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The 1885 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 4 July until 17 July. It was the 9th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1885.<ref name="Tingay" /> There was a change in the draw method, to use the Bagnall Wild system, in which all byes were restricted to the opening round, instead of being distributed through all the rounds until the final.<ref name="Tingay">100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives, Ltd. 1977)</ref> There were 3500 spectators for the Challenge Round.<ref name="Tingay" />
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