Wimbledon Championships 1896

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1896 ►
Date:	July 13-21, 1896
Edition:	20th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Wilfred Baddeley
Ladies singles :	Charlotte Cooper
Men's double :	Wilfred Baddeley Herbert Baddeley
winner
Men's singles :	Harold Mahony
Ladies singles :	Charlotte Cooper
Men's double :	Wilfred Baddeley Herbert Baddeley
Grand Slams 1896
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The 20th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1896 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road. With 31 players, more registered with the men than since 1881. After many players did not play their games in the first or second round of the tournament last year, a badge of honor was introduced, which was awarded to players after a defeat in one of these rounds.

Men's singles

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After beating Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves in the All-Comers final, Harold Mahony also won the Challenge Round against last year's winner Wilfred Baddeley . It was Mahony's only Wimbledon title.

Ladies singles

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In the women's category, Charlotte Cooper defended her Challenge Round title against Alice Pickering in straight sets.

Men's doubles

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The brothers Wilfred and Herbert Baddeley won their fourth and final double title. In the Challenge Round they caught up with Reginald Doherty and Harold Nisbet a 2-0 set deficit and finally won with 1: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1 and 6: 1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Little, A .: Wimbledon Compendium 2010. All England Lawn and Croquet Club, London 2010. ISBN 978-1899039333
2. ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435