1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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]

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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Draw

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All comers' finals

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

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Section 3

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

Section 4

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

Bottom half

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Section 5

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

Section 6

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

Section 7

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

Section 8

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

References

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  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.
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