1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Arthur Gore
Runner-up	Herbert Roper Barrett
Score	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	69
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Arthur Gore defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4 in the All-Comers final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Norman Brookes did not defend his title.^[1][2]

Draw

Key

All comers' finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		William le Maire de Warzée	4	6	4
		Robert Powell	6	8	6
											Robert Powell	8	4	2
											Arthur Gore	10	6	6
		Charles Dixon	8	3	6	0
		Arthur Gore	10	6	3	6
																				Arthur Gore	6	6	4	3	6
																				Herbert Roper Barrett	3	2	6	6	4
		Walter Crawley	1	3	2
		Major Ritchie	6	6	6
											Major Ritchie	3	1	6	1
											Herbert Roper Barrett	6	6	3	6
		Anthony Wilding	6	4	4	0
		Herbert Roper Barrett	2	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										CS Gordon-Smith		6	6	6
										Pierre Verdé-Delisle		1	4	3
																			CS Gordon-Smith		6	3	5	2
																			Wylie Grant		4	6	7	6
										Wylie Grant		6	8	7	6
										JB Ward		3	10	5	3
																												Wylie Grant		6	6	4	2	2
																												W le Maire de Warzée		3	4	6	6	6
										Frank Pearce
										George Simond		w/o
																			F Pearce		3	3	2
																			W le Maire de Warzée		6	6	6
										William le Maire de Warzée		6	2	6	9
										Harold Kitson		1	6	2	7

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Friedrich Rahe
										Stanley Franklin		w/o
																			F Rahe		2	7	1
																			G Ball-Greene		6	9	6
										George Ball-Greene		6	6	3	6
										RH Hotham		3	2	6	0
																												G Ball-Greene		3	6	0r
																												R Powell		6	8	0
										Robert Powell		6	6	6
										Élie de Lastours		0	2	2
																			R Powell		6	6	6
																			C Tuckey		1	2	2
										Charles Tuckey		7	4	7	4	6
										Alfred Taylor		5	6	5	6	3

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Charles Dixon		6	6	6
										Fritz Goldberg		4	4	1
																			C Dixon		6	6	6
																			C Ridding		3	2	3
										Charles Ridding		6	6	6
										Valentine Miley		3	3	2
																												C Dixon		1	6	6	6
																												G Caridia		6	3	3	3
										George Caridia		6	6	6
										WP Haviland		1	2	2
																			C Caridia		6	6	6
																			JF Foulkes		1	2	1
										JF Foulkes		6	4	7	6
										AW Andrews		3	6	5	0

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										John Richardson		6	6	1	2	6
										EW Timmis		4	3	6	6	4
																			J Richardson		2	4	0
																			A Gore		6	6	6
										Arthur Gore		6	6	7
										Lionel Escombe		2	1	5
																												A Gore		6	9	7
																												K Powell		2	7	5
										Kenneth Powell		7	6	6
	Percival Davson		6	10	6					P Davson		5	4	1
	Moritz von Bissing		4	8	3														K Powell		6	7	6
	Roderick McNair		6	6	6														R McNair		1	5	4
	Ernest Wills		3	1	1					R McNair		6	6	7
	FN Warden		6	3	6	3	6			FN Warden		3	3	5
	Clement Cazalet		4	6	4	6	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Henry Pollard
	Otto Froitzheim		w/o							H Pollard		6	7	6
	AR Sawyer		2	6	7	6	6			AR Sawyer		0	5	1
	FH Bryant		6	2	9	4	3												H Pollard		6	4	1	1
	Henry Wilson-Fox		11	6	6														W Crawley		1	6	6	6
	Sirdar Nihal Singh		9	2	4					H Wilson-Fox		0	2	0
										Walter Crawley		6	6	6
																												W Crawley		6	6	6
																												G Thomas		1	4	1
										Albert Prebble		6	6	6	0	6
										Peter Hicks		3	8	3	6	1
																			A Prebble		w/o
																			G Thomas
										George Thomas		6	6	4	6
										John Flavelle		2	0	6	3

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Major Ritchie		6	1	6	6
										Victor Gauntlett		3	6	2	4
																			M Ritchie		6	6	6
																			B Price		2	0	2
										Blackwood Price		6	3	7	6
										Sydney Watts		1	6	5	4
																												M Ritchie		7	6	3
																												W Eaves		5	3	1r
										TD Stoward		6	2	5	6	6
										Douglas Kitching		2	6	7	4	0
																			TD Stoward		1	2	6
																			W Eaves		6	6	8
										Wilberforce Eaves		6	6	6
										E Yatman		1	1	3

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Theodore Mavrogordato		6	6	6
										Charles Pritchett		1	2	2
																			T Mavrogordato		0	3	3
																			A Wilding		6	6	6
										Anthony Wilding		3	6	6	7
										Oscar Kreuzer		6	0	2	5
																												A Wilding		6	6	6
																												F Pearson		1	1	1
										E Morris Hall		6	6	5	6
										Dunstan Rhodes		3	3	7	3
																			E Morris Hall		1	4	2
																			F Pearson		6	6	6
										Frank Pearson		9	6	3	6	6
										Alfred Beamish		11	1	6	4	3

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Maurice Germot
										Gordon Lowe		w/o
																			M Germot		w/o
																			A Lowe
										Arthur Lowe		6	4	4	8	6
										WG Milburn		2	6	6	6	1
																												A Lowe		7	1	3
																												HR Barrett		9	6	6
										WS Andrews		3	2	4
										Herbert Roper Barrett		6	6	6
																			HR Barrett		6	6	6
																			O Toler		0	0	1
										Otway Toler
										AN Other		w/o

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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