1890 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1890 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Willoughby Hamilton
Runner-up	William Renshaw
Score	6–8, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Details
Draw	30
Seeds	–
Events

Willoughby Hamilton defeated Harry Barlow, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion William Renshaw, 6–8, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1890 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Willoughby Hamilton	6	6	3	6	6

William Renshaw	8	2	6	1	1

All comers' finals

Semifinals					Final

Joshua Pim	6	4	4	2

Willoughby Hamilton	0	6	6	6
					Willoughby Hamilton	2	6	6	4	7

					Harry Barlow	6	4	4	6	5
Ernest Lewis	5	4	6	5

Harry Barlow	7	6	4	7

Top half

First round						Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

						Manliffe Goodbody	w/o
Joshua Pim	7	9	6	6		J Pim
Oswald Milne	5	11	3	2							J Pim	6	12	6
Harry Scrivener	7	9	0								H Scrivener	3	10	0
Herbert Wilberforce	5	7	0^r			H Scrivener	6	6	4	9
Wilberforce Eaves	6	3	6	0	6	W Eaves	4	1	6	7
FA Bowlby	4	6	0	6	4										J Pim	6	4	4	2
William Taylor															W Hamilton	0	6	6	6
FL Rawson	w/o					W Taylor	5	1	1
Arthur Gore	0	1	1			W Hamilton	7	6	6
Willoughby Hamilton	6	6	6								W Hamilton	6	6	6
Andrew Ziffo	2	4	3								W Baddeley	3	0	1
George Mewburn	6	6	6			G Mewburn	4	6	2
Wilfred Baddeley	6	6	6			W Baddeley	6	8	6
AW Andrews	0	3	0

Bottom half

First round						Second round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals

Herbert Lawford
Archibald Thomson	w/o					H Lawford	w/o
Deane Miller	6	6	5	4	6	D Miller
Harold Mahony	4	1	7	6	2							D Miller	3	1	1
Ernest Lewis	6	6	6									E Lewis	6	6	6
Horace Chapman	4	3	4			E Lewis	6	6	2	4	6
Ernest Meers	6	6	6			E Meers	3	2	6	6	2
A Walker	1	1	2															E Lewis	5	4	6	5
Herbert Baddeley																		H Barlow	7	6	4	7
Ernest Renshaw	w/o					H Baddeley	4	3	3
Grainger Chaytor	6	6	6			G Chaytor	6	6	6
Charles Lacy Sweet	3	2	1									G Chaytor	10	4	6	1	1
George Hillyard												H Barlow	8	6	2	6	6
Charles Ross	w/o					G Hillyard	1	0	3
						Harry Barlow	6	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 9781909534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1889 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 1891 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles