1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Jean Borotra
Runner-up	Howard Kinsey
Score	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Draw	128 (7 Q )
Seeds	–

Main article: 1926 Wimbledon Championships

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. René Lacoste was the defending champion, but withdrew before his first round match.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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
		Léonce 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

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com