1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Major Ritchie ; Anthony Wilding
Runners-up	Herbert Roper Barrett ; Arthur Gore
Score	6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 9–7
Details
Draw	34
Seeds	–
Events

Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding were the defending champions, but Brookes did not participate. Wilding partnered with Major Ritchie and they defeated Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Gore 6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 9–7 in the all comers' final to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw edit

Key edit

All comers' finals edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals						Final

Charles Dixon Albert Prebble	7	6	3	6

Roderick McNair George Thomas	5	3	6	3
					Charles Dixon Albert Prebble	2	6	3	4

					Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6	2	6	6
Alfred Beamish Robert Powell	1	1	5

Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6	6	7
											Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	1	2	6	7

											Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	6	6	1	9
Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	6	6	6

Wylie Grant A. Wallis Myers	1	1	3
					Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	6	4	4	7	7

					Clement Cazalet George Hillyard	3	6	6	5	5
Clement Cazalet George Hillyard	6	6	9

Charles Gordon-Smith Augustus Hendriks	1	0	7

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round	Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	Douglas Kitching AR Sawyer	4	6	6	6
	CH Mounsey Alfred Sterry	6	3	2	2
						D Kitching A Sawyer	1	6	1	4
						C Dixon A Prebble	6	4	6	6
	Charles Dixon Albert Prebble	6	5	11	6
	Oscar Kreuzer Friedrich Rahe	3	7	9	3
											C Dixon A Prebble	7	6	3	6
											R McNair G Thomas	5	3	6	3
	ER Clarke EW Timmis	6	6	6
	Maj. Roe FN Warden	2	4	3
						ER Clarke EW Timmis	3	3	10
						R McNair G Thomas	6	6	12
	Roderick McNair George Thomas	6	6	7
	Pierre Verdé-Delisle Élie de Lastours	3	4	5

Section 2 edit

First round		Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

		Alfred Beamish Robert Powell
		GL Orme E Yatman	w/o
							A Beamish R Powell	6	4	6	6
							FH Bryant VM Hill	3	6	3	3
		FH Bryant VM Hill	4	6	6	6
		WP Haviland RH Hotham	6	2	3	4
												A Beamish R Powell	1	1	5
												HR Barrett A Gore	6	6	'7
		Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6	6	10
		TD Stoward JB Ward	4	1	8
							HR Barrett A Gore	6	6	6
							W Crawley K Powell	1	2	4
		Charles Ridding Ernest Wills	1	2	2
William Crawley Kenneth Powell		W Crawley K Powell	6	6	6
Otto Froitzheim Moritz von Bissing	w/o

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	6	6	6
Victor Gauntlett Harold Kitson	2	4	1	M Ritchie A Wilding	6	6	6
				George Ball-Greene Wilberforce Eaves	1	3	0
								M Ritchie A Wilding	6	8	6
								F Goldberg T Mavrogordato	2	6	1
				Fritz Goldberg Theodore Mavrogordato
				Frederick Plaskitt Hugh Plaskitt	w/o
												M Ritchie A Wilding	6	6	6
												W Grant AW Myers	1	1	3
				Wylie Grant A. Wallis Myers
				Dunstan Rhodes FF Roe	w/o
								W Grant AW Myers	8	0
								R Doherty G Simond	6	0^r
				Reginald Doherty George Simond	7	6	8
				William le Maire de Warzée Paul de Borman	5	4	6

Section 4 edit

First round	Second round						Third round				Quarterfinals

	Clement Cazalet George Hillyard	3	6	6	7
	Percival Davson John Flavelle	6	3	2	5
							C Cazalet G Hillyard	7	7	6
							A Lowe G Lowe	5	5	1
	Arthur Lowe Gordon Lowe	6	6	3	4	6
	WS Andrews Evan Gwynne-Evans	1	4	6	6	2
											C Cazalet G Hillyard	6	6	9
											CS Gordon-Smith A Hendriks	1	0	7
	CS Gordon-Smith Augustus Hendriks	6	6	6
	Valentine Miley Otway Toler	3	3	3
							CS Gordon-Smith A Hendriks	6	6	6
							S Watts H Whale	0	4	2
	Sydney Watts H Whale
	Lionel Escombe Henry Pollard	w/o

References edit

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links edit

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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