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1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding[1]
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore[1]
Score6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 9–7
Details
Draw34
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1907 · Wimbledon Championships · 1909 →

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' Doubles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

Key

All Comers' Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
United Kingdom Charles Dixon
United Kingdom Albert Prebble
7 6 3 6
United Kingdom Roderick McNair
United Kingdom George Thomas
5 3 6 3
United Kingdom Charles Dixon
United Kingdom Albert Prebble
2 6 3 4
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
6 2 6 6
United Kingdom Alfred Beamish
Canada Robert Powell
1 1 5
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
6 6 '7
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
1 2 6 7
United Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
6 6 1 9
United Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
6 6 6
United States Wylie Grant
United Kingdom A. Wallis Myers
1 1 3
United Kingdom Major Ritchie
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
6 4 4 7 7
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom George Hillyard
3 6 6 5 5
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom George Hillyard
6 6 9
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom Augustus Hendriks
1 0 7

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom DW Kitching
United Kingdom AR Sawyer
4 6 6 6
United Kingdom CH Mounsey
United Kingdom A Sterry
6 3 2 2
United Kingdom DW Kitching
United Kingdom AR Sawyer
1 6 1 4
United Kingdom CP Dixon
United Kingdom AD Prebble
6 4 6 6
United Kingdom CP Dixon
United Kingdom AD Prebble
6 5 11 6
Germany O Kreuzer
Germany FW Rahe
3 7 9 3
United Kingdom CP Dixon
United Kingdom AD Prebble
7 6 3 6
United Kingdom RJ McNair
United Kingdom GA Thomas
5 3 6 3
United Kingdom ER Clarke
United Kingdom EW Timmis
6 6 6
United Kingdom BO Roe
United Kingdom FN Warden
2 4 3
United Kingdom ER Clarke
United Kingdom EW Timmis
3 3 10
United Kingdom RJ McNair
United Kingdom GA Thomas
6 6 12
United Kingdom RJ McNair
United Kingdom GA Thomas
6 6 7
France P Verdé-Delisle
France É de Lastours
3 4 5

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom AE Beamish
Canada RB Powell
United Kingdom GL Orme
United Kingdom E Yatman
w/o
United Kingdom AE Beamish
Canada RB Powell
6 4 6 6
United Kingdom FH Bryant
United Kingdom VM Hill
3 6 3 3
United Kingdom FH Bryant
United Kingdom VM Hill
4 6 6 6
United Kingdom WP Haviland
United Kingdom RH Hotham
6 2 3 4
United Kingdom AE Beamish
Canada RB Powell
1 1 5
United Kingdom H Roper Barrett
United Kingdom AW Gore
6 6 '7
United Kingdom H Roper Barrett
United Kingdom AW Gore
6 6 10
United Kingdom TD Stoward
United Kingdom JB Ward
4 1 8
United Kingdom H Roper Barrett
United Kingdom AW Gore
6 6 6
United Kingdom WC Crawley
United Kingdom K Powell
1 2 4
United Kingdom CH Ridding
United Kingdom ES Wills
1 2 2
United Kingdom WC Crawley
United Kingdom K Powell
United Kingdom WC Crawley
United Kingdom K Powell
6 6 6
Germany O Froitzheim
Germany M von Bissing
w/o

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom MJG Ritchie
New Zealand AF Wilding
6 6 6
South Africa VR Gauntlett
South Africa HA Kitson
2 4 1 United Kingdom MJG Ritchie
New Zealand AF Wilding
6 6 6
Ireland GC Ball-Greene
United Kingdom WV Eaves
1 3 0
United Kingdom MJG Ritchie
New Zealand AF Wilding
6 8 6
United Kingdom FW Goldberg
United Kingdom TM Mavrogordato
2 6 1
United Kingdom FW Goldberg
United Kingdom TM Mavrogordato
United Kingdom FJG Plaskitt
United Kingdom H Plaskitt
w/o
United Kingdom MJG Ritchie
New Zealand AF Wilding
6 6 6
United States WC Grant
United Kingdom AW Myers
1 1 3
United States WC Grant
United Kingdom AW Myers
United Kingdom D Rhodes
United Kingdom FF Roe
w/o
United States WC Grant
United Kingdom AW Myers
8
United Kingdom RF Doherty
United Kingdom GM Simond
6r
United Kingdom RF Doherty
United Kingdom GM Simond
7 6 8
Belgium W le Maire de Warzée
Belgium P de Borman
5 4 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom CHS Cazalet
United Kingdom GW Hillyard
3 6 6 7
United Kingdom PM Davson
United Kingdom JM Flavelle
6 3 2 5
United Kingdom CHS Cazalet
United Kingdom GW Hillyard
7 7 6
United Kingdom AH Lowe
United Kingdom FG Lowe
5 5 1
United Kingdom AH Lowe
United Kingdom FG Lowe
6 6 3 4 6
United Kingdom WS Andrews
United Kingdom E Gwynne-Evans
1 4 6 6 2
United Kingdom CHS Cazalet
United Kingdom GW Hillyard
6 6 9
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom AM Hendriks
1 0 7
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom AM Hendriks
6 6 6
Ireland VO'C Miley
Ireland OG Toler
3 3 3
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom AM Hendriks
6 6 6
United Kingdom SJ Watts
United Kingdom H Whale
0 4 2
United Kingdom SJ Watts
United Kingdom H Whale
United Kingdom LH Escombe
United Kingdom H Pollard
w/o

References

  1. ^ a b c 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001