1893 Wimbledon Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1893 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis
tournament played on Outdoor grass courts
which took place at the All England Club
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Joshua Pim
defeated Wilfred Baddeley
, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2.
Lottie Dod
defeated Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6–8, 6–1, 6–4.
Joshua Pim
/ Frank Stoker defeated Ernest Lewis / Harold Barlow
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on Outdoor grass courts
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
which took place at the All England Club
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass...
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Gentlemen's Singles
Joshua PimJoshua Pim
Dr. Joshua Pim F.R.C.S.I was a medical doctor and a renowned Irish amateur tennis player. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894.-Family life:...
defeated
Wilfred BaddeleyWilfred Baddeley
Wilfred Baddeley was a British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins. His brother Herbert died on 20 July 1931 in Cannes, France.- Career :...
, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2.
Ladies' Singles
Lottie DodLottie Dod
Charlotte "Lottie" Dod was an English sportswoman best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only fifteen, in the summer of 1887...
defeated
Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6–8, 6–1, 6–4.Gentlemen's Doubles
Joshua PimJoshua Pim
Dr. Joshua Pim F.R.C.S.I was a medical doctor and a renowned Irish amateur tennis player. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title two years in a row, in 1893 and 1894.-Family life:...
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Frank Stoker defeated Ernest Lewis / Harold BarlowHarold Barlow
Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow FRS was a British engineer.He was born in Islington, London, the son of Leonard Barlow, an electrical engineer. He entered University College, London where, apart from the WWII years , he spent most of his working life...
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0.