1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1909 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Herbert Roper Barrett ; Arthur Gore
Runners-up	Stanley Doust ; Harry Parker
Final score	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Details
Draw	40
Seeds	–
Events

Last updated April 23, 2022

Major Ritchie and Anthony Wilding were the defending champions, but Wilding did not participate. Ritchie partnered with Charles Dixon but they lost in the quarterfinals to Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Gore.

Draw

Key

All comers' finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals						Final

Stanley Doust Harry Parker	3	6	6	6

Roderick McNair George Thomas	6	2	1	3
					Stanley Doust Harry Parker	3	6	3	8	6

					Kenneth Powell Robert Powell	6	2	6	6	3
James Cecil Parke Friedrich Rahe	6	5	6	6

Kenneth Powell Robert Powell	8	7	3	8
											Stanley Doust Harry Parker	2	1	4

											Herbert Roper Barrett Harry Parker	6	6	6
Gordon Cleather CS Gordon-Smith	6	6	6

William le Maire de Warzée Georges Watson	2	1	2
					Gordon Cleather Charles Gordon-Smith	5	1	2

					Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	7	6	6
Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6	9	6

Charles Dixon Major Ritchie	3	7	0

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round					Third round						Quarterfinals

	Percival Davson Evan Gwynne-Evans	7	7	6
	CH Mounsey Alfred Sterry	5	5	1
						P Davson E Gwynne-Evans	6	1	2	6	1
						S Doust H Parker	2	6	6	4	6
	Stanley Doust Harry Parker	6	6	7
	Stanley Knight Henry Knight	1	3	5
												S Doust H Parker	3	6	6	6
												R McNair G Thomas	6	2	1	3
	Roderick McNair George Thomas	6	6	6	9
	Brame Hillyard A. Wallis Myers	2	3	8	7
						R McNair G Thomas	6	6	4	6
						RB Gurney WE Lane	4	3	6	3
	RB Gurney WE Lane	6	7	6
	Charles Ridding Ernest Wills	2	5	1

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					James Cecil Parke Friedrich Rahe	6	6	6
					Arthur Lowe Gordon Lowe	1	0	0
									JC Parke F Rahe	6	7	6
									HL Brutton BC Hopson	4	5	4
					HL Brutton BC Hopson	6	6	6
					James Powell EW Timmis	3	2	3
													JC Parke F Rahe	6	5	6	6
Louis Trasenster Paul de Borman	6	5	6	6									K Powell R Powell	8	7	3	8
Kenneth Ingram HB Routledge	2	7	1	3	L Trasenster P de Borman	6	6	6
George Coulson Geoffrey Fowler	1	6	6	6	G Coulson G Fowler	2	2	4
John Ganzoni LE Milburn	6	1	4	2					L Trasenster P de Borman	2	0	0
Kenneth Powell Robert Powell	6	6	6						K Powell R Powell	6	6	6
LE Gaunt C Heath	4	2	2		K Powell R Powell	10	6	6
Clement Cazalet George Hillyard	6	6	6		C Cazalet G Hillyard	8	2	4
DP Rhodes Moritz von Bissing	3	2	0

Bottom half

Section 3

First round						Second round						Third round					Quarterfinals

Gordon Cleather CS Gordon-Smith	7	6	6
Otto Blom TR Quill	5	0	0			G Cleather CS Gordon-Smith	6	3	6	3	6
Theodore Mavrogordato Albert Prebble	6	3	4	6	6	T Mavrogordato A Prebble	3	6	4	6	3
Augustus Hendriks Douglas Kitching	2	6	6	2	0							G Cleather CS Gordon-Smith	6	6	2	6
Anthony Prinsep GTC Watt												RH Hotham DP Rhodes	4	0	6	3
Reginald Doherty Wilberforce Eaves	w/o					A Prinsep GTC Watt	w/o
RH Hotham DP Rhodes	6	1	4	6	7	RH Hotham DP Rhodes
HS Fellowes Arnold Herschell	2	6	6	2	5												G Cleather CS Gordon-Smith	6	6	6
																	W le Maire de Warzée G Watson	2	1	2
						William le Maire de Warzée Georges Watson	6	6	1
						Henry Pollard Alfred Taylor	5	3	5^r
												W le Maire de Warzée G Watson	6	8	6
												R Dudley F Goldberg	4	6	3
						Robert Dudley Fritz Goldberg
						George Allen Hamilton Price	w/o

Section 4

First round	Second round						Third round				Quarterfinals

	C Ambrose AW Andrews	5	6	3	6	6
	RD Nolan Sydney Watts	7	4	6	4	3
							C Ambrose AW Andrews	w/o
							HR Barrett A Gore
	Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore	6	6	6
	Alfred Beamish JB Ward	2	3	3
											HR Barrett A Gore	6	9	6
											C Dixon M Ritchie	3	7	0
	Lionel Escombe Les Poidevin
	Charles Simond George Simond	w/o
							L Escombe L Poidevin	4	3	5
							C Dixon M Ritchie	6	6	7
	Charles Dixon M Ritchie	6	6	6
	RF Quennessen Sirdar Nihal Singh	1	1	3

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References

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

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[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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