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]
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1897 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champion |  Blanche Hillyard |
| Runner-up | Charlotte Cooper |
| Score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Draw | 7 |
| Seeds | – |
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
edit| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Charlotte Cooper
| 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
All Comers'
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com