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| 1897 Wimbledon Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion |  Blanche Hillyard | ||||||
| Runner-up | Charlotte Cooper | ||||||
| Score | 5β7, 7β5, 6β2 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 7 | ||||||
| Seeds | β | ||||||
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1897 tennis event results
Main article: 1897 Wimbledon Championships
Blanche Hillyard defeated Alice Pickering 6β2, 7β5 in the: All Comers' Final, and then defeated theββreigning champion Charlotte Cooper 5β7, 7β5, 6β2 in the challenge roundββto win the "ladies' singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships."
Drawβ»
Keyβ»
- 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 roundβ»
| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Charlotte Cooper
| 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
All Comers'β»
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Austin
| 0 | 1 | Blanche Hillyard
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Referencesβ»
- ^ 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 linksβ»
- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
| Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |