Wimbledon Championships 1881

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1881 ►
Date:	July 2-13, 1881
Edition:	5th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	John Hartley
winner
Men's singles :	William Renshaw
Grand Slams 1881
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The fifth Wimbledon Championships took place in 1881 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club . William Renshaw defeated last year's winner John Hartley in the Challenge Round . He was to win the tournament six more times by 1889.

In addition to a powerful serve led William and his twin brother Ernest Renshaw to Smash (then Renshaw Smash called) as a new blow.

Men's singles

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William Renshaw won the tournament, defeating defending champion John Hartley in the shortest Wimbledon final of all time in just 37 minutes 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1. Hartley was weakened by diarrhea.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gillmeister, H .: Cultural history of tennis. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1990. ISBN 3-7705-2618-X , p. 247 f.
2. ^ Myers, A .: Fifty Years of Wimbledon. The Field, London 1926, p. 17