1898 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1898 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Reginald Doherty
Runner-up	Laurence Doherty
Score	6â3, 6â3, 2â6, 5â7, 6â1
Details
Draw	37
Seeds	â
Events
	â 1897 Â· Wimbledon Championships Â· 1899 â

Laurence Doherty defeated Harold Mahony 6â1, 6â2, 4â6, 2â6, 14â12 in the All Comers Final, but the reigning champion Reginald Doherty defeated Laurence Doherty 6â3, 6â3, 2â6, 5â7, 6â1 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1898 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Champion

Reginald Doherty

Runner-up

Laurence Doherty

Score6â3, 6â3, 2â6, 5â7, 6â1

Draw37

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Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final

Major Ritchie	2	6	3	2

Clarence Hobart	6	3	6	6
						Clarence Hobart	1	4	3

						Laurence Doherty	6	6	6
Laurence Doherty	6	6	3	6

John Flavelle	2	3	6	0
												Laurence Doherty	6	6	4	2	14

												Harold Mahony	1	2	6	6	12
Arthur Gore	4	6	4	6	7

Sydney Smith	6	0	6	3	5
						Arthur Gore	2	6	6	2	4

						Harold Mahony	6	3	4	6	6
Harold Mahony	6	6	6

George Simond	2	4	4

First round	Second round						Third round					Quarterfinals

	Major Ritchie	2	6	6	8	6
	Harry Barlow	6	2	8	6	1
							M Ritchie	6	6	7
							R Hough	1	4	5
	J Johnstone	5	0	5
	Robert Hough	7	6	7
												M Ritchie	2	6	3	2
												C Hobart	6	3	6	6
	Clarence Hobart	9	6	6
	Gillibrand Evered	7	1	3
							C Hobart	6	4	6	6
							F Payn	1	6	3	3
	Frederick Payn	3	6	6	3	6
	LT Ball	6	4	4	6	4

First round					Second round						Third round					Quarterfinals

					Herbert Roper Barrett	4	6	3	6	9
					George Caridia	6	2	6	4	7
											HR Barrett	1	4	1
											L Doherty	6	6	6
					Laurence Doherty	6	6	6
					George Hillyard	1	3	1
																L Doherty	6	6	3	6
																J Flavelle	2	3	6	0
					John Flavelle	6	4	6	6
Allan Pearson	1	6	6	6	A Pearson	3	6	4	3
JH Hechle	6	0	0	4							J Flavelle	7	6	6	6
MRL White	7	1	6	6							MRL White	9	4	1	4
Arthur Norris	5	6	0	0	MRL White	3	6	6	4	6
E Stanley	7	6	6		E Stanley	6	4	3	6	2
Alexander Mackay	5	2	4

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

Arthur Gore
John Boucher	w/o			A Gore	9	0	6	6
Harold Nisbet	7	6	8	H Nisbet	7	6	1	4
Frederick Plaskitt	5	4	6						A Gore	4	6	8	12
									G Greville	6	4	6	10
				George Greville	6	6	6
				Wylie Grant	1	0	1
														A Gore	4	6	4	6	7
														S Smith	6	0	6	3	5
				Sydney Smith
				Wilberforce Eaves	w/o
									S Smith	6	6	6
									D Hawes	1	2	2
				David Hawes	6	4	12	7
				George Mewburn	3	6	10	5

First round	Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	Harold Mahony	6	6	6
	S Baddeley	3	3	2
						H Mahony	6	6	6	6
						P Pearson	4	3	8	1
	Philip Pearson	6	6	6
	RF Leslie	1	2	1
											H Mahony	6	6	6
											G Simond	2	4	4
	Oswald Milne
	Horace Chapman	w/o
						O Milne	2	4	1
						G Simond	6	6	6
	George Simond	9	3	6	12
	Jahial Parmly Paret	7	6	3	10

1898 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Draw

Challenge round

All comers' finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

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Challenge Round

Laurence Doherty	3	3	6	7	1

Reginald Doherty	6	6	2	5	6