1907 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

24 June – 5 July

Edition

31st

Category

Grand Slam

Surface

Grass

Location

Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom

Venue

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Champions

Men's singles

Norman Brookes

Women's singles

May Sutton

Men's doubles

Norman Brookes /

Anthony Wilding

← 1906 ·

Wimbledon Championships

· 1908 →

The 1907 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 24 June until 5 July.^[1] It was the 31st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1907.

The Prince and Princess of Wales (the future George V and Queen Mary) came as spectators.^[2] The Centre Court was protected by a tarpaulin cover for the first time.^[2]

Finals

Men's singles

Norman Brookes defeated Arthur Gore, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 ^[3]

Women's singles

May Sutton defeated Dorothea Lambert Chambers, 6–1, 6–4 ^[4]

Men's doubles

Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding defeated Karl Behr / Beals Wright, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 ^[5]

References

^ 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
^ ^a ^b 100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives, Ltd. 1977)
^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.