The All England Plate, also referred to as the Wimbledon Plate, was a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. The first edition, for male players only, was held in 1896 and the winner was awarded £5 prize money and the runner-up £3. In 1933 the first women's edition was held. In 1975 the competition also became open to players who had lost in the third round of the singles competition as well as players who only participated in the doubles competition. The last edition of the men's tournament was held in 1981 and for the women in 1989.[1]

All England Plate
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Abolished1989; 35 years ago (1989)
LocationWimbledon, London, England
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

Finals

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Year Country Champions Country Runners-up Score in the final
1896   BRI Arthur Gore   BRI Lawrence Doherty 1–6, 6–2, 7–5
1897   BRI Herbert Baddeley   BRI Ernest Crawley 6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1898   BRI George Hillyard   BRI Allan Pearson 6–3, 8–6
1899   BRI Wilberforce Eaves   BRI George Hillyard w.o.
1900   BRI George Greville   BRI Ernest Black 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1901   BRI Philip Pearson   BRI H. W. Davies 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1902   BRI Brame Hillyard   BRI Herbert Lawford 8–6, 6–1
1903   BRI Arthur Gore   USA Clarence Hobart 7–5, 6–3
1904   BRI George Greville   BRI Brame Hillyard 6–3, 6–0
1905   BRI Wilberforce Eaves   AUS B. Murphy 6–3, 6–2
1906   BRI George Hillyard   BRI Theodore Mavrogordato 6–2, 6–4
1907   NZL Anthony Wilding   AUT Kurt von Wessely 6–3, 6–4
1908   GER Oscar Kreuzer   RSA Victor Gauntlett 6–3, 6–4
1909   CAN Robert Powell   NZL Harry Parker 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1910   FRA André Gobert   NZL Percival Davson 6–4, 6–4
1911   BRI Arthur Lowe   BRI A. C. Parke 6–0, 8–6
1912   BRI Frank Pearson   AUS F. E. Barritt 6–0, 10–8
1913   BRI Gordon Lowe   BRI F. F. Roe 8–10, 6–3, 6–3
1914   BRI Charles P. Dixon   BRI R. W. F. Harding 6–1, 6–2
1915 No competition (due to World War I)
1916
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1918
1919   BRI F. R. L. Crawford   BRI Max Woosnam 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1920   BRI Gordon Lowe   BRI Charles P. Dixon 1–6, 8–6, 6–3
1921   BRI Brian Gilbert   NZL Frank Fisher 7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1922   RSA Brian Norton   AUS Rupert Wertheim 6–2, 6–2
1923   BEL Jean Washer   BRI Josiah Ritchie 6–3, 6–4
1924   RSA Jack Condon   BRI Jack Hillyard 7–5, 6–2
1925   HUN Béla von Kehrling   FRA Roger George 6–3, 6–4
1926   BRI Brian Gilbert   BRI F. R. L. Crawford 10–8, 6–2
1927   FRA Antoine Gentien   BRI Oswald Turnbull 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
1928   IND Mohammed Sleem   BRI Brian Gilbert 6–3, 6–3
1929   USA Bud Chandler   BRI William Powell 6–4, 6–1
1930   FRA Emmanuel du Plaix   NZL Cam Malfroy 6–1, 9–7
1931   RSA Vernon Kirby   IRL George Lyttleton-Rogers 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932   FRA Henri Cochet   JPN Takeo Kuwabara 6–2, 6–4
1933   GBR Frank Wilde   GBR Patrick Wheatley 6–2, 6–4
1934   AUT Hermann Artens   GBR Raymond Tuckey 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
1935   JPN Jiro Yamagishi   FRA Jean Lesueur 6–2, 6–2
1936   USA D. N. Jones   GBR Ian Collins 6–0, 6–2
1937   USA Wayne Sabin   RSA Norman Farquharson 2–6, 6–0, 6–3
1938   GBR Don Butler   HUN Ottó Szigeti 6–1, 8–10, 6–3
1939   USA Don McNeill   BEL Jacques Van den Eynde 8–6, 6–2
1940 No competition (due to World War II)
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1943
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1945
1946   FRA Robert Abdesselam   POL Czesław Spychała 7–5, 6–3
1947   RSA Eric Sturgess   GBR Tony Mottram 6–3, 6–3
1948   PHI Felicisimo Ampon   ARG Heraldo Weiss 11–9, 6–4
1949   USA Earl Cochell   IRL Guy Jackson 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1950   GBR Geoff Paish   BEL Jacques Brichant 6–4, 6–4
1951   RSA Nigel Cockburn   HKG Ip Koon Hung 7–5, 5–7, 10–8
1952   CHI Luis Ayala   IND Naresh Kumar 8–6, 6–2
1953   GBR Geoff Paish   USA John Ager 4–6, 6–2
1954   USA Hugh Stewart   BRA Armando Vieira 8–6, 6–0, 7–5
1955   AUS Neale Fraser   AUS Bob Howe 6–2, 7–5
1956   USA Hugh Stewart   USA Gardnar Mulloy 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1957   RSA Gordon Forbes   RSA Abe Segal 10–8, 11–13, 6–3
1958   FRA Paul Rémy   FRA Jean Noël Grinda 6–3, 11–9
1959   TCH Jiří Javorský   USA Mal Fox 6–3, 6–2
1960   DEN Torben Ulrich   ITA Orlando Sirola 6–4, 7–5
1961   DEN Jørgen Ulrich   IND Naresh Kumar 6–4, 10–12, 6–3
1962   USA Jon Douglas   RSA Abe Segal 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1963   USA Gene Scott   NZL Ian Crookenden w.o.
1964   GBR Bobby Wilson   AUS Bill Bowrey 6–4, 6–3
1965   AUS Owen Davidson   NED Tom Okker 6–3, 8–6
1966   GBR Roger Taylor   AUS Bob Howe 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1967   USA Jim McManus   USA Gene Scott 6–3, 6–2
1968   GBR Gerald Battrick   USA Herb Fitzgibbon 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
1969   BRA Thomaz Koch   AUS Ray Ruffels 6–1, 6–3
1970   RSA Bob Maud   USA Roy Barth 6–3, 6–3
1971   AUS Dick Crealy   CHI Patricio Cornejo 6–3, 6–4
1972   AUS Kim Warwick   N/A w.o.
1973   GBR John Clifton   USA Steve Messmer 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1974   URS Teimuraz Kakulia   AUS Paul Kronk 6–3, 5–7
1975   BRA Thomaz Koch   USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 6–2
1976   NZL Brian Fairlie   GBR Roger Taylor 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1977   USA Marty Riessen   USA Raz Reid 6–4, 5–7, 9–7
1978   AUS Dale Collings   USA Tim Wilkison 3–6, 9–8, 6–4
1979   AUS Paul Kronk   AUS Mark Edmondson 6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1980   ISR Shlomo Glickstein   FRA Patrice Dominguez 6–3, 7–6
1981   AUS David Carter   AUS Chris Johnstone 6–3, 6–4

Women

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Year Country Champions Country Runners-up Score in the final
1933   FRA Colette Rosambert   FRA Jacqueline Goldschmidt 6–4, 6–1
1934   ITA Lucia Valerio   GBR Jean Saunders 7–5, 6–3
1935   ITA Lucia Valerio   GBR Alex McOstrich 6–1, 1–6, 6–1
1936   GBR Florence Ford   GBR Mona Riddell 6–4, 6–4
1937   GBR Freda James   GBR Margot Lumb 6–0, 7–5
1938   AUS Dorothy Stevenson   AUS Joan Hartigan 6–4, 6–4
1939   GBR Mrs. Alex McKelvie   LUX Alice Weiwers 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1940 No competition (due to World War II)
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1946   POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   GBR Patsy O'Connell 6–4, 7–5
1947   POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   GBR Molly Blair 6–2, 7–5
1948   ARG Maria Weiss   GBR Betty Wilford 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1949   ITA Annalisa Bossi   SWE Bibbi Gullbrandsson 6–0, 7–5
1950   GBR Kay Tuckey   USA Betty Rosenquest 6–4, 6–1
1951   RSA Beryl Bartlett   GBR Georgie Woodgate 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1952   EGY Betsy Abbas   GBR Gem Hoahing 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1953   GBR Pat Harrison   IRL Betty Lombard 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1954   GBR Rosemary Walsh   GBR Pat Hird 6–2, 7–5
1955   AUS Fay Muller   USA Lois Felix 6–4, 6–4
1956   AUS Thelma Coyne Long   FRG Ilse Buding 6–3, 6–4
1957   AUS Margaret Hellyer   RSA Renée Schuurman 6–4, 6–4
1958   RSA Sandra Reynolds   AUS Margaret Hellyer 6–2, 6–2
1959   GBR Shirley Brasher   CAN Hanna Sladek 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1960   GBR Deidre Catt   GBR Lorna Cawthorn 6–3, 6–2
1961   GBR Rita Bentley   URS Anna Dmitrieva 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1962   RSA Marlene Gerson   AUS Margaret Hellyer 6–2, 6–1
1963   FRA Françoise Dürr   URS Anna Dmitrieva 6–1, 6–3
1964   TCH Věra Suková   USA Justina Bricka 0–6, 6–2, 6–2
1965   URS Anna Dmitrieva   GBR Nell Truman 6–2, 6–1
1966   RSA Pat Walkden   GBR Robin Lloyd 6–4, 6–0
1967   USA Patti Hogan   AUS Gail Sherriff 6–2, 9–7
1968   GBR Virginia Wade   USA Kathleen Harter 6–2, 12–10
1969   USA Betty-Ann Grubb   RSA Laura Rossouw 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1970   AUS Evonne Goolagong   INA Lita Liem 6–2, 6–1
1971   GBR Janice Wainwright   NED Betty Stöve 6–4, 0–6, 6–2
1972   AUS Karen Krantzcke   USA Sharon Walsh 6–1, 6–4
1973   AUS Helen Gourlay   GBR Veronica Burton 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
1974   URS Marina Kroschina   GBR Lindsey Beaven 6–3, 8–6
1975   AUS Dianne Fromholtz   GBR Veronica Burton 6–4, 6–2
1976   SWE Mimmi Wikstedt   USA Bunny Bruning 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1977   RSA Yvonne Vermaak   GBR Sue Mappin 6–2, 7–5
1978   USA Mona Guerrant   TCH Hana Strachoňová 6–2, 8–6
1979   GBR Sue Barker   ITA Sabina Simmonds 7–6, 6–0
1980   RSA Rosalyn Fairbank   USA Sharon Walsh 6–4, 6–2
1981   AUS Sue Saliba   USA Pam Casale 6–3, 6–3
1982   BRA Cláudia Monteiro   USA Renee Blount 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
1983   GBR Amanda Brown   AUS Amanda Tobin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1984   USA Melissa Brown   USA Robin White 6–2, 7–5
1985   RSA Elna Reinach   USA Terry Holladay 6–4, 6–2
1986   USA Pam Shriver   USA Stephanie Rehe 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–0
1987   GBR Sara Gomer   USA Kate Gompert 6–3, 6–4
1988   USA Gretchen Magers   GBR Sara Gomer 6–1, ret.
1989   USA Wendy White   RSA Elna Reinach 6–3, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ Alan Little, ed. (2011). 2011 Wimbledon Compendium. London: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. pp. 493–497. ISBN 9781899039364.
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