1896 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

13 – 21 July

Edition

20th

Category

Grand Slam

Surface

Grass

Location

Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom

Venue

All England Lawn Tennis Club

Champions

Men's singles

Harold Mahony

Women's singles

Charlotte Cooper

Men's doubles

Herbert Baddeley /

Wilfred Baddeley

← 1895 ·

Wimbledon Championships

· 1897 →

The 1896 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 13 July until 21 July.^[1] It was the 20th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1896.^[2] The number of entries for the men's singles competition was 31, the highest since 1881.^[2] Harold Mahony and Charlotte Cooper won the singles titles.^[3] The All England Plate was introduced for players who had lost in the first or second round of the singles.^[2]

Champions

Men's singles

Harold Mahony defeated Wilfred Baddeley, 6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 8–6, 6–3 ^[4]

Women's singles

Charlotte Cooper defeated Alice Simpson Pickering, 6–2, 6–3 ^[5]

Men's doubles

Herbert Baddeley / Wilfred Baddeley defeated Reginald Doherty / Harold Nisbet, 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 ^[6]

References

^ 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
^ ^a ^b ^c 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
^ "Harold Mahony: until Sunday 7 July 2013, the last Scot to win a Wimbledon men's singles title (July 1896)". The British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.