Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Ernest Meers and A. G. Ziffo 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champions Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

	Challenge Round
	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw		2	1	6	6	6
	Patrick Bowes-Lyon Herbert Wilberforce		6	6	3	4	3

	First round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
										GED Brown P Brown		6	6	9
										Oswald Milne Wilfred Milne		2	4	7
																			GED Brown P Brown		4	6	2
	TS Campion Harry Grove		6	6	7														Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw		6	8	6
	George Hillyard William Taylor		4	2	5					TS Campion Harry Grove		4	1	6
	Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw		7	6	6					Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw		6	6	8
	Clement Cazalet Arthur Stanley		5	4	4																							Ernest Renshaw William Renshaw		6	6	6
	Harry Barlow A Walker		4	6	11	7																						Ernest Meers AG Ziffo		3	2	2
	Harry Carlton Harry Scrivener		6	0	9	5				Harry Barlow A Walker		w/o
	Ernest Meers AG Ziffo		6	7	6					Ernest Meers AG Ziffo
	Arthur Gore FW Gore		4	5	3														Ernest Meers AG Ziffo		6	7	0
																			Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer		2	5	1r
										Herbert Chipp Claude Farrer		6	4	3	7	10
										George Mewburn Henry Wilson-Fox		4	6	6	5	8

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