1910 Wimbledon Championships

1910 Wimbledon Championships
Date June 20 – June 30 [1]
Edition 34th
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
Location Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
New Zealand Anthony Wilding [2]
Women's Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Lambert Chambers [3]
Men's Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie / New Zealand Anthony Wilding [4]

The 1910 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 20 June until 30 June. It was the 34th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1910.

The All England Club laid asphalt pathways round the courts.[5] There was a field of 92 competitors for the men's singles.[5]

Champions

Wimbledon 1910, Men's doubles final

Men's Singles

Challenge Round

New Zealand Anthony Wilding defeated United Kingdom Arthur Gore 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2

All Comers' Final

New Zealand Anthony Wilding defeated United States Beals Wright 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 [6]


Women's Singles

United Kingdom Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated United Kingdom Dora Boothby 6–2, 6–2

Men's Doubles

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie / New Zealand Anthony Wilding defeated. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Roper Barrett, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 [4]


References

  1. 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
  2. "Grand Slam Tournaments - Wimbledon" (PDF). usta.com. United States Tennis Association.
  3. "Roll of Honour - Women's Singles". wimbledon.org.
  4. 1 2 "Roll of Honour - Men's Doubles". wimbledon.org.
  5. 1 2 100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives, Ltd. 1977)
  6. "Wilding Beats Wright". The New York Times. June 29, 1910. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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Preceded by
1910 Australasian Championships
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1910 U.S. National Championships
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