1904 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1904 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Laurence Doherty
Runner-up	Frank Riseley
Score	6–1, 7–5, 8–6
Details
Draw	62
Seeds	–
Events

Frank Riseley defeated Major Ritchie 6–0, 6–1, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Laurence Doherty defeated Riseley 6–1, 7–5, 8–6 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1904 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Frank Riseley	1	5	6

Laurence Doherty	6	7	8

All comers' finals

Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final

Arthur Gore	6	1	6	4	3

Frank Riseley	3	6	3	6	6
						Frank Riseley	7	5	8	5	0

						Sydney Smith	5	7	6	7	0^r
George Caridia	5	6	3

Sydney Smith	7	8	6
												Frank Riseley	6	6	6

												Major Ritchie	0	1	2
William le Maire de Warzée	1	6	4

Major Ritchie	6	8	6
						Major Ritchie	6	6	6

						Paul de Borman	3	1	1
Roderick McNair	0	4	4

Paul de Borman	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round						Third round				Quarterfinals

					A Gore	6	6	6
Norman Marrett	6	6	6		N Marrett	3	2	3
Sydney Watts	4	2	1								A Gore	6	6	6
Stanley Franklin	6	2	6	0							D Hawes	2	4	0
JB Dufall	3	6	0	0^r	S Franklin	4	7	2
David Hawes					D Hawes	6	9	6
Clement Cazalet	w/o														A Gore	3	6	3	6	6
George Greville	6	6	6												F Riseley	6	1	6	4	3
GL Orme	1	0	0		G Greville	6	0	6	2	3
Frank Riseley	6	6	6		F Riseley	2	6	4	6	6
HR Fussell	3	2	3								F Riseley	6	6	6
Anthony Wilding	2	6	6	6							H Mahony	1	4	2
Albert Prebble	6	2	4	2	A Wilding	6	4	9	1
Harold Mahony	6	6	6		H Mahony	4	6	11	6
Fredric Warburg	4	2	3

Section 2

First round					Second round						Third round				Quarterfinals

Fritz Goldberg
Reginald Doherty	w/o				F Goldberg
Brame Hillyard	6	6	6		B Hillyard	w/o
AW Perceval	0	0	2								F Goldberg	5	0	2
Archibald McNair	6	6	6								G Caridia	7	6	6
ER Clarke	2	3	4		A McNair	5	2	4
George Caridia	1	12	6	6	G Caridia	7	6	6
Walter Crawley	6	10	0	2											G Caridia	7	8	6
EW Timmis															S Smith	5	6	3
Frank Pearce	w/o				EW Timmis	6	4	3	6	3
Wallace McGregor					W McGregor	4	6	6	4	6
Rolf Kinzl	w/o										W McGregor	0	1	0
Henry Pollard	6	6	3								S Smith	6	6	6
Alfred Herschell	1	2	0^r		H Pollard	2	1	1
Sydney Smith	6	6	6		S Smith	6	6	6
Claude Russell-Brown	3	3	1

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round						Quarterfinals

EJ Sampson	9	0	6	6
E Yatman	7	6	4	1	EJ Sampson	4	4	4
Sydney Adams	6	6	6		S Adams	6	6	6
Arthur Norris	4	3	2							S Adams	1	3	2
Alfred Beamish	6	4	6	6						W le Maire de Warzée	6	6	6
FN Warden	4	6	2	3	A Beamish	0	6	0	3
William le Maire de Warzée	6	6	6		W le Maire de Warzée	6	2	6	6
Charles Simond	1	1	3													W le Maire de Warzée	1	6	4
Wilberforce Eaves	6	6	6													M Ritchie	6	8	6
HI Bury	2	2	4		W Eaves	6	2	6	7
John Flavelle	6	6	7		J Flavelle	1	6	4	5
WH Jackson	1	1	5							W Eaves	6	1	6	2	5
Major Ritchie	6	6	6							M Ritchie	3	6	2	6	7
Frederick Plaskitt	2	2	4		M Ritchie	6	6	6
Arthur Cronin	6	6	6		A Cronin	1	4	3
SR Arthur	4	1	2

Section 4

First round						Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

Roderick McNair	7	3	6	6	6
S Baddeley	5	6	8	3	4	R McNair	12	6	10	9
Charlie Finlason	4	6	6	6	6	C Finlason	10	4	12	7
Frank Pearson	6	2	4	8	2						R McNair	9	1
George Simond	7	6	6								G Simond	7	0^r
Evan Gwynne-Evans	5	4	3			G Simond	6	9	6
Robert Hough						R Hough	2	7	2
Kurt von Wessely	w/o															R McNair	0	4	4
Ernest Wills	6	7	8	6												P de Borman	6	6	6
Henry Wilson-Fox	1	5	10	0		E Wills	3	3	3
Frederick Payn	6	6	6			F Payn	6	6	6
Theodore Mavrogordato	2	2	2								F Payn	6	0	0	2
Paul de Borman	7	6	6								P de Borman	1	6	6	6
Lionel Escombe	5	2	3			P de Borman	6	6	3	6
						George Ball-Greene	4	2	6	4

References

^ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1903 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 1904 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

[Tingay-1] Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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