Wimbledon Championships 1896
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1896 ► | |
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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
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
In the women's category, Charlotte Cooper defended her Challenge Round title against Alice Pickering in straight sets.
Men's doubles
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
- ↑ Little, A .: Wimbledon Compendium 2010. All England Lawn and Croquet Club, London 2010. ISBN 978-1899039333
- ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435