1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Major Ritchie defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Arthur Gore defeated Ritchie 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 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]

Men's Singles
1909 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Arthur Gore
Runner-up Major Ritchie
Final score6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Draw85
Seeds–
Main article: 1909 Wimbledon Championships

Draw

Key

Challenge round
Challenge Round
       
Major Ritchie 8 6 2 2 2
Arthur Gore 6 1 6 6 6

All Comers' Finals
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 0r
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

Top half

Section 1
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

Section 2
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 0r

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Charles Dixon 6 6 4 6
William le Maire de Warzée 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
Réginald 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

Section 4
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 0r
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 2r
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

Bottom half

Section 5
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

Section 6
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

Section 7
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 0r

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Kenneth Powell 6 6 6
Robert Powell 1 3 4
K Powell 3 6 6 6
P de Borman 6 1 1 3
Paul de Borman 6 9 0 7
Geoffrey Fowler 1 7 6 5
K Powell 3 6 6 3 3
F Rahe 6 3 0 6 6
Friedrich Rahe 4 6 6 8
Thomas Haydon 6 1 4 6
F Rahe 6 6 6
J Robinson 1 2 2
J Robinson 9 3 6 8
Roderick McNair 7 6 0 6

References
  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.
  3. Little, Alan (2001). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. p. 14. ISBN 1899039333.
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