1897 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles

1897 Wimbledon Championships

Final

Champions

United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty

Runners-up

United Kingdom Herbert Baddeley
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley

Score

6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4

Details

Draw

14

Seeds

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Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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1897 tennis event results

Main article: 1897 Wimbledon Championships

Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty defeated Clement Cazalet and Sydney Smith 6–2 7–5 2–6 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champions Herbert Baddeley and Wilfred Baddeley 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

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Key

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Challenge round

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Challenge Round

United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 6 4 8 6

United Kingdom Herbert Baddeley
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley 4 6 6 4

All Comers'

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves
United Kingdom CH Martin 0 5 4

United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 6 6 6 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 6 7 6

United Kingdom Arthur Cronin
United Kingdom W Wallace 0 1 2 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 6 6 4 6

United Kingdom George Greville
United Kingdom Harold Nisbet 6 6 6 United Kingdom George Hillyard
United Kingdom Harold Mahony 3 4 6 4

United Kingdom Wilfred Milne
United Kingdom GL Orme 3 4 3 United Kingdom George Greville
United Kingdom Harold Nisbet 6 2 5 2

United Kingdom George Hillyard
United Kingdom Harold Mahony 6 6 6 United Kingdom George Hillyard
United Kingdom Harold Mahony 4 6 7 6

United Kingdom Archibald McNair
United Kingdom Roderick McNair 3 1 1 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 6 7 2 6

United Kingdom Gillibrand Evered
United Kingdom R Sheldon United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 2 5 6 2

United Kingdom Arthur Gore
United Kingdom AN Other w/o United Kingdom Gillibrand Evered
United Kingdom R Sheldon

United Kingdom Charles Simond
United Kingdom George Simond 6 6 6 United Kingdom Charles Simond
United Kingdom George Simond w/o

United Kingdom G Tree
United Kingdom Alfred Crawley 2 0 1 United Kingdom Gillibrand Evered
United Kingdom R Sheldon 1 1 2

United Kingdom Arthur Riseley
United Kingdom Frank Riseley 6 6 3 6 United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 6 6 6

United Kingdom Frederick Plaskitt
United Kingdom Alfred Taylor 1 1 6 2 United Kingdom Arthur Riseley
United Kingdom Frank Riseley 4 6 2 6 4

United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 6 4 6 3 6

References

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^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.