1885 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles

Gentlemen's Singles
	1885 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	William Renshaw
Runner-up	Herbert Lawford
Final score	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Draw	23
Seeds	–

Herbert Lawford defeated Ernest Renshaw 5–7, 6–1, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion William Renshaw defeated Herbert Lawford 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1885 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round


Herbert Lawford	5	2	6	5

William Renshaw	7	6	4	7

All Comers' Finals

Semifinals						Final


Ernest Renshaw	6	8	2	5	6

Ernest Browne	4	6	6	7	4
						Ernest Renshaw	7	1	6	2	4

						Herbert Lawford	5	6	0	6	6
James Dwight	2	2	3

Herbert Lawford	6	6	6

Top half

First Round						Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals


						Herbert Chipp	6	6	6
Wilfred Milne	8	2	6	7		W Milne	3	1	4
Oswald Milne	6	6	3	5							H Chipp	4	4	5
Ernest Renshaw	6	2	4	8	6						E Renshaw	6	6	7
Donald Stewart	1	6	6	6	4	E Renshaw	6	6	6
						CP Triscott	2	0	1
															E Renshaw	6	8	2	5	6
MG MacNamara	6	6	6												E Browne	4	6	6	7	4
JC Rogers	0	3	2			MG MacNamara	6	6	6
						Ernest Meers	3	1	4
											MG MacNamara	1	5	2
Ernest Browne	6	6	6								E Browne	6	7	6
G Kerr	1	1	3			E Browne	6	2	6	7
						Ernest Lewis	1	6	4	5

Bottom half

First Round						Second Round						Quarterfinals				Semifinals

James Dwight	6	6	6
E Cotton	4	2	3			J Dwight	6	6	6
						Archibald Thomson	1	0	1
												J Dwight	6	6	6
												A Stanley	3	3	4
						Arthur Stanley	4	6	6	6	6
George Montgomerie	7	6	2	2	6	G Montgomerie	6	3	8	0	0
William Taylor	5	4	6	6	4											J Dwight	2	2	3
																H Lawford	6	6	6
						Herbert Lawford	6	6	6
Harry Grove	6	6	6			H Grove	3	2	1
GN Stenhouse	4	0	0									H Lawford	6	7	6
												P Bowes-Lyon	2	5	3
						Patrick Bowes-Lyon	6	6	3	8
						Charles Ross	2	1	6	6

References

100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.