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Men's doubles
1888 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Patrick Bowes-Lyon
United Kingdom Herbert Wilberforce
Score2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw12
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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1888 tennis event results Main article: 1888 Wimbledon Championships

Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Meers and A. G. Ziffo 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champions Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round
       
United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
2 1 6 6 6
United Kingdom Patrick Bowes-Lyon
United Kingdom Herbert Wilberforce
6 6 3 4 3

All Comers'

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
United Kingdom GED Brown
United Kingdom P Brown
6 6 9
United Kingdom Oswald Milne
United Kingdom Wilfred Milne
2 4 7
United Kingdom GED Brown
United Kingdom P Brown
4 6 2
United Kingdom TS Campion
United Kingdom Harry Grove
6 6 7 United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
6 8 6
United Kingdom George Hillyard
United Kingdom William Taylor
4 2 5 United Kingdom TS Campion
United Kingdom Harry Grove
4 1 6
United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
7 6 6 United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
6 6 8
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom Arthur Stanley
5 4 4 United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
United Kingdom William Renshaw
6 6 6
United Kingdom Harry Barlow
United Kingdom A Walker
4 6 11 7 United Kingdom Ernest Meers
United Kingdom AG Ziffo
3 2 2
United Kingdom Harry Carlton
United Kingdom Harry Scrivener
6 0 9 5 United Kingdom Harry Barlow
United Kingdom A Walker
w/o
United Kingdom Ernest Meers
United Kingdom AG Ziffo
6 7 6 United Kingdom Ernest Meers
United Kingdom AG Ziffo
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
United Kingdom FW Gore
4 5 3 United Kingdom Ernest Meers
United Kingdom AG Ziffo
6 7 0
United Kingdom Herbert Chipp
United Kingdom Claude Farrer
2 5 1
United Kingdom Herbert Chipp
United Kingdom Claude Farrer
6 4 3 7 10
United Kingdom George Mewburn
United Kingdom Henry Wilson-Fox
4 6 6 5 8

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Wimbledon men's doubles drawsheets
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Open Era
Wimbledon men's doubles champions
Amateur Era
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