Arthur Gore (tennis)
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| Full name | Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore | |||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom
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| Born |
2 January 1868 Lyndhurst, England |
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| Died | 1 December 1928 (aged 60) Kensington, England |
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| Turned pro | 1888 (amateur tour) | |||||||||
| Retired | 1922 | |||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2006 (member page) | |||||||||
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| Career titles | 34 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1901, Karoly Mazak) | |||||||||
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| Wimbledon | W (1901, 1908, 1909) | |||||||||
| US Open | SF (1900) | |||||||||
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| WHCC | 2R (1912, 1914) | |||||||||
| WCCC | 1R (1921) | |||||||||
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| Wimbledon | W (1909) | |||||||||
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| WHCC | F (1914) | |||||||||
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| Davis Cup | W (1912) | |||||||||
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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. 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].
Gore won the singles title at the Scottish Championships in 1892 and successfully defended the title in the Challenge Round in 1893. 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.
Gore was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
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