1888 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1888 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champions |  Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw |
| Runners-up | Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce |
| Score | 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Draw | 12 |
| Seeds | – |
Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Meers and A. G. Ziffo 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champions Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Challenge round
[edit]| Challenge Round | ||||||||
| Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
All Comers'
[edit]| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GED Brown P Brown
| 6 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oswald Milne Wilfred Milne
| 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GED Brown P Brown
| 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TS Campion Harry Grove
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
| 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Hillyard William Taylor
| 4 | 2 | 5 | TS Campion Harry Grove
| 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
| 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clement Cazalet Arthur Stanley
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Barlow A Walker
| 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
| 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Carlton Harry Scrivener
| 6 | 0 | 9 | 5 | Harry Barlow A Walker
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
| 6 | 7 | 6 | Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
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| Arthur Gore FW Gore
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
| 6 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer
| 2 | 5 | 1r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Mewburn Henry Wilson-Fox
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
- ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
External links
[edit]- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com