1881 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Singles
Singles
1881 Wimbledon Championship
Final
Champion	William Renshaw
Runner-up	John Hartley
Score	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Details
Draw	48
Seeds	–
Events
	Singles
	Singles
	← 1880 · Wimbledon Championship · 1882 →

William Renshaw defeated Richard Richardson 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion John Hartley 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1881 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Champion

William Renshaw

Runner-up

John Hartley

Score6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Draw48

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals						Final

Otway Woodhouse	6	4	0	3
William Renshaw	4	6	6	6	William Renshaw	1	6	6	5	6
Herbert Lawford	6	6	6		Herbert Lawford	6	3	2	6	3
George S. Murray Hill	1	1	0								William Renshaw	6	6	6
William Henry Darby	0	4	1								Richard Richardson	4	2	3
Richard Richardson	6	6	6		Richard Richardson
					bye
											Second Place

											Herbert Lawford	3	6	1	6	5
											Richard Richardson	6	4	6	3	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

Mortimer Buckingham	6	6	6
Harry Grove	2	4	1		Mortimer D Buckingham	1	0	0
Otway Woodhouse	6	6	6		O Woodhouse	6	6	6
Hubert H. Wilkes	4	5	0							O Woodhouse	6	6	6
WM Bird	0	0^r								W Milne	1	0	1
Wilfred Milne	6	5			W. Milne	6	5	6	6
Mr. Castor	6	6	2	6	Castor	2	6	2	4
Robert W. Braddell	5	3	6	4										O Woodhouse	6	4	0	3
William Renshaw	6	6	6											W Renshaw	4	6	6	6
William J. Down	2	0	0		W Renshaw	6	6	6
Thomas Gallwey	4	6	6	6	T Gallwey	0	1	1
Arthur Stanley	6	3	5	4						W Renshaw	6	6	6
C Cheales	w/o									E Lubbock	5	3	3
BT Cotton					C Cheales	0	0	1
Edgar Lubbock	w/o				E Lubbock	6	6	6
James Rankine

First round						Second round						Third round					Quarterfinals

F Pollock	2	2	2
Champion Russell	6	6	6			Champion Russell	5	2	0
HC Jenkins	w/o					HC Jenkins	6	6	6
R Pollock												HC Jenkins	4	3	0
WH Edward	6	6	6									H Lawford	6	6	6
JM Thornycroft	0	2	2			WH Edward	3	2	2
Herbert Lawford	6	6	6			H Lawford	6	6	6
CJ Cole	0	2	3														H Lawford	6	6	6
GS Murray-Hill	4	6	6	1	6												GS Murray-Hill	1	1	0
ES Saxton	6	1	1	6	4	GS Murray-Hill	6	6	4	3	6
A Keyser	6	6	6			A Keyser	5	2	6	6	2
C Wallis	3	5	2									GS Murray-Hill	6	2	6	6
Minden Fenwick	6	6	2	6								Minden Fenwick	2	6	5	4
HR Hallward	3	2	6	4		Minden Fenwick	6	2	6	0	6
Arthur Chitty	6	2	6	6		A Chitty	3	6	5	6	1
ML Hallward	2	6	5	4

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

Henry Mulholland	2	6	6	0
B Follett	6	3	1	0^r	H Mulholland	3	5	2
WH Darby	6	6	6		WH Darby	6	6	6
FH Stokes	2	5	3						WH Darby	6	6	0	6
FL Rawson	w/o								Pollux	5	5	6	3
George Montgomerie					FL Rawson	5	4	0^r
Pollux	6	6	6		Pollux	6	6	0
J Wilkes	3	4	4											WH Darby	0	4	1
Ernest Renshaw	6	6	6											R Richardson	6	6	6
John Galbraith Horn	2	2	4		E Renshaw	6	6	6
JC Maxwell-Scott	6	1	6	6	JC Maxwell-Scott	0	0	3
HB Porter	5	6	4	3					E Renshaw	6	5	4	5
Michael G. McNamara	6	6	6						R Richardson	2	6	6	6
William Taylor	2	4	1		MG MacNamara	2	1	2
AH Cochran	0	1	2		R Richardson	6	6	6
Richard Richardson	6	6	6

1881 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

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Challenge round

All comers' finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

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