Most singles appearances at Wimbledon (male)

Between 1888 and 1922, Arthur Gore (UK, b. 2 January 1868) entered the men’s singles 31 times. He reached eight finals (1899-1912), winning three of them (1901 and 1908-09). In the 1909 final, Gore came back from two sets down to defeat Major Ritchie 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 at the age of 41 years 182 days to become the oldest Wimbledon singles champion. The previous year, he had won indoor singles and doubles gold medals at the 1908 London Olympics – respectively, playing against George Caridia and with Herbert Roper Barrett.

In 1895, after receiving a first-round bye, Gore lost to Wilfred Baddeley (walkover) in Round 2, but he was listed to play his second-round match and his entry to that tournament has been counted among his total of 31 main-draw appearances. Wimbledon was not held in 1915-18 due to World War I.

Gore also entered the Wimbledon doubles competition 30 times, non-consecutively, between 1888 and 1927 (absent 1890-91, 1895, 1902, 1920 and 1923; tournament not held in 1915-18 due to World War I). He therefore entered 61 singles and doubles tournaments at Wimbledon in 1888-1927.

On 8 July 1912, Gore became the oldest Wimbledon singles finalist, aged 44 years 188 days. New Zealand’s Anthony Wilding (Wimbledon’s second-ever non-British champion after Australia’s Norman Brookes in 1907) beat Gore 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to deny the British player a fourth Wimbledon crown – exactly as he'd done in 1910, at the start of Wilding’s sequence of four consecutive titles.