Wimbledon Championships 1907

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Wimbledon Championships 1907
Date: June 24 - July 5, 1907
Edition: 31st  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Worple Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Laurence Doherty
Ladies singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Douglass
Men's double : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Smith Frank Riseley
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
winner
Men's singles : Australia 1903Australia Norman Brookes
Ladies singles : United States 45United States May Sutton
Men's double : Australia 1903Australia Norman Brookes Anthony Wilding
New ZealandNew Zealand 
Grand Slams 1907

The 31st edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1907 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

The Prince of Wales , who later became King George V of Britain , paid a visit to the tournament and assumed the presidency of the All England Club.

Men's singles

With the Australian Norman Brookes for the first time a non-Brit won the tournament in the men's singles. Last year's winner Laurence Doherty did not defend his title.

Ladies singles

For the third time in a row, Dorothea Douglass and May Sutton faced each other in the Challenge Round . Sutton was able to win her second title.

Men's doubles

Double final of the men, Brookes and Wilding against Behr and Wright

The men's doubles were won by Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding , who beat the Americans Karl Howell Behr and Beals Wright 6: 4, 6: 4 and 6: 2.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 2.
  2. ^ B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435.