Wimbledon Championships 1898

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1898 ►
Date:	June 20-28, 1898
Edition:	22nd  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Reginald Doherty
Ladies singles :	Blanche Bingley-Hillyard
Men's double :	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
winner
Men's singles :	Reginald Doherty
Ladies singles :	Charlotte Cooper
Men's double :	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
Grand Slams 1898
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The 22nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1898 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road. The field of participants in the All-Comers tournament consisted of 37 players for men and 16 for women.

Men's singles

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In the Challenge Round , Reginald Doherty defeated his brother Laurence in five sets and won his second title.

Ladies singles

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In the absence of last year's winner Blanche Bingley-Hillyard , Charlotte Cooper won her third title by winning the final of the All-Comers competition over Louisa Martin .

Men's doubles

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The brothers Reginald and Laurence Doherty were able to prevail again in the Challenge Round . They won against Harold Nisbet and Clarence Hobart 6: 4, 6: 4 and 6: 2.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435