[Brian Stewart]

This thread will include the Wimbledon results. Please do not reply to this thread, but post any results you have in the "Grand Slam Results" thread. Thank you.

Note: the Wimbledon Championships were not held from 1915-18 and from 1940-45.

[Brian Stewart]

Dates: July 5-July 19


Draw=13

First Round

Maud Watson d. Mrs. Tyritt Drake 6-0 6-2
BE Williams d. Mrs C Wallis 6-2 6-1
Blanche Bingley d. Edith Cole 6-3 6-3
FM Winckworth d. E Bushnell 6-0 6-1

Mrs. GJ Cooper d. C Bushnell default
Lilian Watson-bye
M Leslie d. B Wallis 6-2 6-1

Quarterfinals

Watson d. Williams 7-5 6-0
Bingley d. Winckworth 6-0 6-8 6-3
L Watson d. Cooper default
Leslie-bye

Semifinals

M Watson d. Bingley 3-6 6-4 6-2
L Watson d. Leslie 6-4 6-1

Final
Maud Watson d. Lilian Watson 6-8 6-3 6-3
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Draw Notes and Summary:

Recognized as the first ever grand slam for women today. At this time the Irish ladies championship(started in 1879), as the older event, held more prestiege.

A curious note: Leslie won a first round match , then got a quarterfinal bye, a curiosity never repeated.

Bingley became more famous as Blanche Hillyard.

This was only time two sisters contested a slam final until the Williams did so at the 2001 Us Open
First prize was a sliver flower basket Because of heavy starched long sleeves shirts. the ladies all served underhanded. All the ladies also wore hats.

[Brian Stewart]

Singles (Draw=10)

No foreign entries, though Langrishe was Irish, at this time Ireland wasn't independent.

First Round

Blanche Bingley d. LM Nash 6-2 6-2
Mrs. Dransfield -bye
Jane Meickle d. Lilian Watson 6-3 4-6 6-4
E Gurnet-bye
EF Hudson -bye
Bryan-bye
May Langrishe-bye
Maud Watson-bye

Quarterfinals

Bingley d. Dransfield default
Gurney d. JMeikle 6-3 4-6 6-4
Hudson d. Bryan 6-3 6-0
Watson d. Langrishe 6-0 6-2

Semifinals

Bingley d. Gurney 6-1 6-2
Watson d. Hudson 6-0 6-1

Final

Maud Watson d. Blanche Bingley 6-1 7-5

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Maud was the first of the "unbeatables", going with out a defeat from 1881 to 1886.

[Brian Stewart]

Draw=8

First Round

Maud Shackle d. J. Mackenzie 6-3 6-4
Amy Tabor d. F. M. Pearson 6-1 6-2
Blanche Bingley d. J. Shackle 6-2 6-1
Lilian Watson d. A. M. Chambers 6-3 6-3

Semifinals

Tabor d. M. Shackle 6-4 7-5
Bingley d. L. Watson 6-3 8-6

Final

Bingley d. Tabor 6-2 6-0

Challenge Round

Blanche Bingley d. Maud Watson 6-3 6-3

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The first year the Challenge Round was played, where the defending holder waits and plays only the final. Bingley downs two Watson sisters to take the crown.

Bingley=Hillyard.

[Brian Stewart]

Draw of 5.

First Round

Lottie Dod-bye
B James d. Maud Shackle 8-6 6-2
Edith Cole-bye
J Shackle-bye

Semifinals

Dod d. James 6-1 6-1
Cole d. J Shackle 6-4 6-1

Final

Dod d. Cole 6-2 6-3

Challenge Round

Lottie Dod d. Blanche Bingley 6-2 6-0

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The "little Wonder", Lottie Dod, captures her first Wimbledon. Miss Dod is the only woman in tennis history never to lose in grand slam, going unbeaten in her 5 Wimbledons. Some ladies feel the young girl has an unfair advantage over them. Older women must wear more restrictive clothes, while youg Lottie can dash about in shorter skirts.

[Brian Stewart]

Draw of 6.

Quarters
'Howes' bye
D. Patterson d. B. E. Williams 6-0 6-3
Blanche Hillyard d. 'Canning' 6-2 6-2
'Phillimore' bye

Semis
Howes d. Patterson 6-4 6-2
Hillyard d. Phillimore default

Final
Hillyard d. Howes 6-1 6-2

Challenge Round
Dod d. Hillyard 6-3 6-3
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Bingley is married and now plays as Hillyard. Her husband is later head of the All-England Club.

[Brian Stewart]

Dates: July 1-????


Draw= 6


1st Round

Lena Rice (Ire)-bye
May Jacks d. Mary Steedman 6-4 6-2
Blanche Hillyard d. Annie Rice (Ire) 6-3 6-0
Bertha Steedman-bye

Semifinals

Rice d. Jacks 6-2 6-0
Hillyard d. B Steedman 8-6 6-1

Final

Blanche Hillyard d. Lena Rice 4-6 8-6 6-4

Dod doesn't defend title.
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Hillyard survives two match points before a large Center court crowd. Rice has a strong serve and forehand, but her weak backhand mainly goes crosscourt.

[Brian Stewart]

Dates: June 30 to July 4.

Draw=4

First Round (Semifinals)

May Jacks d. Edith Cole 6-4 7-5
Lena Rice(Ireland) d. Mary Steedman 7-5 6-2

Final
Lena Rice d. May Jacks 6-4 6-1

Hillyard does not defend title.
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A highpoint for Lena Rice, who becomes the only Irish woman to win Wimbledon., but a lowpoint for the event, with the smallest entry ever(4). Lena never again plays competitive tennis.
A pregnant Hillyard doesn't defend.

[Brian Stewart]

Singles (Draw=9)

Holder Lena Rice isn't defending her title this year.

First Round

Helen Jackson d. Maud Shackle 6-4 7-5

Quarterfinals

Lottie Dod d. Mrs. Parsons* 6-0 6-0
Bertha Steedman d. Jackson 6-2 6-2
May Langrishe d. May Jacks 11-9 6-3
Blanche Hillyard d. Ruth Legh 6-3 6-2

Semifinals

Lottie Dod d. Steedman 6-3 6-1
Hillyard d. Langrishe 6-4 6-1

Final
Lottie Dod d. Blanche Hillyard 6-2 6-1
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Notes: in Alan Little's book on Dod he states that she beat a Mrs. Roberts (not Parsons) "a visitor from India", by 6-0 6-0.

[Brian Stewart]

Dates: June 27-July 7
Venue: All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon (Worple Road), London, England.
Surface: Grass


Singles (Draw=7)


1st Round

Bertha Steedman d. 'Barefoot' 6-0 6-1
Maud Shackle d. Helen Jackson 6-3 6-4
Blanche Hillyard d. Beatrice Draffen 6-2 6-2
Louisa Martin (Ire)-bye

Semifinals

Shackle d. Steedman 6-4 6-3
Hillyard d. C. Martin 1-6 6-3 9-7

All Comers Final

Blanche Hillyard d. Maud Shackle 6-1 6-4

Challenge Round

Lottie Dod (holder) d. Blanche Hillyard 6-1 6-1
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Draw notes:

Holder Lottie Dod "sat out" until the Challenge Round

Beatrice Draffen listed as Mrs GA Draffen.

Barrett has Mrs CA Martin in error. It is actually Louisa Martin, Irish champion

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Summary:

There is hope that the invincible Dod may be beaten. Earlier she lost in the Irish championship to Louise Martin. That was Lottie's first defeat since 1886! Martin lost in a close semi however, and Lottie easily rolled over Blanche in the Challenge Round match.

[Brian Stewart]

Draw of 7.

Champ Dod sits out until the Challenge Round.

First Round

Edith Austin d. S Robins 6-2 6-1
Maud Shackle d. Ruth Legh 10-8 6-1
Charlotte Cooper d. Henrietta Horncastle 6-4 6-1
Blanche Hillyard-bye.

Semifinals

Shackle d. Austin 6-0 6-2
Hillyard d. Cooper 6-3 6-1

All Comers Final
Hillyard d. Shackle 6-3 6-2

Challenge Round
Lottie Dod (holder) d. Blanche Hillyard 6-8 6-1 6-4
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Cooper later played as Sterry.
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Hillyard tests Dod in the challenge round. Weeks before Wimbledon she had held 3 match points at Manchester, losing 6-3 3-6 7-5. This time she again falls in 3. A figure in white with her cricket cap secure on her head, Lottie moved about the court with her black stockings providing color. At the start of the third Lottie fell heavily. It was thought she might retire. However, she held on for her third straight crown. Lottie Dod never again played tennis competively. She went on to other sports, including golf, and archery, where she won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympics.

With a scant record of 9-0, Dod remains the only woman in tennis history NEVER to lose a grand slam match. In 11 year career she lost only 5 matches.

[Brian Stewart]

Singles (Draw=11)

1st Round

Blanche Hillyard-bye
Chatterton Clarke-bye
Bryan d. Snook 6-2 6-4
Beatrice Draffen d. Morgan 6-2 6-2

Edith Austin-bye
Charlotte Cooper d. Henriette Horncastle 6-2 6-3
S Robins-bye
Mrs. Edwardes-bye

Quarterfinals

Hillyard d. Clarke 6-1 6-0
Byran d. Draffen 6-3 7-5
Austin d. Cooper 6-1 3-6 6-3
Robins d. Edwardes 6-2 6-1

Semifinals

Hillyard d. Byran 6-1 6-1
Austin d. Robins 6-1 6-1

Final

Blanche Hillyard d. Edith Austin 6-1 6-1
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Notes: Defending champion Dod did not enter.

[Brian Stewart]

Singles (Draw=9)


First Round

Alice Pickering-bye
Maud Shackle-bye
Bernard-bye
Helen Jackson d. Jane Corder 7-5 6-3

Charlotte Cooper-bye
Lottie Paterson-bye
Beatrice Draffen-bye
Henriette Horncastle-bye

Quarterfinals

Pickering d. Shackle 3-6 6-3 6-3
Jackson d. Bernard 6-0 6-2
Cooper d. Paterson 6-3 9-11 6-2
Draffen d.Horncastle 6-2 6-0

Semifinals

Jackson d. Pickering 6-4 3-6 8-6
Cooper d. Draffen 6-2 6-8 6-1

Final

Charlotte Cooper d. Helen Jackson 7-5 8-6
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Notes: Hillyard did not defend her title.

[Brian Stewart]

Singles (Draw=6)


First Round

Henrietta Horncastle-bye
Edith Austin d. Lottie Patterson 6-4 6-1
Alice Pickering d. 'Hungerford' 6-1 6-0
Beatrice Draffen-bye

Semifinals

E. Austin d. Horncastle default
Pickering d. Draffen 6-3 7-5

All Comers Final

Alice Pickering d. Edith Austin 4-6 6-3 6-3

Challenge Round

Charlotte Cooper (holder) d. Alice Pickering 6-2 6-3
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Notes:

Defending champion Copper "sat out" until the Challenge Round.

'Hungerford' was an anonymous name. Ladies of this era often avoided publicity by giving aliases and not revealing birthdays or first names. Sporting ladies were still pioneers in the Victorian age, when some believed in the motto that a woman's name should appear in the newspaper only 3 times in her life:When she was born, when she was married, and when she died.

[Brian Stewart]

*Defending champ Cooper sits out until challenge round.

Draw=7

First Round

Henrietta Horncastle d. Ellen Thynne 12-10 6-4
Blanche Hillyard d. Edith Austin default
Ruth Dyas d. Edith Bromfield 6-0 6-3
Mrs WH Pickering-bye

Semifinals

Hillyard d. Horncastle default
Pickering d. Dyas 6-4 4-6 6-1

All Comers final
Hillyard d. Pickering 6-2 7-5

Challenge Round
Blanche Hillyard d. Charlotte Cooper 5-7 7-5 6-2

Ellen Thynne listed as Miss EM Thynne