1897 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles

Gentlemen's Singles
	1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Reginald Doherty
Runner-up	Harold Mahony
Final score	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Draw	31
Seeds	–

Reginald Doherty defeated Wilberforce Eaves 6–3, 7–5, 2–0 (retired) in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Harold Mahony 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 in the Challenge Round to win the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round


Reginald Doherty	6	6	6

Harold Mahony	4	4	3

All Comers' Finals

Semifinals						Final


Sydney Smith	2	7	6	2	1

Wilberforce Eaves	6	5	1	6	6
						Wilberforce Eaves	3	5	0^r

						Reginald Doherty	6	7	2
Wilfred Baddeley	3	0	3

Reginald Doherty	6	6	6

Top half

First Round						Second Round						Quarterfinals					Semifinals

Clement Cazalet	6	6	10
SC Atkey	2	2	8			C Cazalet	6	6	2	2	1
Sydney Smith	7	8	6			S Smith	4	3	6	6	6
Arthur Hallward	5	6	3									S Smith	3	6	6	6
George Hillyard												G Hillyard	6	4	2	4
W Wallace	w/o					G Hillyard	6	6	6
Alfred Taylor	6	6	3	3	6	A Taylor	2	2	1
Gillibrand Evered	1	3	6	6	4												S Smith	2	7	6	2	1
George Greville	6	6	6														W Eaves	6	5	1	6	6
Arthur Norris	2	2	1			G Greville
JJ Stone	5	2	3			A Gore	w/o
Arthur Gore	7	6	6									G Greville	1	2	10	0
Wilberforce Eaves	6	6	6									W Eaves	6	6	8	6
R Sheldon	3	3	2			W Eaves	8	6	6	6
Arthur Riseley	6	6	6			A Riseley	10	3	1	4
Frederick Plaskitt	0	2	4

Bottom half

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

Harold Nisbet	6	6	7	6
Robert Hough	3	2	9	3	H Nisbet	2	2	5
Wilfred Baddeley					W Baddeley	6	6	7
David Hawes	w/o								W Baddeley	6	6	6
Alfred Crawley									L Doherty	4	2	2
Archdale Palmer	w/o				A Crawley	0	2	5
Laurence Doherty	6	6	8		L Doherty	6	6	7
Herbert Baddeley	4	4	6										W Baddeley	3	0	3
Reginald Doherty	11	1	6	6									R Doherty	6	6	6
George Simond	9	6	4	3	R Doherty	6	6	9
FSM Bates	4	3	5		O Milne	2	1	7
Oswald Milne	6	6	7						R Doherty
Frank Riseley									F Riseley	w/o
Manliffe Goodbody	w/o				F Riseley
					Major Ritchie	w/o

References

↑ 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

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.