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1908 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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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
← 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's doubles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

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Key

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All comers' finals

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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 Charles Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom Augustus Hendriks
1 0 7

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Alfred Beamish
Canada Robert Powell
United Kingdom GL Orme
United Kingdom E Yatman
w/o
United Kingdom A Beamish
Canada R 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 A Beamish
Canada R Powell
1 1 5
United Kingdom HR Barrett
United Kingdom A Gore
6 6 '7
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
6 6 10
United Kingdom TD Stoward
United Kingdom JB Ward
4 1 8
United Kingdom HR Barrett
United Kingdom A Gore
6 6 6
United Kingdom W Crawley
United Kingdom K Powell
1 2 4
United Kingdom Charles Ridding
United Kingdom Ernest Wills
1 2 2
United Kingdom William Crawley
United Kingdom Kenneth Powell
United Kingdom W Crawley
United Kingdom K Powell
6 6 6
Germany Otto Froitzheim
Germany Moritz von Bissing
w/o

Bottom half

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Section 3

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

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom George Hillyard
3 6 6 7
United Kingdom Percival Davson
United Kingdom John Flavelle
6 3 2 5
United Kingdom C Cazalet
United Kingdom G Hillyard
7 7 6
United Kingdom A Lowe
United Kingdom G Lowe
5 5 1
United Kingdom Arthur Lowe
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe
6 6 3 4 6
United Kingdom WS Andrews
United Kingdom Evan Gwynne-Evans
1 4 6 6 2
United Kingdom C Cazalet
United Kingdom G Hillyard
6 6 9
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom A Hendriks
1 0 7
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom Augustus Hendriks
6 6 6
United Kingdom Valentine Miley
United Kingdom Otway Toler
3 3 3
United Kingdom CS Gordon-Smith
United Kingdom A Hendriks
6 6 6
United Kingdom S Watts
United Kingdom H Whale
0 4 2
United Kingdom Sydney Watts
United Kingdom H Whale
United Kingdom Lionel Escombe
United Kingdom 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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