Wimbledon Championships 1909

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1909 ►
Date: June 21 - July 3, 1909
Edition: 33rd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Worple Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore
Ladies singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper-Sterry
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Norman Brookes Anthony Wilding
New ZealandNew Zealand 
winner
Men's singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore
Ladies singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dora Boothby
Men's double : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Grand Slams 1909

The 33rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1909 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

The spectator area of ​​the Center Court was expanded by 600 seats this year. Due to persistent rain, the tournament had to be extended into the third week.

Men's singles

Arthur Gore defended his Challenge Round title against Josiah Ritchie . At 41 years and 182 days, he was the oldest winner in the men's singles.

Ladies singles

Dora Boothby won her only title with a win over Agnes Morton .

Men's doubles

Arthur Gore and Herbert Roper Barrett defeated Stanley Doust and Harry Parker in the final .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 2.
  2. ^ L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 37.