1906 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Dorothea Douglass defeated Charlotte Sterry 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion May Sutton 6–3, 9–7 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1906 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's singles
1906 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Dorothea Douglass
Runner-upUnited States May Sutton
Score6–3, 9–7
Details
Draw48
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Draw edit

Key edit

Challenge round edit

Challenge Round
     
  Dorothea Douglass 6 9
  May Sutton 3 7

All comers' finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Winifred Longhurst 4 3
  Dorothea Douglass 6 6
  Dorothea Douglass 6 6
  Beryl Tulloch 2 2
  Beryl Tulloch 6 6
  Blanche Hillyard 3 1
  Dorothea Douglass 6 6
  Charlotte Sterry 2 2
  Violet Pinckney 4 2
  Charlotte Sterry 6 6
  Charlotte Sterry 4 8 6
  Toupie Lowther 6 6 4
  Toupie Lowther 6 6
  Gladys Eastlake-Smith 3 3

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Winifred Longhurst 6 6
  R Elliott 2 3
  W Longhurst 7 6
  A Greene 5 4
  Alice Greene
  M Perceval w/o
  W Longhurst 4 3
  D Douglass 6 6
  CHE Meyer 6 6
  ME Brown 1 1
  CHE Meyer 3 1
  D Douglass 6 6
  Dorothea Douglass 6 6
  Ethel Thomson 2 1

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs Armstrong
  A Andrews w/o   Mrs Armstrong w/o
  Beryl Tulloch 6 6   B Tulloch
  Mrs CJ Snowden 3 3   B Tulloch 6 6
  EL Bosworth 6 6   EL Bosworth 0 3
  S Benton 1 2   EL Bosworth 6 4 7
  I Huleatt   I Huleart 2 6 5
  EM Mayne w/o   B Tulloch 6 6
  F Meyer   B Hillyard 3 1
  B Rowlandson w/o   F Meyer 0 0
  Blanche Hillyard 6 6   B Hillyard 6 6
  A Mooijaart 0 0   B Hillyard 6 6
  Edith Johnson 6 6   E Johnson 3 4
  HI Harper 4 4   E Johnson 6 6
  Mrs EB Hawker 6 6   Mrs EB Hawker 1 4
  CB Bell 4 1

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  EE Sargeant
  BM Holder w/o   EE Sargeant 1 4
  Violet Pinckney 6 3 7   V Pinckney 6 6
  E.J. Bromfield 0 6 5   V Pinckney 7 6
  Hilda Lane 6 6   H Lane 5 1
  Winifred Slocock 1 1   H Lane 6 6
  Mildred Coles 6 6   M Coles 3 2
  Gertrude Houselander 2 4   V Pinckney 4 2
  Agnes Morton 6 6   C Sterry 6 6
  M Bloxsome 1 1   A Morton 6 6
  Mabel Parton 6 6   M Parton 0 3
  Mary Whyte 1 2   A Morton 0 3
  Charlotte Sterry 8 6   C Sterry 6 6
  Dora Boothby 6 2   C Sterry 6 6
  Mrs PM Morton   Mrs PM Morton 0 3
  K Kentish w/o

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs C Bagenal
  L Smith w/o
  Mrs C Bagenal 0 0
  T Lowther 6 6
  Toupie Lowther 6 6
  GM Carver 0 2
  T Lowther 6 6
  G Eastlake-Smith 3 3
  Edith Greville 6 6
  Ruth Winch 2 2
  E Greville 2 3
  G Eastlake-Smith 6 6
  Gladys Eastlake-Smith
  C Cassel w/o

References edit

  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.

External links edit

Preceded by Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by