1895 Wimbledon Championships

1895 Wimbledon Championships
Date 8 – 15 July
Edition 19th
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
Location Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Venue All England Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
Women's Singles
United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper
Men's Doubles
United Kingdom Herbert Baddeley / United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley

The 1895 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 8 July until 15 July.[1] It was the 19th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1895.[2] There were 18 competitors for the men's singles title, 9 for the ladies' singles and 7 pairs entered the gentleman's doubles.[2] The meeting recorded its only loss, of 33 pounds.[2] The tournament saw the Wimbledon Championship's first royal visitors when the Crown Princess of Austria, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium and Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann watched the Gentleman's Doubles Challenge Rounds on 15 July.[3]

The entry fee was £1 and 1 shilling (equivalent to £106 in 2016) for the gentleman's singles with the same amount levied per gentleman's doubles pair. The entry fee for the ladies singles was 10 shillings (s) and 6 pence (d).[4] Ground admission for the whole meeting was 7s 6d. Daily entry for the first three days cost a shilling; it was 2s and 6d thereafter. A reserved covered seat on Centre Court for the duration of the championship cost 7s 6d or a shilling per day.[4]

Champions

Gentlemen's Singles

United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley defeated United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves 4–6, 2–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3 [5]

Ladies' Singles

United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper defeated United Kingdom Helen Jackson 7–5, 8–6 [6]

Gentlemen's Doubles

United Kingdom Herbert Baddeley / United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley defeated United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves / United Kingdom Ernest Lewis 8–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 [7]

References

  1. ↑ Little 2006, p. 67.
  2. 1 2 3 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
  3. ↑ Little 2006, p. 257.
  4. 1 2 Little 2006, p. 97.
  5. ↑ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1895" (PDF). wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1895" (PDF). wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  • Alan Little (2006). Wimbledon Compendium, 2006. All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. ISBN 978-1-89903-925-8.
Preceded by
1894 U.S. National Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1895 U.S. National Championships
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