United Kingdom FH Bryant 6 2 9 4 3 United Kingdom H Pollard 6 4 1 1
United Kingdom Henry Wilson-Fox 11 6 6 United Kingdom W Crawley 1 6 6 6
India Sirdar Nihal Singh 9 2 4 United Kingdom H Wilson-Fox 0 2 0
United Kingdom Walter Crawley 6 6 6
United Kingdom W Crawley 6 6 6
United Kingdom G Thomas 1 4 1
United Kingdom Albert Prebble 6 6 6 0 6
United Kingdom Peter Hicks 3 8 3 6 1
United Kingdom A Prebble w/o
United Kingdom G Thomas
United Kingdom George Thomas 6 6 4 6
United Kingdom John Flavelle 2 0 6 3

Section 6[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6 1 6 6
South Africa Victor Gauntlett 3 6 2 4
United Kingdom M Ritchie 6 6 6
United Kingdom B Price 2 0 2
United Kingdom Blackwood Price 6 3 7 6
United Kingdom Sydney Watts 1 6 5 4
United Kingdom M Ritchie 7 6 3
United Kingdom W Eaves 5 3 1r
United Kingdom TD Stoward 6 2 5 6 6
United Kingdom Douglas Kitching 2 6 7 4 0
United Kingdom TD Stoward 1 2 6
United Kingdom W Eaves 6 6 8
United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves 6 6 6
United Kingdom E Yatman 1 1 3

Section 7[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato 6 6 6
United Kingdom Charles Pritchett 1 2 2
United Kingdom T Mavrogordato 0 3 3
New Zealand A Wilding 6 6 6
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 3 6 6 7
Germany Oscar Kreuzer 6 0 2 5
New Zealand A Wilding 6 6 6
United Kingdom F Pearson 1 1 1
United Kingdom E Morris Hall 6 6 5 6
United Kingdom Dunstan Rhodes 3 3 7 3
United Kingdom E Morris Hall 1 4 2
United Kingdom F Pearson 6 6 6
United Kingdom Frank Pearson 9 6 3 6 6
United Kingdom Alfred Beamish 11 1 6 4 3

Section 8[edit]

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
France Maurice Germot
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe w/o
France M Germot w/o
United Kingdom A Lowe
United Kingdom Arthur Lowe 6 4 4 8 6
United Kingdom WG Milburn 2 6 6 6 1
United Kingdom A Lowe 7 1 3
United Kingdom HR Barrett 9 6 6
United Kingdom WS Andrews 3 2 4
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 6 6 6
United Kingdom HR Barrett 6 6 6
United Kingdom O Toler 0 0 1
United Kingdom Otway Toler
United Kingdom AN Other w/o

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links[edit]

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