1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Jean Borotra
Runner-up	Howard Kinsey
Score	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (7Q)
Seeds	–
Events
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Jean Borotra defeated Howard Kinsey 8–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final on July 2, 1926 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at Wimbledon.^[1] René Lacoste was the defending champion, but withdrew before his first round match.

Champion

Jean Borotra

Runner-up

Howard Kinsey

Score8–6, 6–1, 6–3

Draw128 (7)

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Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	Jacques Brugnon	6	4	6	4	6

	Charles Kingsley	2	6	2	6	4
								Jacques Brugnon	4	6	3	6	7

								Howard Kinsey	6	4	6	3	9
	Howard Kinsey	6	6	3	6

	Pat Spence	3	3	6	3
															Howard Kinsey	6	1	3

															Jean Borotra	8	6	6
	Henri Cochet	6	6	4	6

	Colin Gregory	4	2	6	3
								Henri Cochet	6	5	6	3	5

								Jean Borotra	2	7	2	6	7
	Jan Koželuh	4	6	7	1

	Jean Borotra	6	4	9	6

First round						Second round						Third round					Fourth round

	Ladislav Žemla	1	7	6	6
	Norman Latchford	6	5	2	2		L Žemla	2	6	6	2
	Norman Dicks	6	6	6			N Dicks	6	3	3	0^r
Q	Jack Weakley	4	0	4									L Žemla	3	0	2
	Nicolae Mișu	6	4	2	1								J Brugnon	6	6	6
	Jacques Brugnon	4	6	6	6		J Brugnon	7	6	6
	Douglas Hodges	6	6	6			D Hodges	5	2	2
	Sandford Bobb	4	2	4														J Brugnon	6	6	6
	Franz Glanz	1	2	4														R Lycett	4	1	3
	Randolph Lycett	6	6	6			R Lycett	6	6	6
	JF Park						JF Park	1	1	0
	William Foley	w/o											R Lycett	6	6	7
	Eric Lloyd Jones	0	6	6	0								WHM Aitken	3	1	5
	WHM Aitken	6	1	8	6		WHM Aitken	6	5	6	6
	René Lacoste	w/o					G Leembruggen	1	7	4	0
	Gerard Leembruggen

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

	Guillermo Robson	2	6	2	4
	Charles Kingsley	6	1	6	6			C Kingsley	11	6	6
	Hector Fisher	7	1	7	6			H Fisher	9	2	2
	Douglas Watson	5	6	5	4										C Kingsley	6	6	9
	Max Decugis	2	6	8	1	7									M Decugis	2	2	7
	Leighton Crawford	6	4	6	6	5		M Decugis	6	7	4	6
	Russell Young	2	3	1				G Greville	3	5	6	4
	George Greville	6	6	6																		C Kingsley	6	1	6	2	6
	JE Pogson-Smith	2	1	3																		H Mayes	2	6	1	6	3
	Henry Mayes	6	6	6				H Mayes	3	6	4	7	6
	Donald Stralem	2	2	1				H Timmer	6	4	6	5	3
	Hendrik Timmer	6	6	6											H Mayes	2	5	6	6	6
	James Lowry	5	1	2											C Aeschlimann	6	7	1	1	4
	Charles Aeschlimann	7	6	6				C Aeschlimann	4	6	2	6	6
	Fassett Burnett	6	8	6				F Burnett	6	3	6	4	1
	Tony Crossley	2	6	3

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

	Athar-Ali Fyzee	6	4	6	6
	EL Sarkies	3	6	2	3			AA Fyzee	6	3	6	6
	Theodore Mavrogordato	6	3	3	6	6		E Peters	3	6	3	1
	Eric Peters	4	6	6	2	8									AA Fyzee	8	4	1	4
	Cornelis Bryan														C Bryan	6	6	6	6
	Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten	w/o						C Bryan	2	6	6	5	6
	Royden Dash	4	6	6	7			R Dash	6	1	3	7	4
	CL Philcox	6	2	0	5																	C Bryan	4	2	4
	Craig Campbell	5	6	6	3	2																H Kinsey	6	6	6
	Brian Gilbert	7	2	4	6	6		B Gilbert	1	1	4
	Charles Dixon	2	1	1				H Kinsey	6	6	6
	Howard Kinsey	6	6	6											H Kinsey	6	6	4	3	6
	Eduardo Flaquer	8	6	3	7										E Flaquer	2	2	6	6	1
	Jack Olmsted	6	4	6	5			E Flaquer	2	9	9	7
	Walter Crawley	6	6	6				W Crawley	6	7	7	5
	Maurice Summerson	2	2	3

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Major Ritchie	3	4	6	2
	Nigel Sharpe	6	6	4	6		N Sharpe	4	6	6	6
	Francisco Bryans	1	2	1			G Cholmondeley	6	4	1	3
	George Cholmondeley	6	6	6										N Sharpe	6	6	5	3
	Edmond Mockler	4	1	5										P Spence	8	3	7	6
	Axel Petersen	6	6	7			A Petersen	3	6	6	2	2
	RDN Pryce-Jones	5	9	3			P Spence	6	2	2	6	6
	Pat Spence	7	11	6																P Spence	4	5	6	6	6
	Monty Temple	4	2	4																D Greig	6	7	2	3	0
	Donald Greig	6	6	6			D Greig	8	6	6
	Enrique Obarrio	1	4	4			B Helmore	6	2	3
	Brian Helmore	6	6	6										D Greig	6	3	6	6
	Gordon Crole-Rees	3	3	2										N Turnbull	4	6	2	0
	Noel Turnbull	6	6	6			N Turnbull	6	7	6
	Béla von Kehrling	7	6	2	6		B von Kehrling	2	5	3
	Paul Féret	5	4	6	3

1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

	Alex Blair	6	5	3	1
	RG Bernard	4	7	6	6			RG Bernard	8	8	7	6
	Frank Jarvis	8	7	5	1	1		M van der Feen	6	10	5	4
	Maas van der Feen	6	5	7	6	6								RG Bernard	1	3	3
Q	Arthur Yencken	0	0	0										H Cochet	6	6	6
	Vincent Richards	6	6	6				V Richards	6	3	4	2
	Ambrose Dudley	1	5	3				H Cochet	4	6	6	6
	Henri Cochet	6	7	6															H Cochet	6	7	6
Q	Clinton McIlquham	6	7	8	4														K Lester	2	5	4
	Keats Lester	8	9	6	6			K Lester	6	6	17
	DJR Sumner	3	2	5				E Higgs	3	3	15
	Teddy Higgs	6	6	7										K Lester	6	6	6
	Gordon Lowe	6	6	6										G Lowe	3	4	3
	Eliot Crawshay-Williams	4	2	2				G Lowe	6	6	3	6
	William Powell	5	6	4	6			R Boyd	2	2	6	3
	Ronaldo Boyd	7	3	6	8

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Colin Gregory	6	6	6	6
	Roy Poland	3	4	8	3			C Gregory	8	6	6
	Brame Hillyard							B Hillyard	6	2	2
	Sergei Rodzianko	w/o												C Gregory	6	4	3	6	7
	György Dungyersky	8	3	4	2									G Sherwell	0	6	6	4	5
	Gerald Sherwell	6	6	6	6			G Sherwell	6	6	6
	H Lewis-Philipps	2	3	3			Q	F Crosbie	4	0	1
Q	F Crosbie	6	6	6																	C Gregory	6	4	6	5	6
Q	David Williams	1	1	2																	P Wheatley	4	6	2	7	1
	Percival Davson	6	6	6				P Davson	6	6	4	6
	Léonce Aslangul	9	6	4	6			L Aslangul	2	1	6	4
	Alfred Ingram	7	4	6	2									P Davson	6	4	7	0	3
	Patrick Wheatley	6	6	6										P Wheatley	1	6	5	6	6
	Cecil Tindell-Green	4	1	2				P Wheatley	6	6	5	6
	Harvey Mackintosh	2	6	1	6	6		H Mackintosh	3	1	7	1
	Paul Brick	6	2	6	3	2

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Douglas Powell	6	3	0	3
	André Gobert	2	6	6	6			A Gobert	6	5	5	6
	Arthur Berger	0	5	3				C van Lennep	2	7	7	8
	Christiaan van Lennep	6	7	6										C van Lennep	0	6	4	1
	JCF Simpson	6	4	3	1									H Austin	6	4	6	6
	Cyril Eames	4	6	6	6			C Eames	7	4	0	1^r
	Basil Lawrence	1	0	5				H Austin	5	6	6	4
	Bunny Austin	6	6	7																H Austin	6	0	1	3
	Henry Standring	6	6	6																J Koželuh	2	6	6	6
Q	Neville Willford	1	3	2				H Standring	6	2	3	2
	Jan Koželuh	6	6	6				J Koželuh	4	6	6	6
	George Thomas	0	2	2										J Koželuh	6	6	6
	Lionel Alderson													J Pennycuick	1	1	3
	John Pennycuick	w/o						J Pennycuick	6	9	4	6
	Charles Roupell	6	6	2	4	6		C Roupell	3	7	6	2
	WB Stott	4	0	6	6	3

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

	Jean Borotra	6	6	6
	Leslie Godfree	3	4	4			J Borotra	3	6	7	6
	Hassan Ali Fyzee	7	6	2	6		HA Fyzee	6	4	5	4
	Pat Hughes	5	2	6	4									J Borotra	6	6	7
	Georges Watson	2	2	1										A Lowe	3	4	5
	Arthur Lowe	6	6	6			A Lowe	6	6	6
	VS Erskine Lindop	6	6	6			VS Erskine Lindop	1	1	2
	Rodrigo de Castro Pereira	3	3	2															J Borotra	6	2	6	7
	Pan Papadopoulos																		E Ulrich	1	6	4	5
Q	LF Davin	w/o				Q	LF Davin	5	6	6	4
	David Morrice	6	4	1	4		E Ulrich	7	8	3	6
	Einer Ulrich	4	6	6	6									E Ulrich	7	6	8
	Hector Cattaruzza	6	6	9										H Cattaruzza	5	1	6
	Frank Fisher	2	0	7			H Cattaruzza	4	6	4	6	6
	Ignacio de la Borbolla	6	5	6			W Radcliffe	6	3	6	1	2
	William Radcliffe	8	7	8