Wimbledon Championships 1911

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1911 ►
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
Australasian Championships French tennis championships Wimbledon Championships US National Championships

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

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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

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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

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In doubles, André Gobert and Max Décugis were two French successful for the first time.

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 2.
2. ^ A. Wilding: On the Court and Off. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York 1912, pp. 132 f. (on-line)