1899 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Blanche Hillyard defeated Ruth Durlacher 7–5, 6–8, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–3 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1899 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Singles
1899 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Blanche Hillyard
Runner-up Charlotte Cooper
Final score6–2, 6–3
Draw17
Seeds–
Main article: 1899 Wimbledon Championships

Draw

Key

Challenge Round
Challenge Round
     
Blanche Hillyard 6 6
Charlotte Cooper 2 3

All Comers' Finals
Semifinals Final
          
Ruth Durlacher 6 6
B Steedman 4 2
Ruth Durlacher 5 8 1
Blanche Hillyard 7 6 6
Blanche Hillyard 6 3 6
Beryl Tulloch 3 6 2

Top half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Muriel Robb 6 2 6
Maude Garfit 3 6 4
M Robb 1 7 3
R Durlacher 6 5 6
Ruth Durlacher 6 6
Mrs Tanner 0 0
R Durlacher 6 6
B Steedman 4 2
Mrs HA Kirby 6 3 6
Alice Pickering 4 6 3
Mrs HA Kirby 6 2 2
B Steedman 4 6 6
Bertha Steedman 6 7 8
Ruth Winch 6 6 R Winch 2 9 6
C Parsons-Smith 0 0

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Blanche Hillyard 6 6
H Smythe 3 0
B Hillyard 8 6
E Austin 6 4
Edith Austin 6 6
U Templeman 4 0
B Hillyard 6 3 6
B Tulloch 3 6 2
Beryl Tulloch 7 6
Miss Ireland 5 2
B Tulloch 3 6 6
E Bromfield 6 2 1
Edith Bromfield 7 5 6
Ellen Thynne 5 7 2

References
  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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