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Ernest Renshaw
Full name	Ernest James Renshaw
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	3 January 1861; Leamington, Warwickshire, England
Died	2 September 1899 (aged 38); Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1879 (amateur tour)
Retired	1897
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1983 (member page)
Singles
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1887, ITHF)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	W (1888)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889)

Ernest Renshaw

British tennis player

Ernest James Renshaw (3 January 1861 – 2 September 1899) was a British tennis player who was active in the late 19th century.

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Tennis players William and Ernest Renshaw at Wimbledon, 1882

Together with his twin brother William Renshaw, Ernest won the men's doubles at Wimbledon five times. He also won the singles championship at Wimbledon once, in 1888 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983.^[3] He won the singles title at the Irish Championships on four occasions (1883, 1887, 1888, 1892). Ernest was the older of the brothers by 15 minutes and half an inch taller.

The boom in popularity of the game during the 1880s due to the modern tennis style of the Renshaw brothers became known as the 'Renshaw Rush'.^[4]

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"James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw: Stats". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1882	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1883	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	1887	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Lawford	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1888	Wimbledon	Grass	Herbert Lawford	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1889	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1884	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	Ernest Lewis E.L. Williams	6–3, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win	1885	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	C.E. Farrer A.J. Stanley	6–3, 6–3, 10–8
Win	1886	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	C.E. Farrer A.J. Stanley	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win	1888	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	Herbert Wilberforce Patrick Bowes-Lyon	2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Win	1889	Wimbledon	Grass	William Renshaw	Ernest Lewis George Hillyard	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–1

	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments																		1 / 12	32–11	74.4
French	Not held														OF	OF	OF	0 / 0	–	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	QF	3R	CR	CR	SF	F_A	QF	F	W_C	CR	A	SF	A	2R	1 / 12	32–11	74.4
U.S.	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	–	–
Australian	Not held																	0 / 0	–	–
Win–loss				3–1	2–1	5–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	0–1		2–1		0–1

Ernest_Renshaw

Ernest Renshaw

Death

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Doubles (5 titles)

Performance timeline

References

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