Arthur Gore (tennis)
Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore (2 January 1868 – 1 December 1928) was a British tennis player.
| Full name | Arthur William Charles Wentworth Gore | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1868 Lyndhurst, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 December 1928 (aged 60) Kensington, England | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1888 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2006 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 373–127 (74.6%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1901, ITHF) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1901, 1908, 1909) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (1900) | ||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | 2R (1912, 1914) | ||||||||||||||
| WCCC | 1R (1921) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1909) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | F (1914) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (1913, 1922) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | W (1912) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 player to date to hold the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles title.
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