1897 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
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| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1897 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champion |  Blanche Hillyard |
| Runner-up | Charlotte Cooper |
| Final 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
Challenge round[]
| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Charlotte Cooper
| 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
All Comers'[]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Austin
| 0 | 1 | Blanche Hillyard
| |||||||||||||||||
| Henrietta Horncastle
| 12 | 6 | Henrietta Horncastle
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||
| Ellen Thynne
| 10 | 4 | Blanche Hillyard
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Ruth Dyas
| 6 | 6 | Alice Pickering
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Edith Bromfield
| 0 | 3 | Ruth Dyas
| 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alice Pickering
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References[]
External links[]
- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
Categories:
- 1897 Wimbledon Championships
- Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles
- 1897 in women's tennis
- 1897 in British women's sport