1913 Wimbledon Championships

1913 Wimbledon Championships
Date June 23 – July 4 [1]
Edition 37th
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
Location Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
New Zealand Anthony Wilding [2][3]
Women's Singles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Lambert Chambers [4]
Men's Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Roper Barrett / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles P. Dixon [5]
Women's Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winifred McNair / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dora Boothby
Mixed Doubles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hope Crisp / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Agnes Tuckey

The 1913 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 23 June until 4 July. It was the 37th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1913.

The 1913 Wimbledon Championships for the first time included a Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles competition. The men's entry consisted of 116 competitors.[6]

Champions

Wimbledon finals 1913, Wilding (far side) vs McLoughlin (near side).

Men's Singles

New Zealand Anthony Wilding defeated United States Maurice McLoughlin, 8–6, 6–3, 10–8


Women's Singles

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winifred McNair, 6–0, 6–4


Men's Doubles

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Barrett / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon defeated Germany Heinrich Kleinschroth / Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe, 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2


Women's Doubles

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winifred McNair / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dora Boothby defeated United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper Sterry / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Lambert Chambers, 4–6, 2–4 retired


Mixed Doubles

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hope Crisp / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Agnes Tuckey defeated Ireland James Cecil Parke / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ethel Thomson Larcombe, 3–6, 5–3 retired


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. ↑ "GREAT TENNIS MATCH.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 July 1913. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Women's Singles". wimbledon.org.
  5. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Men's Doubles". wimbledon.org.
  6. ↑ 100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives, Ltd. 1977)

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Preceded by
1913 Australasian Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1913 U.S. National Championships
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