Wimbledon Championships 1881 / men's singles

Wimbledon Championships 1881
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles
1880 ◄ 1881 ► 1882

Men's singles of the Wimbledon Championships 1881 .

The Challenge Round was won by William Renshaw against defending champion John Hartley . In the All-Comers final, Renshaw had previously prevailed against Richard Taswell Richardson .

Challenge Round

	Challenge Round
		W. Renshaw	6th	6th	6th
		J. Hartley	0	1	1

2nd place match

	2nd place match
		H. Lawford	3	6th	1	6th	5
		RT Richardson	6th	4th	6th	3	7th

All-Comers competition

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

OE Woodhouse

6th

4th

0

3

W. Renshaw

4th

6th

6th

6th

W. Renshaw

1

6th

6th

5

6th

H. Lawford

6th

6th

6th

H. Lawford

6th

3

2

6th

3

GS Murray Hill

1

1

0

W. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

WH Darby

0

4th

1

RT Richardson

4th

2

3

RT Richardson

6th

6th

6th

RT Richardson

free

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

MD Buckingham

6th

6th

6th

H. Grove

2

4th

1

MD Buckingham

1

0

0

OE Woodhouse

6th

6th

6th

OE Woodhouse

6th

6th

6th

HH Wilkes

4th

5

0

OE Woodhouse

6th

6th

6th

WM Bird

0

0

r.

W. Milne

1

0

1

W. Milne

6th

5

W. Milne

6th

5

6th

6th

"Castor"

6th

6th

2

6th

"Castor"

2

6th

2

4th

RW Braddell

5

3

6th

4th

OE Woodhouse

6th

4th

0

3

W. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

W. Renshaw

4th

6th

6th

6th

WJ Down

2

0

0

W. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

TW Gallwey

4th

6th

6th

6th

TW Gallwey

0

1

1

AJ Stanley

6th

3

5

4th

W. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

C. Cheales

w.

O.

E. Lubbock

5

3

3

BT Cotton

C. Cheales

0

0

1

E. Lubbock

w.

O.

E. Lubbock

6th

6th

6th

J. Rankine

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

F. Pollock

2

2

2

CB Russel

6th

6th

6th

CB Russel

5

2

0

HC Jenkins

w.

O.

HC Jenkins

6th

6th

6th

R. Pollock

HC Jenkins

4th

3

0

WH Edwards

6th

6th

6th

H. Lawford

6th

6th

6th

JM Thornycroft

0

2

2

WH Edwards

3

2

2

H. Lawford

6th

6th

6th

H. Lawford

6th

6th

6th

CJ Cole

0

2

3

H. Lawford

6th

6th

6th

GS Murray Hill

4th

6th

6th

1

6th

GS Murray Hill

1

1

0

ES Saxton

6th

1

1

6th

4th

GS Murray Hill

6th

6th

4th

6th

6th

A. Keyser

6th

6th

6th

A. Keyser

5

2

6th

3

2

C. Wallis

3

5

2

GS Murray Hill

6th

2

6th

6th

M. Ferwick

6th

6th

2

6th

M. Fenwick

2

6th

5

4th

HR Hallward

3

2

6th

4th

M. Ferwick

6th

2

6th

0

6th

AJ Chitty

6th

2

6th

6th

A. Chitty

3

6th

5

6th

1

NL Hallward

2

6th

5

4th

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

HL Mulholland

2

6th

6th

B. Follet

6th

3

1

r

HL Mulholland

3

5

2

WH Darby

6th

6th

6th

WH Darby

6th

6th

6th

FH Stokes

2

5

3

WH Darby

6th

6th

0

6th

FL Rawson

w.

O.

"Pollux"

5

5

6th

3

GA Montgomerie

FL Rawson

5

4th

r

"Pollux"

6th

6th

6th

"Pollux"

6th

6th

J. Wilkes

3

4th

4th

WH Darby

0

4th

1

E. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

RT Richardson

6th

6th

6th

JG Horn

2

2

4th

E. Renshaw

6th

6th

6th

JC Maxwell Scott

6th

1

6th

6th

JC Maxwell Scott

0

0

3

HB Porter

5

6th

4th

3

E. Renshaw

6th

5

4th

5

MG McNamara

6th

6th

6th

RT Richardson

2

6th

6th

6th

WC Taylor

2

4th

1

MG McNamara

2

1

2

AH Cochran

0

1

2

RT Richardson

6th

6th

6th

RT Richardson

6th

6th

6th

source

• J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 244.
• L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 , p. 134.