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1896 Wimbledon Championships

Field	Value
date	13 – 21 July
edition	20th
location	Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
venue	All England Lawn Tennis Club
surface	Grass
category	Grand Slam
champms	GBR Harold Mahony
champws	GBR Charlotte Cooper
champmd	GBR Herbert Baddeley / GBR Wilfred Baddeley

SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom 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. It was the 20th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1896. The number of entries for the men's singles competition was 31, the highest since 1881. Harold Mahony and Charlotte Cooper won the singles titles. The All England Plate was introduced for players who had lost in the first or second round of the singles.

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 1896 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

GBR Harold Mahony defeated GBR Wilfred Baddeley, 6–2, 6–8, 5–7, 8–6, 6–3

Women's singles

Main article: 1896 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

GBR Charlotte Cooper defeated GBR Alice Simpson Pickering, 6–2, 6–3

Men's doubles

Main article: 1896 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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

References

2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
(11 July 2013). "Harold Mahony: until Sunday 7 July 2013, the last Scot to win a Wimbledon men’s singles title (July 1896)".
"Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
"Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
"Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.

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