Arthur Gore (tennis)

Arthur Gore

Full name	Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	2 January 1868 Lyndhurst, England
Died	1 December 1928 (aged 60) Kensington, England
Turned pro	1888 (amateur tour)
Retired	1922
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	2006 (member page)
Singles
Career titles	34
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1901, Karoly Mazak)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	W (1901, 1908, 1909)
US Open	SF (1900)
Other tournaments
WHCC	2R (1912, 1914)
WCCC	1R (1921)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1909)
Other doubles tournaments
WHCC	F (1914)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1912)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 1908 London Indoor singles 1908 London Indoor doubles

Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore (2 January 1868 – 1 December 1928) was a British tennis player.

Gore was a World No. 1 ranked player. He is best known for his two Gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, winning the Men's Indoor Singles and the Men's Indoor Doubles (with Herbert Barrett). He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.^[2] Gore's Wimbledon win in 1909, at age 41, makes him the oldest player to date to hold the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles title.[3].^[3]

Gore won the singles title at the Scottish Championships in 1892 and successfully defended the title in the Challenge Round in 1893.^[4] He won the singles title at the Kent Championships on two occasions; in 1900 by defeating Harold Mahony in the final in straight sets and in 1906 against A.L. Bentley, also in straight sets. In 1900 and 1908 he won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London. In May 1908 he won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played at the Queen's Club in London, defeating New Zealander Anthony Wilding in the Challenge Round in four sets.^[5]

Gore was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1899	Wimbledon	Grass	Reginald Doherty	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6	[6]
Winner	1901	Wimbledon	Grass	Reginald Doherty	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4	[6]
Runner-up	1902	Wimbledon	Grass	Laurence Doherty	4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 0–6	[6]
Runner-up	1907	Wimbledon	Grass	Norman Brookes	4–6, 2–6, 2–6	[6]
Winner	1908	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4	[6]
Winner	1909	Wimbledon	Grass	Major Ritchie	6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2	[6]
Runner-up	1910	Wimbledon	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6	[6]
Runner-up	1912	Wimbledon	Grass	Anthony Wilding	4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6	[6]

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1908	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 7–9	[7]
Winner	1909	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Stanley Doust Harry Parker	6–2, 6–1, 6–4	[7]
Runner-up	1910	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Roper Barrett	Major Ritchie Anthony Wilding	1–6, 1–6, 2–6	[7]

References

1. Mazak, Karoly (2010). The Concise History of Tennis, p. 29.
2. "Arthur Gore Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
3. "Wimbledon Men's Trivia". all-about-tennis.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
4. Robertson, George (1995). Tennis in Scotland : 100 Years of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association, 1895-1995. Edinburgh: SLTA. p. 269. ISBN 095257540X.
5. "COVERED COURT TENNIS.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 May 1908. p. 7.
6. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Singles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
7. "Wimbledon Rolls of Honour / Gentlemen's Doubles". Wimbledon official tournament website. Retrieved 2015-10-16.

External links

• Arthur Gore at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Arthur Gore at the International Tennis Federation
• Arthur Gore at the Davis Cup