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1895 Wimbledon Championships

19th staging of the Wimbledon Championships


19th staging of the Wimbledon Championships

FieldValue
date8 – 15 July
edition19th
locationWorple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
venueAll England Lawn Tennis Club
surfaceGrass
categoryGrand Slam
champmsGBR Wilfred Baddeley
champwsGBR Charlotte Cooper
champmdGBR Herbert Baddeley / GBR Wilfred Baddeley

SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom 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. It was the 19th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1895. There were 18 competitors for the men's singles title, 9 for the ladies' singles and 7 pairs entered the gentleman's doubles. The meeting recorded its only loss, of 33 pounds. 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.

The entry fee was £1 and 1 shilling () 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). 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.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1895 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

GBR Wilfred Baddeley defeated GBR Wilberforce Eaves 4–6, 2–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3

Women's singles

Main article: 1895 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

GBR Charlotte Cooper defeated GBR Helen Jackson 7–5, 8–6

Men's doubles

Main article: 1895 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

GBR Herbert Baddeley / GBR Wilfred Baddeley defeated GBR Wilberforce Eaves / GBR Ernest Lewis 8–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

References

Bibliography

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
  2. "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1895". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  3. "Ladies' Singles Finals 1895". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
  4. "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
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