1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
# 1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Major Ritchie defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Arthur Gore defeated Ritchie 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships. Arthur Gore was the oldest winner of the title at 41 years and 182 days.

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Challenge round

| Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Arthur Gore | Arthur Gore | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### All comers' finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Theodore Mavrogordato | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Caridia | George Caridia | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Caridia | George Caridia | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Theodore Mavrogordato | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Charles Dixon | Charles Dixon | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Lionel Escombe | Lionel Escombe | 6 | 5 | 9 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | | Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Friedrich Rahe | Friedrich Rahe | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Gordon Lowe | Gordon Lowe | 10 | 0 | 4 | | | Friedrich Rahe | Friedrich Rahe | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Friedrich Rahe | Friedrich Rahe | 12 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Thomas | George Thomas | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sirdar Nihal Singh | Sirdar Nihal Singh | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | G Thomas | G Thomas | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | G Watson | G Watson | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| Georges Watson | Georges Watson | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenneth Ingram | Kenneth Ingram | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | G Thomas | G Thomas | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | T Mavrogordato | T Mavrogordato | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Dunstan Rhodes | Dunstan Rhodes | 9 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| RB Gurney | RB Gurney | 7 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Rhodes | D Rhodes | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | T Mavrogordato | T Mavrogordato | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Theodore Mavrogordato | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Ennis | T Ennis | 0 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Tuckey | Charles Tuckey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Morris Hall | E Morris Hall | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C Tuckey | C Tuckey | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Kitching | D Kitching | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| Douglas Kitching | Douglas Kitching | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Les Poidevin | Les Poidevin | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Kitching | D Kitching | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Caridia | G Caridia | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| George Caridia | George Caridia | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alfred Crawley | Alfred Crawley | 0 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | G Caridia | G Caridia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W Eaves | W Eaves | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | Wilberforce Eaves | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clement Cazalet | Clement Cazalet | 4 | 3 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | Charles Dixon | Charles Dixon | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | William le Maire de Warzée | William le Maire de Warzée | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | C Dixon | C Dixon | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | JB Ward | JB Ward | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | JB Ward | JB Ward | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sydney Watts | Sydney Watts | 2 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Dixon | C Dixon | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F Goldberg | F Goldberg | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | Réginald Storms | Réginald Storms | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TR Quill | TR Quill | 11 | 7 | 6 | | TR Quill | TR Quill | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| RH Hotham | RH Hotham | 9 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | TR Quill | TR Quill | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| Fritz Goldberg | Fritz Goldberg | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Goldberg | F Goldberg | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| LE Milburn | LE Milburn | 5 | 1 | 0 | | F Goldberg | F Goldberg | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stanley Knight | Stanley Knight | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | S Knight | S Knight | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| RD Nolan | RD Nolan | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stanley Doust | Stanley Doust | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Moritz von Bissing | Moritz von Bissing | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | | S Doust | S Doust | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Henry Knight | Henry Knight | | | | | | H Knight | H Knight | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WE Lane | WE Lane | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | S Doust | S Doust | 5 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | M Ritchie | M Ritchie | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| HB Routledge | HB Routledge | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | M Ritchie | M Ritchie | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Harry Parker | Harry Parker | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | H Parker | H Parker | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| HS Fellowes | HS Fellowes | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Ritchie | M Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Henry Wilson-Fox | Henry Wilson-Fox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Davson | P Davson | 2 | 2 | $0^r$ |
| Albert Prebble | Albert Prebble | w/o | | | | | H Wilson-Fox | H Wilson-Fox | 2 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Percival Davson | Percival Davson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | P Davson | P Davson | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BC Hopson | BC Hopson | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | P Davson | P Davson | 8 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| CS Gordon-Smith | CS Gordon-Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | J Flavelle | J Flavelle | 6 | 6 | $2^r$ | | | | | |
| CJ Adams | CJ Adams | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | CS Gordon-Smith | CS Gordon-Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Flavelle | John Flavelle | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | J Flavelle | J Flavelle | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| RF Quennessen | RF Quennessen | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 5**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Blew | William Blew | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Evan Gwynne-Evans | Evan Gwynne-Evans | w/o | | | | | W Blew | W Blew | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Ridding | Charles Ridding | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | C Ridding | C Ridding | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Simond | Charles Simond | 1 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | C Ridding | C Ridding | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Stanley Franklin | Stanley Franklin | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Franklin | S Franklin | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ernest Wills | Ernest Wills | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | S Franklin | S Franklin | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Coulson | George Coulson | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | | G Coulson | G Coulson | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Otto Blom | Otto Blom | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Ridding | C Ridding | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| EW Timmis | EW Timmis | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Escombe | L Escombe | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Robert Dudley | Robert Dudley | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | | EW Timmis | EW Timmis | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Glen Walker | Glen Walker | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | G Walker | G Walker | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Bidlake | L Bidlake | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | EW Timmis | EW Timmis | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Louis Trasenster | Louis Trasenster | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | L Escombe | L Escombe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| E Yatman | E Yatman | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | L Trasenster | L Trasenster | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lionel Escombe | Lionel Escombe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | L Escombe | L Escombe | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Hawes | David Hawes | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 6**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Cecil Parke | James Cecil Parke | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Augustus Hendriks | Augustus Hendriks | 2 | 0 | 2 | JC Parke | JC Parke | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Herbert Roper Barrett | Herbert Roper Barrett | 6 | 6 | 6 | HR Barrett | HR Barrett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Powell | James Powell | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | HR Barrett | HR Barrett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | GTC Watt | GTC Watt | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | GTC Watt | GTC Watt | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | George Allen | George Allen | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HR Barrett | HR Barrett | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Rhodes | D Rhodes | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | AW Andrews | AW Andrews | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Brame Hillyard | Brame Hillyard | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | AW Andrews | AW Andrews | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | D Rhodes | D Rhodes | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | DP Rhodes | DP Rhodes | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Henry Pollard | Henry Pollard | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 7**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arthur Lowe | Arthur Lowe | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alfred Taylor | Alfred Taylor | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A Lowe | A Lowe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | G Lowe | G Lowe | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Gordon Lowe | Gordon Lowe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anthony Prinsep | Anthony Prinsep | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | G Lowe | G Lowe | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | A Beamish | A Beamish | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| RS Barnes | RS Barnes | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| HL Brunton | HL Brunton | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | RS Barnes | RS Barnes | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A Beamish | A Beamish | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Alfred Beamish | Alfred Beamish | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AC Butler | AC Butler | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 8**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Powell | Kenneth Powell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Powell | Robert Powell | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | K Powell | K Powell | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | P de Borman | P de Borman | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Paul de Borman | Paul de Borman | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Geoffrey Fowler | Geoffrey Fowler | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | K Powell | K Powell | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | F Rahe | F Rahe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Friedrich Rahe | Friedrich Rahe | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Haydon | Thomas Haydon | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F Rahe | F Rahe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Robinson | J Robinson | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| J Robinson | J Robinson | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roderick McNair | Roderick McNair | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
