1897 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

Ladies' Singles
	1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Blanche Hillyard
Runner-up	Charlotte Cooper
Final score	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Draw	7
Seeds	–

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]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round


Blanche Hillyard	5	7	6

Charlotte Cooper	7	5	2

All Comers'

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

↑ 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.