1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	May Sutton
Runner-up	Dorothea Douglass
Final score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	45
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men
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May Sutton defeated Constance Wilson 6–3, 8–6 in the All Comers' final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1905 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Draw[]

Key[]

Challenge round[]

	Challenge Round
	May Sutton		6	6
	Dorothea Douglass		3	4

All comers' finals[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	HI Harper		2	4
	Agnes Morton		6	6
								Agnes Morton		4	0
								May Sutton		6	6
	May Sutton		8	6
	Ethel Thomson		6	1
															May Sutton		6	8
															Constance Wilson		3	6
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6
	Dora Boothby		3	2
								Blanche Hillyard		5	11	2
								Constance Wilson		7	9	6
	BM Holder		2	0
	Constance Wilson		6	6

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								HI Harper
								Mrs Armstrong		w/o
															HI Harper		6	6
															M O'Neill		2	2
								Madeline O'Neill
								CB Bell		w/o
																						HI Harper		2	4
																						A Morton		6	6
								Alice Greene
								Edith Greville		w/o
															A Greene		5	4
															A Morton		7	6
								Agnes Morton		6	6
								Mrs Macaulay		2	1

Section 2[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								Winifred Longhurst		6	6
	D Spencer							D Spencer		2	0
	Henrietta Horncastle		w/o												W Longhurst		3	1
	May Sutton		6	6											M Sutton		6	6
	N Meyer		0	0				M Sutton		6	6
	Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown		6	6				Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown		3	1
	Aurea Farrington		3	1																		M Sutton		8	6
	Mildred Coles		6	6																		E Thomson		6	1
	E Flemmich		1	2				M Coles		7	6
	EE Sargeant		6	6				EE Sargeant		5	3
	AG Ransome		1	0											M Coles		2	0
	Ethel Thomson														E Thomson		6	6
	F Meyer		w/o					E Thomson		6	6
	Mrs PM Morton							Mrs PM Morton		2	0
	Violet Pinckney		w/o

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	Beryl Tulloch
	K Kentish		w/o					B Tulloch		7	6
	L Ripley		6	5	6			L Ripley		5	3
	Mrs Albury		0	7	3										B Tulloch		0	8	5
	Hilda Lane		6	6											B Hillyard		6	6	7
	E Smith		2	3				H Lane		3	2
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6				B Hillyard		6	6
	M Banks		0	0																		B Hillyard		6	6
	LH Paterson		6	6																		D Boothby		3	2
	M Taplin		1	3				LH Paterson		4	6	12
	Gertrude Houselander		6	6				G Houselander		6	1	10
	ME Brown		1	3											LH Paterson		6	3	3
															D Boothby		3	6	6
								Dora Boothby		6	6
								L Flemmich		2	4

Section 4[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								CHE Meyer
								Mrs LR Hausberg		w/o
															CHE Meyer		6	6	4
															BM Holder		8	2	6
								BM Holder		6	6
								Edith Johnson		3	1
																						BM Holder		2	0
																						C Wilson		6	6
								Mabel Squire		6	6
								D Taplin		1	1
															M Squire
															C Wilson		w/o
								Constance Wilson		6	6
								A Mooijaart		2	0

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com