The 1890 Wimbledon Championships was a combined men's and women's

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tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the

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, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 30 June until 7 July.2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London) It was the 14th staging of the

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, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1890. Bonham Carter Evelegh took over as referee from

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.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977) The rule for change-overs was altered to after every odd game. There were 30 competitors for the men's singles and only four competitors for the women's singles, the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon. The final of the women's singles competition, which started on 2 July, was played on 5 July, while the men's singles final was played on 7 July and the men's doubles were played on 21–23 July.

Finals

Men's singles

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defeated

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, 6–8, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

Lena Rice Helena Bertha Grace "Lena" Rice (21 June 1866 – 21 June 1907) was an Irish tennis player (then a British home nation) who won the singles title at the 1890 Wimbledon Championships. She is to date the only female player from Ireland ever to wi ...

defeated May Jacks, 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

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defeated

George Hillyard George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site ...

/ Ernest Lewis, 6–0, 7–5, 6–4

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website
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