1898 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles

Gentlemen's Doubles
	1898 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Lawrence Doherty; Reginald Doherty
Runner-up	Clarence Hobart; Harold Nisbet
Final score	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Events
	← 1897; Wimbledon Championships; 1899 →;

Clarence Hobart and Harold Nisbet defeated George Hillyard and Sydney Smith 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Lawrence Doherty and Reginald Doherty defeated Hobart and Nisbet 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1898 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Challenge Round

	Clarence Hobart Harold Nisbet	4	4	2
	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty	6	6	6

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final


								Clarence Hobart Harold Nisbet	6	6	7
	Wilfred Milne William Taylor							Wilfred Milne William Taylor	2	3	5
	David Hawes GL Orme	w/o													Clarence Hobart Harold Nisbet	6	10	6
	George Caridia George Simond	3	6	10	1	6									George Caridia George Simond	0	8	4
	Allan Pearson Frederick Plaskitt	6	2	8	6	3		George Caridia George Simond	6	6	7
	John Hickson Arthur Kirby	6	6	2	6			John Hickson Arthur Kirby	2	3	5
	Wylie Grant Parmly Paret	2	4	6	3																Clarence Hobart Harold Nisbet	2	6	6	6
	George Greville Harold Mahony	6	12	9																	George Hillyard Sydney Smith	6	2	2	3
	Herbert Roper Barrett GE Evered	3	10	7				George Greville Harold Mahony	6	8	4	6	8
	George Hillyard Sydney Smith	6	6	6				George Hillyard Sydney Smith	3	10	6	2	6
	JH Heche RF Leslie	2	2	2											George Hillyard Sydney Smith	6	5	6	7
	Arthur Gore George Mewburn	7	6	7											Arthur Gore George Mewburn	4	7	3	5
	PG Pearson MRL White	5	4	5				Arthur Gore George Mewburn	6	6	6
								A Raleigh Arthur Norris	1	1	2

↑ ^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