Arthur Gore (tennis player)

Arthur Gore (tennis player) medal table
tennis
United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1908 London	Single (hall)
gold	1908 London	Double (hall)

Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore (born January 2, 1868 in Lyndhurst , † December 1, 1928 in London ) was a British tennis player .

Life

Gore, who was born in Lyndhurst on the English Channel coast in 1868, learned to play tennis in the French seaside resort of Dinard . There he won his first title in a youth tournament at the age of 12.

From 1888 Gore took part in the tournament at Wimbledon , but was eliminated in the first four years in the first round. In 1900 he formed the British team in the first Davis Cup together with his doubles partner Herbert Roper Barrett and Ernest Black . In 1901, 1908 and 1909 he was able to win the tournament of Wimbledon in singles, in 1909 together with Roper Barrett also the doubles. He was 41 years and seven months old when he won in 1909, making him the oldest Wimbledon winner to date. In 1912, at the age of 44, he again reached the Challenge Round at Wimbledon, but lost it to Anthony Wilding in four sets.

Gore was also successful at the 1908 Olympic Games and won the gold medal in the indoor competition both in singles and in doubles with Herbert Roper Barrett.

Gore was President of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1911 and 1912 . Until 1927 he took part in the Wimbledon Championships a total of 36 times, most recently at the age of 59, a record that has remained unbroken to this day.

In 1928 he was re-elected Vice President of the All England Club. He died on December 1 of the same year in the London borough of Kensington . In 2006 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

title

singles

No.	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
1.	1900	British Indoor Championships
2.	1901	Wimbledon Championships	Reginald Doherty	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4, 6: 4
3.	1908	Olympic games	George Caridia	6: 3, 7: 5, 6: 4
4th	1908	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Roper Barrett	6: 3, 6: 2, 4: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4
5.	1908	British Indoor Championships	Anthony Wilding	4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 0, 8: 6
6th	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Josiah Ritchie	6: 8, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 2

Double

No.	year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1908	Olympic games	Herbert Roper Barrett	George Caridia George Miéville Simond	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
2.	1909	Wimbledon Championships	Herbert Roper Barrett	Stanley Doust Harry Parker	6: 1, 6: 2, 1: 6, 1: 6, 9: 7

literature

• B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 583.

Web links

Commons : Arthur William Gore  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Arthur Gore in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Arthur Gore in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Davis Cup stats by Arthur Gore (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010.
2. ^ ^{A b} J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 10.
3. ↑ All-Comers Final; Last year's winner Norman Brookes did not defend his title.