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
Champion Jean Borotra
Runner-up Howard Kinsey
Final score8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Draw128 (7Q)
Seeds–
Main article: 1926 Wimbledon Championships

Draw

Key

Finals
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

Top half

Section 1
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 0r
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
EL 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

Section 2
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

Section 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

Section 4
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

Bottom half

Section 5
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
Marinus 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

Section 6
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
Leonce 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

Section 7
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 1r
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

Section 8
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
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References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
Preceded by
1926 French Championships		 Grand Slams
Men's Singles		 Succeeded by
1926 U.S. Championships
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