1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1905 Wimbledon Championships USA 1896 May Sutton GBR Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4 45 – 1905 Wimbledon Championships 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 to become the first American female to win Wimbledon in singles. .100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Draw Challenge round 3 Challenge Round 180 USA 1896 May Sutton 6 6 GBR Dorothea Douglass 3 4 All comers' finals 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 GBR HI Harper 2 4 GBR Agnes Morton 6 6 USA 1896 May Sutton 8 6 GBR Ethel Thomson 6 1 GBR Blanche Hillyard 6 6 GBR Dora Boothby 3 2 GBR BM Holder 2 0 GBR Constance Wilson 6 6 GBR Agnes Morton 4 0 USA 1896 May Sutton 6 6 GBR Blanche Hillyard 5 11 2 GBR Constance Wilson 7 9 6 USA 1896 May Sutton 6 8 GBR Constance Wilson 3 6 Top half Section 1 y 3 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR HI Harper GBR Mrs Armstrong w/o GBR Madeline O'Neill GBR CB Bell w/o GBR Alice Greene GBR Edith Greville w/o GBR Agnes Morton 6 6 GBR Mrs Macaulay 2 1 GBR HI Harper 6 6 GBR M O'Neill 2 2 GBR A Greene 5 4 GBR A Morton 7 6 GBR HI Harper 2 4 GBR A Morton 6 6 Section 2 y 3 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR D Spencer GBR Henrietta Horncastle w/o USA 1896 May Sutton 6 6 GBR N Meyer 0 0 GBR Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 6 6 GBR Aurea Farrington 3 1 GBR Mildred Coles 6 6 GBR E Flemmich 1 2 GBR EE Sargeant 6 6 GBR AG Ransome 1 0 GBR Ethel Thomson GBR F Meyer w/o GBR Mrs PM Morton GBR Violet Pinckney w/o GBR Winifred Longhurst 6 6 GBR D Spencer 2 0 USA 1896 M Sutton 6 6 GBR Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 3 1 GBR M Coles 7 6 GBR EE Sargeant 5 3 GBR E Thomson 6 6 GBR Mrs PM Morton 2 0 GBR W Longhurst 3 1 USA 1896 M Sutton 6 6 GBR M Coles 2 0 GBR E Thomson 6 6 USA 1896 M Sutton 8 6 GBR E Thomson 6 1 Bottom half Section 3 y 3 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR Beryl Tulloch GBR K Kentish w/o GBR L Ripley 6 5 6 GBR Mrs Albury 0 7 3 GBR Hilda Lane 6 6 GBR E Smith 2 3 GBR Blanche Hillyard 6 6 USA Maud Banks 0 0 GBR LH Paterson 6 6 GBR M Taplin 1 3 GBR Gertrude Houselander 6 6 GBR ME Brown 1 3 GBR B Tulloch 7 6 GBR L Ripley 5 3 GBR H Lane 3 2 GBR B Hillyard 6 6 GBR LH Paterson 4 6 12 GBR G Houselander 6 1 10 GBR Dora Boothby 6 6 GBR L Flemmich 2 4 GBR B Tulloch 0 8 5 GBR B Hillyard 6 6 7 GBR LH Paterson 6 3 3 GBR D Boothby 3 6 6 GBR B Hillyard 6 6 GBR D Boothby 3 2 Section 4 y 3 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR CHE Meyer GBR Mrs LR Hausberg w/o GBR BM Holder 6 6 GBR Edith Johnson 3 1 GBR Mabel Squire 6 6 GBR D Taplin 1 1 GBR Constance Wilson 6 6 GBR A Mooijaart 2 0 GBR CHE Meyer 6 6 4 GBR BM Holder 8 2 6 GBR M Squire GBR C Wilson w/o GBR BM Holder 2 0 GBR C Wilson 6 6 References External links 1905 LS 1904 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1905 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships - Singles Wimbledon Championships - Singles