Wimbledon Championships 1886

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1886 ►
Date:	July 3-17, 1886
Edition:	10th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	William Renshaw
Ladies singles :	Maud Watson
Men's double :	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
winner
Men's singles :	William Renshaw
Ladies singles :	Blanche Bingley
Men's double :	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
Grand Slams 1886
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The tenth Wimbledon Championships took place on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road in 1886 . In the Challenge Round of the men about 3,500 spectators were again present.

Men's singles

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As in the previous year, 23 players took part in the All Comer competition. In a third edition of the Challenge Round between William Renshaw and Herbert Lawford , Renshaw again clearly prevailed. He won the first set 6-0 in nine and a half minutes and celebrated his sixth title in a row.

Ladies singles

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In the All-Comers contest eight players competed. The challenger Blanche Bingley won, somewhat surprisingly for the audience, the first women's Challenge Round against Maud Watson 6: 3 and 6: 3.

Men's doubles

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With the final victory over Claude Farrer and Arthur Stanley in 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 6 and 7: 5, the Renshaw brothers achieved their third double title in a row.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Heathcote, J. et al .: Tennis. Lawn tennis. Racquets. Fives. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1901, p. 170 ( online )