1897 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
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| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1897 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champion | United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard |
| Runner-up | United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper |
| Score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Draw | 7 |
| Seeds | – |
Blanche Hillyard defeated Alice Pickering 6–2, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Challenge round
| Challenge Round | ||||||
| United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
All Comers'
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Edith Austin | 0 | 1 | United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Henrietta Horncastle | 12 | 6 | United Kingdom Henrietta Horncastle | w/o | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Ellen Thynne | 10 | 4 | United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Ruth Dyas | 6 | 6 | United Kingdom Alice Pickering | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Edith Bromfield | 0 | 3 | United Kingdom Ruth Dyas | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Alice Pickering | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
- ↑ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
External links
- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com