1888 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles

Gentlemen's Doubles
1888 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
Runner-up	Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce
Final score	2/6, 1/6, 6/3, 6/4, 6/3

Main article: 1888 Wimbledon Championships

Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Meers and AG 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' Doubles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.

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
		Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	2	1	6	6	6
		Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce	6	6	3	4	3

All Comers'

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

External links

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