1887 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles

Gentlemen's Doubles
1887 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce
Runner-up	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
Final score	6/3, 6/3, 4/6, 7/5

Main article: 1886 Wimbledon Championships

Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce defeated E. Barratt-Smith and James Crispe 7/5, 6/3, 6/2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champions Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw by a walkover in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1887 Wimbledon Championships. William Renshaw was unable to play due to a tennis elbow.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Challenge Round

	Challenge Round
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce
		Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	w/o

All Comers'

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								E Barratt-Smith James Crispe	9	6
								William Taylor AG Ziffo	7	2
															E Barratt-Smith James Crispe	6	6
															Harry Barlow Penn Gaskell	1	2
								Wilfred Milne EV Thompson	6	3	2
	Harry Barlow Penn Gaskell	4	6	6				Harry Barlow Penn Gaskell	4	6	6
	Oswald Milne FM Still	6	1	2																		E Barratt-Smith James Crispe	5	3	2
	NM Farrer S Winkworth																					Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce	7	6	6
	GED Brown P Brown	w/o						NM Farrer S Winkworth
								MG MacNamara JPF Rawlinson	w/o
															NM Farrer S Winkworth	4	3
															Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce	6	6
								Claude Farrer Arthur Stanley	5	2
								Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce	7	6

External links

• [1] Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com