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Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1888 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Ernest Renshaw ; William Renshaw
Runners-up	Patrick Bowes-Lyon ; Herbert Wilberforce
Score	2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	12
Seeds	–
Events

Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Meers and A. G. Ziffo 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champions Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	2	1	6	6	6

Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce	6	6	3	4	3

All Comers'

First round					Quarterfinals						Semifinals				Final

					GED Brown P Brown	6	6	9
					Oswald Milne Wilfred Milne	2	4	7
											GED Brown P Brown	4	6	2
TS Campion Harry Grove	6	6	7								Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	6	8	6
George Hillyard William Taylor	4	2	5		TS Campion Harry Grove	4	1	6
Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	7	6	6		Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	6	6	8
Clement Cazalet Arthur Stanley	5	4	4												Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw	6	6	6
Harry Barlow A Walker	4	6	11	7											Ernest Meers AG Ziffo	3	2	2
Harry Carlton Harry Scrivener	6	0	9	5	Harry Barlow A Walker	w/o
Ernest Meers AG Ziffo	6	7	6		Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
Arthur Gore FW Gore	4	5	3								Ernest Meers AG Ziffo	6	7	0
											Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer	2	5	1^r
					Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer	6	4	3	7	10
					George Mewburn Henry Wilson-Fox	4	6	6	5	8

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 9-781909-534230.