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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
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1908 tennis event results

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.

Draw

Key

All comers' finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
Belgium William le Maire de WarzΓ©e 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

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith 6 6 6
France Pierre VerdΓ©-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 WarzΓ©e 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 WarzΓ©e 6 6 6
Belgium William le Maire de WarzΓ©e 6 2 6 9
South Africa Harold Kitson 1 6 2 7

Section 2

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 0
Canada R Powell 6 8 0
Canada Robert Powell 6 6 6
France Γ‰lie 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

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

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

Section 5

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

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 1
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

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

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

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

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Preceded by Grand Slam men's singles Succeeded by
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