1886 Wimbledon Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1886 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis
tournament which took place at the All England Club
. Henry Jones
retired as referee after nine years, and was replaced by Julian Marshall
.
William Renshaw
defeated Herbert Lawford
, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.
Blanche Bingley
defeated Maud Watson
, 6–3, 6–3.
William Renshaw
/ Ernest Renshaw
defeated Claude Farrer / Arthur Stanley
, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament which took place at the All England Club
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass...
. Henry Jones
Henry Jones (writer)
Henry Jones was an English author well-known as a writer and authority on tennis and card games who wrote under the nom de plume "Cavendish".-Biography:...
retired as referee after nine years, and was replaced by Julian Marshall
Julian Marshall
Julian Marshall was an English amateur musician, music and print collector and tenns player and writer.-Life:Marshall was born in Headingley, Yorkshire to a flax-spinning family. His father, John Marshall had been Member of Parliament for Leeds. His grandfather was industrialist John Marshall,...
.
Gentlemen's Singles
William RenshawWilliam Renshaw
William "Willie" Charles Renshaw is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time, and a candidate for the greatest tennis player of all time...
defeated
Herbert LawfordHerbert Lawford
Herbert Lawford was a tennis player from Great Britain who won the men's singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up five times....
, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.
Ladies' Singles
Blanche BingleyBlanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley was an English tennis player.Born in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, Blanche Bingley was a member of the "Ealing Lawn Tennis & Archery Club." In 1884, she competed in the first ever Wimbledon championships for women and two years later captured the first of her six...
defeated
Maud WatsonMaud Watson
Maud Watson was an English tennis player.Born in Harrow, London, the daughter of a local vicar, she began playing competitive tennis in 1881. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first ever Ladies’ Singles title at Wimbledon...
, 6–3, 6–3.
Gentlemen's Doubles
William RenshawWilliam Renshaw
William "Willie" Charles Renshaw is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time, and a candidate for the greatest tennis player of all time...
/
Ernest RenshawErnest Renshaw
Ernest Renshaw was an English tennis player.Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, Ernest won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times. He also won the singles championship at Wimbledon once, in 1888 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983...
defeated
Claude Farrer / Arthur StanleyArthur Stanley
Sir Arthur Stanley, GCVO, GBE, CB was a British Conservative politician.Born Hon. Arthur Stanley, he was the third son of Frederick Stanley, Lord Stanley and travelled to Canada with his father on the latter's appointment as Governor General of Canada in 1888, becoming an ice hockey player and a...
, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.