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Renshaw</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="padding: 0;"><a href="/wiki/1889_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles" title="1889 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles">Women's singles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Bingley" title="Blanche Bingley">Blanche Hillyard</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="padding: 0;"><a href="/wiki/1889_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles">Men's doubles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Renshaw" title="Ernest Renshaw">Ernest Renshaw</a> / <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_Renshaw" title="William Renshaw">William Renshaw</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr class="noprint" style="background-color: #eee;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1888_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1888 Wimbledon Championships">1888</a> <b>·</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;line-height:130%;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Championships_(tennis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wimbledon Championships (tennis)">Wimbledon Championships</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/1890_Wimbledon_Championships" title="1890 Wimbledon Championships">1890</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1889 Wimbledon Championships</b> took place on the outdoor grass courts at the <a href="/wiki/All_England_Lawn_Tennis_and_Croquet_Club" title="All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club">All England Lawn Tennis Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon,_London" title="Wimbledon, London">Wimbledon, London</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The tournament ran from 1 July until 13 July.<sup id="cite_ref-Little_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Little-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the 13th staging of the <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_Championships" title="Wimbledon Championships">Wimbledon Championships</a>, and the first <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> tennis event of 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-Tingay_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingay-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Renshaw" title="William Renshaw">William Renshaw</a> won his seventh singles title, which as late as 1977 was thought to be a feat unlikely to ever be surpassed.<sup id="cite_ref-Tingay_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingay-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in <a href="/wiki/2000_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2000 Wimbledon Championships">2000</a> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Sampras" title="Pete Sampras">Pete Sampras</a> equaled this total, and in <a href="/wiki/2012_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2012 Wimbledon Championships">2012</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a> also won a seventh title.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately the record was broken by Federer in <a href="/wiki/2017_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2017 Wimbledon Championships">2017</a> when he became the first man to win eight singles titles at Wimbledon.<sup id="cite_ref-Federer_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Federer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Renshaw brothers were also unbeaten in doubles for seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-Tingay_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tingay-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The men's doubles were played after completion of the singles competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-Little_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Little-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_Wimbledon_Championships&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_singles"><span id="Men.27s_singles"></span>Men's singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_Wimbledon_Championships&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Men's singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1889_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles">1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles</a></div> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_Renshaw" title="William Renshaw">William Renshaw</a></b> defeated <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1889_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles" title="1889 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles">1889 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles</a></div> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Bingley" title="Blanche Bingley">Blanche Hillyard</a></b> defeated <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lena_Rice" title="Lena Rice">Lena Rice</a>, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 <sup id="cite_ref-womenss_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womenss-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's_doubles"><span id="Men.27s_doubles"></span>Men's doubles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_Wimbledon_Championships&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Men's doubles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1889_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles">1889 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles</a></div> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Renshaw" title="Ernest Renshaw">Ernest Renshaw</a></b> / <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/William_Renshaw" title="William Renshaw">William Renshaw</a></b> defeated <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Hillyard" title="George Hillyard">George Hillyard</a> / <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lewis_(tennis)" title="Ernest Lewis (tennis)">Ernest Lewis</a> 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–1 <sup id="cite_ref-mensd_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mensd-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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