Wimbledon Championships 1888

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1888 ►
Date:	July 9-16, 1888
Edition:	12.  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Herbert Lawford
Ladies singles :	Charlotte Dod
Men's double :	Herbert Wilberforce Patrick Bowes-Lyon
winner
Men's singles :	Ernest Renshaw
Ladies singles :	Charlotte Dod
Men's double :	William Renshaw Ernest Renshaw
Grand Slams 1888
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The twelfth Wimbledon Championships took place in 1888 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road. The start of the tournament had to be postponed by three days due to continuous rain that had completely soaked the ground.

Men's singles

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The multiple winner William Renshaw , who had paused the previous year because of a tennis elbow, competed again. However, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Willoughby Hamilton , where the poor turf conditions should have played a role. His brother Ernest Renshaw , however, got his only title by defeating Herbert Lawford in three sets in the Challenge Round .

Ladies singles

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In the women's Challenge Round , Charlotte Dod again prevailed against Blanche Bingley .

Men's doubles

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William and Ernest Renshaw won their fourth double title, defeating last year's winners Herbert Wilberforce and Patrick Bowes-Lyon 2: 6, 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 and 6: 3 in the final.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Heathcote, J. et al .: Tennis. Lawn tennis. Racquets. Fives. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1901, p. 175 f. ( online )