Wimbledon Championships 1911
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1911 ► | |
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Date: | June 26 - July 8, 1911 |
Edition: | 35th Wimbledon Championships |
Place: | Worple Road, London |
Covering: | race |
Defending champion | |
Men's singles : | Anthony Wilding |
Ladies singles : | Dorothea Douglass-Chambers |
Men's double : |
Josiah Ritchie Anthony Wilding |
winner | |
Men's singles : | Anthony Wilding |
Ladies singles : | Dorothea Douglass-Chambers |
Men's double : |
André Gobert Max Décugis |
Grand Slams 1911 | |
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The 35th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1911 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.
The number of participants in the men's singles reached a new record with over 100 players. The British Harold Bache was the first player to use the two-handed backhand.
Men's singles
Anthony Wilding defended his Challenge Round title against Herbert Roper Barrett after he had to retire in the fifth set. The final day was exceptionally hot with 31 degrees Celsius in the shade.
Ladies singles
In a new edition of last year's final, Dorothea Douglass-Chambers defeated her challenger Dora Boothby 6-0 and 6-0. It was Douglass-Chambers' fifth Wimbledon title.
Men's doubles
In doubles, André Gobert and Max Décugis were two French successful for the first time.
Individual evidence
- ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 2.
- ^ A. Wilding: On the Court and Off. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York 1912, pp. 132 f. (on-line)