1899 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1899 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Blanche Hillyard
Runner-up Charlotte Cooper
Score6–2, 6–3
Draw17
Seeds–
Main article: 1899 Wimbledon Championships

Blanche Hillyard defeated Ruth Durlacher 7–5, 6–8, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1899 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge round
     
Blanche Hillyard 6 6
Charlotte Cooper 2 3

All comers' finals

Semifinals Final
          
Ruth Durlacher 6 6
B Steedman 4 2
Ruth Durlacher 5 8 1
Blanche Hillyard 7 6 6
Blanche Hillyard 6 3 6
Beryl Tulloch 3 6 2

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Muriel Robb 6 2 6
Maude Garfit 3 6 4
M Robb 1 7 3
R Durlacher 6 5 6
Ruth Durlacher 6 6
Mrs Tanner 0 0
R Durlacher 6 6
B Steedman 4 2
Mrs HA Kirby 6 3 6
Alice Pickering 4 6 3
Mrs HA Kirby 6 2 2
B Steedman 4 6 6
Bertha Steedman 6 7 8
Ruth Winch 6 6 R Winch 2 9 6
C Parsons-Smith 0 0

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Blanche Hillyard 6 6
H Smythe 3 0
B Hillyard 8 6
E Austin 6 4
Edith Austin 6 6
U Templeman 4 0
B Hillyard 6 3 6
B Tulloch 3 6 2
Beryl Tulloch 7 6
Miss Ireland 5 2
B Tulloch 3 6 6
EJ Bromfield 6 2 1
E.J. Bromfield 7 5 6
Ellen Thynne 5 7 2

References

  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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