1897 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

Ladies' Singles
1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Blanche Hillyard^[1]
Runner-up	Charlotte Cooper^[1]
Final score	5–7, 7–5, 6–2

Main article: 1897 Wimbledon Championships

Blanche Hillyard (née Bingley) 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]

Main draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Finals

	Henrietta Horncastle	12	6
	E.M. Thynne	10	4
					Mrs. WR Horncastle

					B. Hillyard	w/o
	B. Hillyard	w/o

	Edith Austin
										B. Hillyard	6	7
										A. Pickering	2	5
	Ruth Dyas	6	6
	E.J. Bromfield	0	3
					R. Dyas	4	6	1

					A. Pickering	6	4	6
	bye

	A Pickering

References

1 2 3 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
↑ Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)

Wimbledon Women's Singles drawsheets

Pre Open Era	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1918 (WWI) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1945 (WWII) 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

Open Era	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

(1884) Maud Watson
(1885) Maud Watson
(1886) Blanche Bingley
(1887) Lottie Dod
(1888) Lottie Dod
(1889) Blanche Bingley
(1890) Lena Rice
(1891) Lottie Dod
(1892) Lottie Dod
(1893) Lottie Dod
(1894) Blanche Bingley
(1895) Charlotte Cooper
(1896) Charlotte Cooper
(1897) Blanche Bingley
(1898) Charlotte Cooper
(1899) Blanche Bingley
(1900) Blanche Bingley
(1901) Charlotte Cooper
(1902) Muriel Robb
(1903) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1904) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1905) May Sutton
(1906) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1907) May Sutton
(1908) Charlotte Cooper
(1909) Dora Boothby
(1910) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1912) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1913) Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1914) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1915) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1915-18) No competition (due to World War I)
(1919) Suzanne Lenglen
(1920) Suzanne Lenglen
(1921) Suzanne Lenglen
(1922) Suzanne Lenglen
(1923) Suzanne Lenglen
(1924) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen
(1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1927) Helen Wills Moody
(1928) Helen Wills Moody
(1929) Helen Wills Moody
(1930) Helen Wills Moody
(1931) Cilly Aussem
(1932) Helen Wills Moody
(1933) Helen Wills Moody
(1934) Dorothy Round Little
(1935) Helen Wills Moody
(1936) Helen Jacobs
(1937) Dorothy Round Little
(1938) Helen Wills Moody
(1939) Alice Marble
(1940–45) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Pauline Betz
(1947) Margaret Osborne duPont
(1948) Louise Brough
(1949) Louise Brough
(1950) Louise Brough
(1951) Doris Hart
(1952) Maureen Connolly
(1953) Maureen Connolly
(1954) Maureen Connolly
(1955) Louise Brough
(1956) Shirley Fry
(1957) Althea Gibson
(1958) Althea Gibson
(1959) Maria Bueno
(1960) Maria Bueno
(1961) Angela Mortimer
(1962) Karen Hantze Susman
(1963) Margaret Smith
(1964) Maria Bueno
(1965) Margaret Smith
(1966) Billie Jean King
(1967) Billie Jean King

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