Arthur Gore

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

He is best known for winning three singles titles at the Wimbledon Championship and was runner-up a record 5 times (shared with Herbert Lawford). He also won 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. Gore's Wimbledon win in 1909, at age 41, makes him the oldest person to date to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Early life Gore was born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and grew up in France, the third son of Captain Augustus Frederick Wentworth Gore and Hon. Emily Anne Curzon. His father was the sole surviving son of noted novelist Catherine Gore and Charles Arthur Gore. His mother was a member of the Curzon family, the daughter of MP Robert Curzon and granddaughter of Viscount Curzon.

Career He played his first tournament at London Athletic Club in 1887, and his first title came at a grass court tournament in Stevenage in August 1888. Gore won the singles title at the Scottish Championships in 1892 and successfully defended the title in the Challenge Round in 1893. In 1894 he won the North London Championships on grass, a tournament that he won five times (1894, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906). and in 1906 against A.L. 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. Gore had the longest ever span (34 years) in the Wimbledon men's singles (he entered a record 30 times in singles from 1888 to 1922)., In addition he also won the Leicestershire Championships three times (1913, 1914, 1919) and the Nottinghamshire Championships four times (1905, 1910, 1912, 1913). Gore was a successful all surface player winning 51 singles titles and reaching the finals of 26 other tournaments on clay, grass and hard asphalt & wood courts from 1888 to 1919.

Clay Charles Gladstone Eames 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2

5. 1890 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay Horace Chapman 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4

1. 1891 Kent Championships Grass Ernest George Meers 0–6, 2–6, 2–6

6. 1891 Chingford Open Championships Clay Charles G. Eames 10–12, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3

7. 1891 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay Horace Chapman 11–9 ret.

8. 1892 Scottish Championships Grass Richard Millar Watson 6–3, 6–3, 6–0

9. 1892 Chingford Open Championships Clay Charles G. Eames 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

10. 1892 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay Archdale Palmer 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 5–7, 6–3

11. 1893 Scottish Championships Grass Richard Millar Watson 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5

12. 1893 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay Archdale Palmer 3–6, 6–4, 0–6, 8–6, 6–3

13. 1894 North London Championships Grass Arthur Hallward 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2

3. 1896 North London Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 3–6 4–6 6–3 2–6

14. 1898 North London Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3

15. 1898 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay E. K. Harvey 6–2, 6–2, 6–0

4. 1899 Wimbledon Championships Grass Reginald Doherty 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6

16. 1899 North London Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 8–6, 9–7

5. 1896 London Championships Grass Harold Mahony 10–8, 2–6, 5–7, 1–6

6. 1899 Dinard Challenge Cup Clay Harold Mahony 4–6 2–6 4–6

17. 1900 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Major Ritchie 6–1, 7–5, 6–3

7. 1900 Irish Championships Grass Harold Mahony 4–6, 5–7, 9–7, 3–6

8. 1900 Middlesex Championships Grass Harold Mahony 2–6 4–6 2–6

18. 1900 Kent Championships Grass Harold Mahony 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

19. 1900 North London Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 6–3, 6–4, 6–0

9. 1900 Queen's Club Championships Grass Arthur W. Lavy 6–0, 6–2, 6–3

10. 1901 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Laurence Doherty 3–6, 1–6, 1–6

11. 1901 Kent Championships Grass Laurence Doherty 1–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6

20. 1901 Wimbledon Championships Grass Reginald Doherty 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4

12. 1902 Wimbledon Championships Grass Laurence Doherty 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 0–6

13. 1903 Kent Championships Grass Laurence Doherty 1–6, 2–6, 3–6

21. 1903 All England Plate Grass Clarence Hobart 7–5, 6–3

22. 1903 Etretat LTC Championships Clay Archdale Palmer 6–2, 6–3, 6–1

23. 1903 London Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Major Ritchie 8–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4

24. 1904 Paris International Championships Clay Max Decugis 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2

14. 1904 London Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Max Decugis 2–6 6–3, 6–0, 1–6, 4–6

15. 1905 Kent Championships Grass Norman Brookes 3–6, 7–9, 2–6

25. 1905 East Surrey Championships Grass Anthony Wilding 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

26. 1905 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass Roy Allen w.o.

27. 1905 Crystal Palace Open Grass Anthony Wilding 6–4, 6–2.

28. 1905 Shanklin LTC Championships Grass Anthony Wilding 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1

29. 1905 London Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Major Ritchie 2–6 6–3, 6–0, 1–6, 4–6

16. 1906 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Laurence Doherty 2–6, 4–6, 6–8

30. 1906 East Surrey Championships Grass Sydney Adams 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

31. 1906 Kent Championships Grass A. L. Bentley 6–0 6–2 6–1

32. 1906 North London Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 3–0, ret.

33. 1906 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass Herbert Snook 6–2, 6–4, 6–3

34. 1906 Crystal Palace Open Grass George Allen Thomas 6–1, 6–3

35. 1906 Shanklin LTC Championships Grass George Caridia 6–1, 6–4, 6–4

37. 1906 Sussex Championships Grass Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–3, 6–3

38. 1907 Kent Coast Championships Hard Major Ritchie 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, ret.

39. 1907 Surrey Championships Hard Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–2, 6–3

17. 1906 East of Surrey Championships Grass Major Ritchie 6–0, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 3–6

18. 1907 Kent Championships Grass Anthony Wilding 7–9, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 1–6

19. 1907 Wimbledon Championships Grass Norman Brookes 4–6, 2–6, 2–6

40. 1907 Shanklin LTC Championships Grass Charles Henry Ridding 7–5, 6–2, 6–1

20. 1907 Kent Coast Championships Hard Herbert Roper Barrett 4–6 4–6 6–4 7–9

41. 1908 British Covered Court Championships Wood (i) Anthony Wilding 4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 8–6

42. 1908 Olympic Championships Wood (i) George Caridia 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

21. 1908 Surrey Championships Grass Major Ritchie 3–6, 4–6, 2–6

43. 1908 Northern Championships Grass James Cecil Parke 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4

44. 1908 Wimbledon Championships Grass Herbert Roper Barrett 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–4

22. 1909 British Covered Court Championships Hard (i) Major Ritchie 5–7, 6–8, 3–6

45. 1909 Wimbledon Championships Grass Major Ritchie 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2

23. 1910 Wimbledon Championships Grass Anthony Wilding 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6

46. 1910 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass ? ?

47. 1911 Leicestershire Championships Grass Rodney Heath 6–4, 6–1

24. 1912 Wimbledon Championships Grass Anthony Wilding 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6

48. 1912 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass Charles P. Dixon 1–6, 11–9, 6–3

25. 1912 Kent Coast Championships Hard Theodore Mavrogordato 7–9, 6–8. ret.

49. 1913 Leicestershire Championships Grass George Hillyard 7–5, 4–6, ret.

26. 1913 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass Stanley Doust 6–3, 3–6, 3-36, 9–7, 4–6

50. 1914 Nottinghamshire Championships Grass Charles P. Dixon 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

51. 1919 Leicestershire Championships Grass George Fletcher 6–2, 6–2, 6–4