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
Score	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
Draw	128 (7 Q )
Seeds	–

Main article: 1926 Wimbledon Championships

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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
		Eric Lloyd 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