1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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]

Men's doubles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
Score6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 9–7
Details
Draw34
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Draw

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All comers' finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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 0r
  Reginald Doherty
  George Simond
7 6 8
  William le Maire de Warzée
  Paul de Borman
5 4 6

Section 4

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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

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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