1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1909 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Arthur Gore
Runner-up	Major Ritchie
Score	6â8, 1â6, 6â2, 6â2, 6â2
Details
Draw	85
Seeds	â
Events
	â 1908 Â· Wimbledon Championships Â· 1910 â

Major Ritchie defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6â2, 6â3, 4â6, 6â4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Arthur Gore defeated Ritchie 6â8, 1â6, 6â2, 6â2, 6â2 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]

Champion

Arthur Gore

Runner-up

Major Ritchie

Score6â8, 1â6, 6â2, 6â2, 6â2

Draw85

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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

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

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

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					Charles Dixon	6	6	4	6
					William le Maire de WarzÃ©e	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
					RÃ©ginald 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

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

1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Draw

Challenge round

All comers' finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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Challenge Round

Major Ritchie	8	6	2	2	2

Arthur Gore	6	1	6	6	6

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

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

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