Arthur Gore (tennis)

Arthur Gore

Full name	Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1868-01-02)2 January 1868 Lyndhurst, England
Died	1 December 1928(1928-12-01) (aged 60) Kensington, England
Turned pro	1888 (amateur tour)
Retired	1922
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	2006 (member page)
Singles
Career record	373-127 (74.6%) [1]
Career titles	51 [1]
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1901, Karoly Mazak)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	W (1901, 1908, 1909)
US Open	SF (1900)
Other tournaments
WHCC	2R (1912, 1914)
WCCC	1R (1921)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1909)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCC	F (1914)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1913, 1922)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1912)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Tennis, Summer Olympics 1908 London Indoor Singles 1908 London Indoor Doubles

Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore (2 January 1868 – 1 December 1928) was a British tennis player.

Gore was a world No. 1 ranked player. He is best known for winning three singles titles at the Wimbledon Championship and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Herbert Lawford). He also won Gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, winning the Men's Indoor Singles and the Men's Indoor Doubles (with Herbert Barrett). He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.^[3] Gore's Wimbledon win in 1909, at age 41, makes him the oldest player to date to hold the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles title.[3].^[4]

Career

He played his first tournament at London Athletic Club in 1887,^[5] His first title came at a grass court tournament in Stevenage in August 1888.^[6] Gore won the singles title at the Scottish Championships in 1892 and successfully defended the title in the Challenge Round in 1893.^[7] In 1894 he won the North London Championships ^[8] on grass an event that tournament winning it five times (1894, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906).^[6] He won the singles title at the Kent Championships on two occasions; in 1900 by defeating Harold Mahony in the final in straight sets and in 1906 against A.L. Bentley, also in straight sets. In 1900 and 1908 he won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London. In May 1908 he won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, defeating New Zealander Anthony Wilding in the Challenge Round in four sets.^[9] Gore had the longest ever span (34 years) in the Wimbledon men's singles (he entered a record 30 times in singles from 1888 to 1922).,^[10] In addition he also won the Leicestershire Championships three times (1913-4, 1919) and the Nottinghamshire Championships four times (1905, 1910, 1912–13).^[6] He also holds the all-time record for the longest tennis career of any player between their first and last titles that spanned 30 years 11 months and 1 day.^[11] Gore was a successful all surface player winning 51 singles titles and reaching the finals of 26 other tournaments on (clay, grass and hard asphalt & wood courts) from 1888 to 1919.^[6]

Gore was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1899	Wimbledon	Grass	Reginald Doherty	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6	[12]
Winner	1901	Wimbledon	Grass	Reginald Doherty	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4	[12]
Runner-up	1902	Wimbledon	Grass	Laurence Doherty	4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 0–6	[12]
Runner-up	1907	Wimbledon	Grass	Norman Brookes	4–6, 2–6, 2–6	[12]
Winner	1908	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4	[12]
Winner	1909	Wimbledon	Grass	Major Ritchie	6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2	[12]
Runner-up	1910	Wimbledon	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6	[12]
Runner-up	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6	[12]

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1908	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–9	[13]
Winner	1909	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Stanley Doust Harry Parker	6–2, 6–1, 6–4	[13]
Runner-up	1910	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	1–6, 1–6, 2–6	[13]

Career finals

Singles 77 (51 titles, 26 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam/Important tournaments (3–5) Olympic Games (1–0)

Titles by surface Hard (6–5) Clay (8–1) Grass (35–18)

Titles by location Outdoors (45–21) Indoors (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1888	Stevenage LTC Championships	Grass	George Ernest Brown	0-6, 6-1, 6-4[6]
Winner	2.	1888	Hitchin LTC Championships	Grass	Arthur Hallward	3-6, 6-3, 6-3 [6]
Winner	3.	1889	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Réginald Forbes	6-4, 6-3, 6-3 [6]
Winner	4.	1890	Chingford LTC Championships	Grass	Charles Eames	3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 [6]
Winner	5.	1890	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Horace Chapman	6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 [6]
Runner-up	1.	1891	Kent Championships	Grass	Ernest George Meers	0-6, 2-6, 2-6 [6]
Winner	6.	1891	Chingford LTC Championships	Grass	Charles Eames	10-12, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 [6]
Winner	7.	1891	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Horace Chapman	11-9 ret.[6]
Winner	8.	1892	Scottish Championships	Grass	Robert Millar Watson	6-3, 6-3, 6-0 [6]
Winner	9.	1892	Chingford LTC Championships	Grass	Charles Eames	6-4, 6-2, 6-1 [6]
Winner	10.	1892	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Archdale Palmer	6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 5-7, 6-3 [6]
Winner	11.	1893	Scottish Championships	Grass	Robert Millar Watson	6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 [6]
Winner	12.	1893	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Archdale Palmer	3-6, 6-4, 0-6, 8-6, 6-3 [6]
Winner	13.	1894	North London Championships	Grass	Arthur Hallward	4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 [6]
Runner-up	3.	1896	North London Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	3-6 4-6 6-3 2-6 [6]
Winner	14.	1898	North London Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 [6]
Winner	15.	1898	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	E. K. Harvey	6-2, 6-2, 6-0 [6]
Runner-up	4.	1899	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Reginald Doherty	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6 [6]
Winner	16.	1899	North London Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6-2, 8-6, 9-7 [6]
Runner-up	5.	1896	Queens Club Championships	Grass	Harold Mahony	10–8, 2–6, 5–7, 1–6 [6]
Runner-up	6.	1899	Dinard Challenge Cup	Clay	Harold Mahony	4-6 2-6 4-6 [6]
Winner	17.	1900	British Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Josiah Ritchie	6–1, 7–5, 6–3 [6]
Runner-up	7.	1900	Irish Championships	Grass	Harold Mahony	4–6, 5–7, 9–7, 3–6 [6]
Runner-up	8.	1900	Middlesex Championships	Grass	Harold Mahony	2-6 4-6 2-6 [6]
Winner	18.	1900	Kent Championships	Grass	Harold Mahony	6-4, 6-4, 6-4 [6]
Winner	19.	1900	North London Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6-3, 6-4, 6-0 [6]
Runner-up	9.	1900	Queens Club Championships	Grass	Arthur W. Lavy	6–0, 6–2, 6–3 [6]
Runner-up	10.	1901	British Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Laurence Doherty	3–6, 1–6, 1–6 [6]
Runner-up	11.	1901	Kent Championships	Grass	Laurence Doherty	1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 [6]
Winner	20.	1901	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Reginald Doherty	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 [6]
Runner-up	12.	1902	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Laurence Doherty	4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 0–6 [6]
Runner-up	13.	1903	Kent Championships	Grass	Laurence Doherty	1–6, 2–6, 3–6 [6]
Winner	21.	1903	All England Plate	Grass	Clarence Hobart	7-5, 6-3 [6]
Winner	22.	1903	Etretat LTC Championships	Clay	Archdale Palmer	6-2, 6-3, 6-1 [6]
Winner	23.	1903	London Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Josiah Ritchie	8-6, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 [6]
Winner	24.	1904	Paris International Championships	Clay	Max Decugis	3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 [6]
Runner-up	14.	1904	London Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Max Decugis	2-6 6-3, 6-0, 1-6, 4-6 [6]
Runner-up	15.	1905	Kent Championships	Grass	Norman Brookes	3-6, 7-9, 2-6 [6]
Winner	25.	1905	East Surrey Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	6-3, 6-3, 6-1[6]
Winner	26.	1905	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	Roy Edward Allen	w.o.[6]
Winner	27.	1905	Crystal Palace LTC Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	6-4, 6-2.[6]
Winner	28.	1905	Shanklin LTC Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 [6]
Winner	29.	1905	London Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Josiah Ritchie	2-6 6-3, 6-0, 1-6, 4-6 [6]
Runner-up	16.	1906	British Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Laurence Doherty	2-6, 4-6, 6-8 [6]
Winner	30.	1906	East Surrey Championships	Grass	Sydney Adams	6-2, 6-3, 6-4[6]
Winner	31.	1906	Kent Championships	Grass	A. L. Bentley	6-0 6-2 6-1[6]
Winner	32.	1906	North London Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 3-0, ret.[6]
Winner	33.	1906	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	Herbert Snook	6-2, 6-4, 6-3 [6]
Winner	34.	1906	Crystal Palace LTC Championships	Grass	George Allen Thomas	6-1, 6-3 [6]
Winner	35.	1906	Shanklin LTC Championships	Grass	George Caridia	6-1, 6-4, 6-4 [6]
Winner	37.	1906	Sussex Championships	Grass	Josiah Ritchie	6-2, 6-3, 6-3 [6]
Winner	38.	1907	Kent Coast Championships	Hard	Josiah Ritchie	7-5, 6-2, 4-6, ret.[6]
Winner	39.	1907	Surrey Championships	Hard	Josiah Ritchie	6–3, 6–2, 6–3 [6]
Runner-up	17.	1906	East of Surrey Championships	Grass	Josiah Ritchie	6-0, 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 3-6 [6]
Runner-up	18.	1907	Kent Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	7-9, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 1-6 [6]
Runner-up	19.	1907	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Norman Brookes	4–6, 2–6, 2–6 [6]
Winner	40.	1907	Shanklin LTC Championships	Grass	Charles Henry Ridding	7-5, 6-2, 6-1 [6]
Runner-up	20.	1907	Kent Coast Championships	Hard	Herbert Roper Barrett	4-6 4-6 6-4 7-9 [6]
Winner	41.	1908	British Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Anthony Wilding	4-6, 8-6, 6-0, 8-6 [6]
Winner	42.	1908	Olympic Championships	Hard (i)	George Caridia	46-3, 7-5, 6-4 [6]
Runner-up	21.	1908	Surrey Championships	Grass	Josiah Ritchie	3-6, 4-6, 2-6 [6]
Winner	43.	1908	Northern Lawn Tennis Championships	Grass	James Cecil Parke	6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-8, 6-4[6]
Winner	44.	1908	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 [6]
Runner-up	22.	1909	British Covered Court Championships	Hard (i)	Josiah Ritchie	5-7, 6-8, 3-6 [6]
Winner	45.	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Josiah Ritchie	6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 [6]
Runner-up	23.	1910	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6 [6]
Winner	46.	1910	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	?	? [6]
Winner	47.	1911	Leicestershire Championships	Grass	Rodney Heath	6-4, 6-1 [6]
Runner-up	24.	1912	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 [6]
Winner	48.	1912	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	Charles. P. Dixon	1-6, 11-9, 6-3 [6]
Runner-up	25.	1912	Kent Coast Championships	Hard	Theodore Mavrogordato	7-9, 6-8. ret.[6]
Winner	49.	1913	Leicestershire Championships	Grass	George Hillyard	7-5, 4-6, ret.[6]
Runner-up	26.	1913	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	Stanley Doust	6-3, 3-6, 3-36, 9-7, 4-6 [6]
Winner	50.	1914	Nottinghamshire Championships	Grass	Charles P. Dixon	6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 [6]
Winner	51.	1919	Leicestershire Championships	Grass	George Fletcher	6-2, 6-2, 6-4 [6]

References

External links

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