| Score: | 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Draw: | 7 |
| Seeds: | – |
See main article: 1886 Wimbledon Championships. Claude Farrer and Arthur Stanley defeated Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Farrer and Stanley 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1886 Wimbledon Championships.[1] [2]