1884 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1884 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	William Renshaw
Runner-up	Herbert Lawford
Score	6–0, 6–4, 9–7
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Herbert Lawford defeated Charles Walder Grinstead 7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion William Renshaw defeated Herbert Lawford 6–0, 6–4, 9–7 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1884 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2] James Dwight, Arthur Rives, and Richard Sears were the first overseas players to compete at Wimbledon.^[3]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

	Challenge Round
	Herbert Lawford		0	4	7
	William Renshaw		6	6	9

All comers' finals

	Semifinals									Final
	Ernest Renshaw		6	4	2	3
	Charles Grinstead		2	6	6	6
										Charles Grinstead		5	6	2	7
										Herbert Lawford		7	2	6	9
	Herbert Chipp		5	4	4
	Herbert Lawford		7	6	6

Top half

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	Wilfred Milne		6	6	6
	JC Maxwell-Scott		1	4	3					W Milne		9	8	1	6
	WT Ryves		3	1	4					O Milne		7	6	6	3
	Oswald Milne		6	6	6														W Milne		3	3	5
	Ernest Renshaw		6	7	6														E Renshaw		6	6	7
	Teddy Williams		3	5	1					E Renshaw		6	6	6
	George Montgomerie		w/o							B Cokayne		2	1	4
	Brien Cokayne																											E Renshaw		6	4	2	3
	Arthur Stanley		6	6	6																							C Grinstead		2	6	6	6
	B Follett		0	3	1					A Stanley		8	4	3	3
	Charles Grinstead									C Grinstead		6	6	6	6
	Richard Sears		w/o																C Grinstead		5	4	7	6	6
	AWM White		5	6	4	6	7												E Browne		7	6	5	4	1
	CJ Cramer-Roberts		7	0	6	2	5			AWM White		0	1	0
	Ernest Browne		6	6	7					E Browne		6	6	6
	Donald Stewart		3	1	5

Bottom half

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	FL Rawson		7	2	6	4	1
	Patrick Bowes-Lyon		5	6	3	6	6			P Bowes-Lyon		6	6	5	4	7
	William Taylor		6	6	6					W Taylor		3	3	7	6	9
	Ernest Wigram		1	3	1														W Taylor		8	1	4
	Herbert Chipp		6	6	6														H Chipp		10	6	6
	Arthur Rives		1	2	1					H Chipp		6	2	6	3	7
	James Dwight		6	6	6					J Dwight		1	6	3	6	5
	FJ Ridgway		2	1	1																							H Chipp		5	4	4
	Herbert Lawford		6	6	7																							H Lawford		7	6	6
	Herbert Wilberforce		1	3	5					H Lawford		6	6	6
	John Redfern Deykin		w/o							RC Thompson		1	1	2
	RC Thompson																		H Lawford
																			bye

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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