1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

May Sutton defeated Constance Wilson 6–3, 8–6 in the All Comers' final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1905 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States May Sutton
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Dorothea Douglass
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw45
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Draw

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Challenge round

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Challenge Round
     
  May Sutton 6 6
  Dorothea Douglass 3 4

All comers' finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  HI Harper 2 4
  Agnes Morton 6 6
  Agnes Morton 4 0
  May Sutton 6 6
  May Sutton 8 6
  Ethel Thomson 6 1
  May Sutton 6 8
  Constance Wilson 3 6
  Blanche Hillyard 6 6
  Dora Boothby 3 2
  Blanche Hillyard 5 11 2
  Constance Wilson 7 9 6
  BM Holder 2 0
  Constance Wilson 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  HI Harper
  Mrs Armstrong w/o
  HI Harper 6 6
  M O'Neill 2 2
  Madeline O'Neill
  CB Bell w/o
  HI Harper 2 4
  A Morton 6 6
  Alice Greene
  Edith Greville w/o
  A Greene 5 4
  A Morton 7 6
  Agnes Morton 6 6
  Mrs Macaulay 2 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Winifred Longhurst 6 6
  D Spencer   D Spencer 2 0
  Henrietta Horncastle w/o   W Longhurst 3 1
  May Sutton 6 6   M Sutton 6 6
  N Meyer 0 0   M Sutton 6 6
  Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 6 6   Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 3 1
  Aurea Farrington 3 1   M Sutton 8 6
  Mildred Coles 6 6   E Thomson 6 1
  E Flemmich 1 2   M Coles 7 6
  EE Sargeant 6 6   EE Sargeant 5 3
  AG Ransome 1 0   M Coles 2 0
  Ethel Thomson   E Thomson 6 6
  F Meyer w/o   E Thomson 6 6
  Mrs PM Morton   Mrs PM Morton 2 0
  Violet Pinckney w/o

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Beryl Tulloch
  K Kentish w/o   B Tulloch 7 6
  L Ripley 6 5 6   L Ripley 5 3
  Mrs Albury 0 7 3   B Tulloch 0 8 5
  Hilda Lane 6 6   B Hillyard 6 6 7
  E Smith 2 3   H Lane 3 2
  Blanche Hillyard 6 6   B Hillyard 6 6
  Maud Banks 0 0   B Hillyard 6 6
  LH Paterson 6 6   D Boothby 3 2
  M Taplin 1 3   LH Paterson 4 6 12
  Gertrude Houselander 6 6   G Houselander 6 1 10
  ME Brown 1 3   LH Paterson 6 3 3
  D Boothby 3 6 6
  Dora Boothby 6 6
  L Flemmich 2 4

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  CHE Meyer
  Mrs LR Hausberg w/o
  CHE Meyer 6 6 4
  BM Holder 8 2 6
  BM Holder 6 6
  Edith Johnson 3 1
  BM Holder 2 0
  C Wilson 6 6
  Mabel Squire 6 6
  D Taplin 1 1
  M Squire
  C Wilson w/o
  Constance Wilson 6 6
  A Mooijaart 2 0

References

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  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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