1897 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles

Gentlemen's Doubles
	1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Lawrence Doherty; Reginald Doherty
Runner-up	Herbert Baddeley; Wilfred Baddeley
Final score	6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4
Events
	← 1896; Wimbledon Championships; 1898 →;

Lawrence Doherty and Reginald Doherty defeated Clement Cazalet and Sydney Smith 6–2 7–5 2–6 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champions Herbert Baddeley and Wilfred Baddeley 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Challenge Round

	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	4	8	6
	Herbert Baddeley Wilfred Baddeley	4	6	6	4

First Round						Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final


							Wilberforce Eaves CH Martin	0	5	4
	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	6	6			Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	7	6
	Arthur Cronin W Wallace	0	1	2										Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	6	4	6
	George Greville Harold Nisbet	6	6	6										George Hillyard Harold Mahony	3	4	6	4
	Wilfred Milne GL Orme	3	4	3			George Greville Harold Nisbet	6	2	5	2
	George Hillyard Harold Mahony	6	6	6			George Hillyard Harold Mahony	4	6	7	6
	AJ McNair Roderick McNair	3	1	1																Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	7	2	6
	GE Evered R Sheldon																			Clement Cazalet Sydney Smith	2	5	6	2
	Arthur Gore AN Other	w/o					GE Evered R Sheldon
	Charles Simond George Simond	6	6	6			Charles Simond George Simond	w/o
	G Tree Alfred Crawley	2	0	1										GE Evered R Sheldon	1	1	2
	Arthur Riseley Frank Riseley	6	6	3	6									Clement Cazalet Sydney Smith	6	6	6
	Frederick Plaskitt Alfred Taylor	1	1	6	2		Arthur Riseley Frank Riseley	4	6	2	6	4
							Clement Cazalet Sydney Smith	6	4	6	3	6

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
↑ Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001