1886 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Claude Farrer and Arthur Stanley defeated Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Farrer and Stanley 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1886 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Men's doubles
1886 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw
Runners-up	Claude Farrer Arthur Stanley
Score	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	7
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Challenge round

	Challenge Round
	Claude Farrer   Arthur Stanley		3	3	6	5
	Ernest Renshaw   William Renshaw		6	6	4	7

All comers' finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	Claude Farrer   Arthur Stanley		6	6	7
	A Dunn   C Liddel		1	3	5					Claude Farrer   Arthur Stanley		6	6	10
	Herbert Chipp   Ernest Meers									Herbert Chipp   Ernest Meers		4	1	8
	CJ Cramer-Roberts   HC Crawford		w/o																Claude Farrer   Arthur Stanley		7	6	6
	Patrick Bowes-Lyon   Herbert Wilberforce		5	6	6	3	6												Patrick Bowes-Lyon   Herbert Wilberforce		5	3	1
	MG MacNamara   William Taylor		7	2	1	6	0			Patrick Bowes-Lyon   Herbert Wilberforce		7	4	8	6	6
										Wilfred Milne   Charles Ross		9	6	6	1	4

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. 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