By means of electron backscattering diffraction and transmission electron microscopy the microstructure and texture of drawn single crystal copper with initial orientation 110 parallel to axial direction have been investigated in the present work. In order to analyze the effect of initial orientation on microstructure and texture of drawn copper, the results of the drawn 110 single crystal copper wires have been compared with 100 and 111 single crystal copper wires. It is found that the grain subdivision of 110 single crystal is more evident than that of 100 and 111, and the textures consisting of 111 and 100 abruptly form in the drawn 110 single crystal. At high strains, due to shear strain, the distribution of fiber textures is imhomogenous along the radial direction of drawn 110 single crystal copper wires. 100 is near the surface and 111 is at the center. The microstructure results of drawn 110 single crystal show that at low strains, it can be characterized as two kinds of geometrically necessary boundaries with noncrystalline character. At medium strains, S bands can be observed. At high strains, lamellar boundaries form. Mean misorientation and average spacing of dislocation boundary are larger in drawn 110 single crystal, as compared with 111 and 100. In drawn 110 single crystal with high strains, the bimodal distribution forms at lower strains than in drawn 100 single crystal, which is because the dislocation boundaries with high angle are contributed by not only the boundary between 111 and 100 fiber textures but also the boundary in 111 or 100 texture. single crystal copper, cold drawing, texture, microstructure Citation: Chen J, Yan W, Li B, et al. Microstructure and texture evolution of cold drawing 110 single crystal copper. Sci China Tech Sci, 2011, 54: 1551 1559,