1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Jean Borotra defeated Howard Kinsey 8–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.[1] René Lacoste was the defending champion, but withdrew before his first round match.

Men's singles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
ChampionFrance Jean Borotra
Runner-upUnited States Howard Kinsey
Score8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Draw128 (7 Q )
Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
France Jacques Brugnon 6 4 6 4 6
United Kingdom Charles Kingsley 2 6 2 6 4
France Jacques Brugnon 4 6 3 6 7
United States Howard Kinsey 6 4 6 3 9
United States Howard Kinsey 6 6 3 6
South Africa Pat Spence 3 3 6 3
United States Howard Kinsey 6 1 3
France Jean Borotra 8 6 6
France Henri Cochet 6 6 4 6
United Kingdom Colin Gregory 4 2 6 3
France Henri Cochet 6 5 6 3 5
France Jean Borotra 2 7 2 6 7
Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh 4 6 7 1
France Jean Borotra 6 4 9 6

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Žemla 1 7 6 6
United Kingdom Norman Latchford 6 5 2 2 Czechoslovakia L Žemla 2 6 6 2
United Kingdom Norman Dicks 6 6 6 United Kingdom N Dicks 6 3 3 0r
Q United Kingdom Jack Weakley 4 0 4 Czechoslovakia L Žemla 3 0 2
Romania Nicolae Mișu 6 4 2 1 France J Brugnon 6 6 6
France Jacques Brugnon 4 6 6 6 France J Brugnon 7 6 6
United Kingdom Douglas Hodges 6 6 6 United Kingdom D Hodges 5 2 2
India Sandford Bobb 4 2 4 France J Brugnon 6 6 6
Austria Franz Glanz 1 2 4 United Kingdom R Lycett 4 1 3
United Kingdom Randolph Lycett 6 6 6 United Kingdom R Lycett 6 6 6
New Zealand JF Park New Zealand JF Park 1 1 0
Canada William Foley w/o United Kingdom R Lycett 6 6 7
Australia EL Jones 0 6 6 0 United Kingdom WHM Aitken 3 1 5
United Kingdom WHM Aitken 6 1 8 6 United Kingdom WHM Aitken 6 5 6 6
France René Lacoste w/o Netherlands G Leembruggen 1 7 4 0
Netherlands Gerard Leembruggen

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Argentina Guillermo Robson 2 6 2 4
United Kingdom Charles Kingsley 6 1 6 6 United Kingdom C Kingsley 11 6 6
Switzerland Hector Fisher 7 1 7 6 Switzerland H Fisher 9 2 2
United Kingdom Douglas Watson 5 6 5 4 United Kingdom C Kingsley 6 6 9
France Max Decugis 2 6 8 1 7 France M Decugis 2 2 7
United Kingdom Leighton Crawford 6 4 6 6 5 France M Decugis 6 7 4 6
New Zealand Russell Young 2 3 1 United Kingdom G Greville 3 5 6 4
United Kingdom George Greville 6 6 6 United Kingdom C Kingsley 6 1 6 2 6
United Kingdom JE Pogson-Smith 2 1 3 Canada H Mayes 2 6 1 6 3
Canada Henry Mayes 6 6 6 Canada H Mayes 3 6 4 7 6
United States Donald Stralem 2 2 1 Netherlands H Timmer 6 4 6 5 3
Netherlands Hendrik Timmer 6 6 6 Canada H Mayes 2 5 6 6 6
New Zealand James Lowry 5 1 2 Switzerland C Aeschlimann 6 7 1 1 4
Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann 7 6 6 Switzerland C Aeschlimann 4 6 2 6 6
United Kingdom Fassett Burnett 6 8 6 United Kingdom F Burnett 6 3 6 4 1
United Kingdom Tony Crossley 2 6 3

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
India Athar-Ali Fyzee 6 4 6 6
Dutch East Indies EL Sarkies 3 6 2 3 India AA Fyzee 6 3 6 6
United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato 6 3 3 6 6 United Kingdom E Peters 3 6 3 1
United Kingdom Eric Peters 4 6 6 2 8 India AA Fyzee 8 4 1 4
Netherlands Cornelis Bryan Netherlands C Bryan 6 6 6 6
Austria Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten w/o Netherlands C Bryan 2 6 6 5 6
United Kingdom Royden Dash 4 6 6 7 United Kingdom R Dash 6 1 3 7 4
United Kingdom CL Philcox 6 2 0 5 Netherlands C Bryan 4 2 4
United Kingdom Craig Campbell 5 6 6 3 2 United States H Kinsey 6 6 6
United Kingdom Brian Gilbert 7 2 4 6 6 United Kingdom B Gilbert 1 1 4
United Kingdom Charles Dixon 2 1 1 United States H Kinsey 6 6 6
United States Howard Kinsey 6 6 6 United States H Kinsey 6 6 4 3 6
Spain Eduardo Flaquer 8 6 3 7 Spain E Flaquer 2 2 6 6 1
United States Jack Olmsted 6 4 6 5 Spain E Flaquer 2 9 9 7
United Kingdom Walter Crawley 6 6 6 United Kingdom W Crawley 6 7 7 5
United Kingdom Maurice Summerson 2 2 3

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 3 4 6 2
United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe 6 6 4 6 United Kingdom N Sharpe 4 6 6 6
Argentina Francisco Bryans 1 2 1 United Kingdom G Cholmondeley 6 4 1 3
United Kingdom George Cholmondeley 6 6 6 United Kingdom N Sharpe 6 6 5 3
Republic of Ireland Edmond Mockler 4 1 5 South Africa P Spence 8 3 7 6
Denmark Axel Petersen 6 6 7 Denmark A Petersen 3 6 6 2 2
United Kingdom RDN Pryce-Jones 5 9 3 South Africa P Spence 6 2 2 6 6
South Africa Pat Spence 7 11 6 South Africa P Spence 4 5 6 6 6
United Kingdom Monty Temple 4 2 4 United Kingdom D Greig 6 7 2 3 0
United Kingdom Donald Greig 6 6 6 United Kingdom D Greig 8 6 6
Argentina Enrique Obarrio 1 4 4 United Kingdom B Helmore 6 2 3
United Kingdom Brian Helmore 6 6 6 United Kingdom D Greig 6 3 6 6
United Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees 3 3 2 United Kingdom N Turnbull 4 6 2 0
United Kingdom Noel Turnbull 6 6 6 United Kingdom N Turnbull 6 7 6
Hungary Béla von Kehrling 7 6 2 6 Hungary B von Kehrling 2 5 3
France Paul Féret 5 4 6 3

Section 5

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

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Colin Gregory 6 6 6 6
United Kingdom Roy Poland 3 4 8 3 United Kingdom C Gregory 8 6 6
United Kingdom Brame Hillyard United Kingdom B Hillyard 6 2 2
Soviet Union Sergei Rodzianko w/o United Kingdom C Gregory 6 4 3 6 7
Kingdom of Yugoslavia György Dungyersky 8 3 4 2 South Africa G Sherwell 0 6 6 4 5
South Africa Gerald Sherwell 6 6 6 6 South Africa G Sherwell 6 6 6
United Kingdom H Lewis-Philipps 2 3 3 Q Republic of Ireland F Crosbie 4 0 1
Q Republic of Ireland F Crosbie 6 6 6 United Kingdom C Gregory 6 4 6 5 6
Q United Kingdom David Williams 1 1 2 United Kingdom P Wheatley 4 6 2 7 1
United Kingdom Percival Davson 6 6 6 United Kingdom P Davson 6 6 4 6
France Léonce Aslangul 9 6 4 6 France L Aslangul 2 1 6 4
United Kingdom Alfred Ingram 7 4 6 2 United Kingdom P Davson 6 4 7 0 3
United Kingdom Patrick Wheatley 6 6 6 United Kingdom P Wheatley 1 6 5 6 6
United Kingdom Cecil Tindell-Green 4 1 2 United Kingdom P Wheatley 6 6 5 6
United Kingdom Harvey Mackintosh 2 6 1 6 6 United Kingdom H Mackintosh 3 1 7 1
Austria Paul Brick 6 2 6 3 2

Section 7

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

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
France Jean Borotra 6 6 6
United Kingdom Leslie Godfree 3 4 4 France J Borotra 3 6 7 6
India Hassan Ali Fyzee 7 6 2 6 India HA Fyzee 6 4 5 4
United Kingdom Pat Hughes 5 2 6 4 France J Borotra 6 6 7
Belgium Georges Watson 2 2 1 United Kingdom A Lowe 3 4 5
United Kingdom Arthur Lowe 6 6 6 United Kingdom A Lowe 6 6 6
United Kingdom VS Erskine Lindop 6 6 6 United Kingdom VS Erskine Lindop 1 1 2
Portugal Rodrigo de Castro Pereira 3 3 2 France J Borotra 6 2 6 7
Greece Pan Papadopoulos Denmark E Ulrich 1 6 4 5
Q United Kingdom LF Davin w/o Q United Kingdom LF Davin 5 6 6 4
Canada David Morrice 6 4 1 4 Denmark E Ulrich 7 8 3 6
Denmark Einer Ulrich 4 6 6 6 Denmark E Ulrich 7 6 8
Argentina Hector Cattaruzza 6 6 9 Argentina H Cattaruzza 5 1 6
New Zealand Frank Fisher 2 0 7 Argentina H Cattaruzza 4 6 4 6 6
Mexico Ignacio de la Borbolla 6 5 6 United Kingdom W Radcliffe 6 3 6 1 2
United Kingdom William Radcliffe 8 7 8

References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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