1903 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1903 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Laurence Doherty
Runner-up Frank Riseley
Score7–5, 6–3, 6–0
Draw42
Seeds

Frank Riseley defeated Major Ritchie 1–6, 6–3, 8–6, 13–11 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Laurence Doherty defeated Riseley 7–5, 6–3, 6–0 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1903 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round
       
Frank Riseley 5 3 0
Laurence Doherty 7 6 6

All comers' finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
Brame Hillyard 1 4 4
Frank Riseley 6 6 6
Frank Riseley 7 6 7 1 9
Sydney Smith 5 3 9 6 7
Henry Pollard 2 3 1
Sydney Smith 6 6 6
Frank Riseley 1 6 8 13
Major Ritchie 6 3 6 11
George Caridia 6 6 6
Ernest Stanley Salmon 3 4 2
George Caridia 1 0 6 1
Major Ritchie 6 6 4 6
Major Ritchie 6 6 6
Ernest Wills 1 2 2

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Brame Hillyard
Lionel Escombe w/o
B Hillyard 6 3 6 7
D Hawes 4 6 3 5
David Hawes 7 3 6 6
John Flavelle 5 6 3 0
B Hillyard 6 6 6
F Riseley 1 4 4
Arthur Norris 6 6 6
Thomas Vreede 0 4 0
A Norris 2 0 3
F Riseley 6 6 6
Frank Riseley 6 6 6
Broose van Groenou 0 2 0

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Henry Pollard 6 6 6
LL Whiteway 1 1 4
H Pollard 8 6 4 7 7
F Donisthorpe 6 3 6 9 5
Henry Wilson-Fox 4 6 6 4 3
Frank Donisthorpe 6 6 6 F Donisthorpe 6 2 3 6 6
Evelyn Mellor 3 3 2 H Pollard 6 6 6
Sydney Smith 6 6 6 S Smith 2 3 1
R Williams 1 3 1 S Smith 6 6 6
Arthur Gore 6 6 6 A Gore 4 3 3
FJ Barker 1 2 3 S Smith 6 6 7
Harold Mahony 6 6 6 H Mahony 3 4 5
George Ball-Greene 2 4 3 H Mahony 6 6 6
Sydney Adams S Adams 4 4 1
Walter Crawley w/o

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
George Caridia 7 6 6
HR Fussell 5 1 2 G Caridia 8 6 6
Clarence Hobart 5 6 6 6 C Hobart 6 2 1
Stanley Franklin 7 2 2 0 G Caridia 2 11 3 7 6
Frederick Payn 6 6 6 F Payn 6 9 6 5 2
E Yatman 3 2 4 F Payn 6 10 6
Roderick McNair 6 6 3 6 R McNair 3 8 2
Frederick Plaskitt 3 2 6 3 G Caridia 6 6 6
Charles Simond 6 5 6 6 ES Salmon 3 4 2
Percy Pinckney 3 7 4 3 C Simond 2 6 3 7
Albert Prebble 6 1 6 9
A Prebble 6 3 2 3
ES Salmon 3 6 6 6
Ernest Salmon 6 6 6
William Martin 4 3 4

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
George Greville 6 6 6
ER Clarke 2 0 2
G Greville 5 14 3 2
M Ritchie 7 12 6 6
Major Ritchie 6 6 6
Charlie Finlason 1 2 0
M Ritchie 6 6 6
E Wills 1 2 2
GL Orme 6 6 9
Robert Hough 1 1 7
GL Orme 5 6 2 4
E Wills 7 1 6 6
Ernest Wills 6 6 3 6
AH Greening 2 4 6 2

References

  1. ^ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.