1897 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Blanche Hillyard
Runner-up	Charlotte Cooper
Score	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Draw	7
Seeds	–

Blanche Hillyard 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.

Draw

Key

• 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 round

	Challenge Round
	Blanche Hillyard		5	7	6
	Charlotte Cooper		7	5	2

All Comers'

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6
	Edith Austin		0	1				Blanche Hillyard
	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

References

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

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

v t e Wimbledon women's singles champions
Amateur Era	1884: Maud Watson 1885: Maud Watson 1886: Blanche Bingley 1887: Lottie Dod 1888: Lottie Dod 1889: Blanche Bingley Hillyard 1890: Lena Rice 1891: Lottie Dod 1892: Lottie Dod 1893: Lottie Dod 1894: Blanche Bingley Hillyard 1895: Charlotte Cooper 1896: Charlotte Cooper 1897: Blanche Bingley Hillyard 1898: Charlotte Cooper 1899: Blanche Bingley Hillyard 1900: Blanche Bingley Hillyard 1901: Charlotte Sterry 1902: Muriel Robb 1903: Dorothea Douglass 1904: Dorothea Douglass 1905: May Sutton 1906: Dorothea Lambert Chambers 1907: May Sutton 1908: Charlotte Sterry 1909: Dora Boothby 1910: Dorothea Lambert Chambers 1912: Dorethea Lambert Chambers 1913: Ethel Thomson Larcombe 1914: Dorothea Lambert Chambers 1915: Dorothea Lambert Chambers 1915–18: No competition (World War I) 1919: Suzanne Lenglen 1920: Suzanne Lenglen 1921: Suzanne Lenglen 1922: Suzanne Lenglen 1923: Suzanne Lenglen 1924: Kathleen McKane 1925: Suzanne Lenglen 1926: Kathleen McKane Godfree 1927: Helen Wills 1928: Helen Wills 1929: Helen Wills 1930: Helen Wills Moody 1931: Cilly Aussem 1932: Helen Wills Moody 1933: Helen Wills Moody 1934: Dorothy Round 1935: Helen Wills Moody 1936: Helen Jacobs 1937: Dorothy Round 1938: Helen Wills Moody 1939: Alice Marble 1940–45: No competition (World War II) 1946: Pauline Addie 1947: Margaret Osborne 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
Open Era	1968: Billie Jean King 1969: Ann Haydon-Jones 1970: Margaret Court 1971: Evonne Goolagong 1972: Billie Jean King 1973: Billie Jean King 1974: Chris Evert 1975: Billie Jean King 1976: Chris Evert 1977: Virginia Wade 1978: Martina Navratilova 1979: Martina Navratilova 1980: Evonne Goolagong 1981: Chris Evert 1982: Martina Navratilova 1983: Martina Navratilova 1984: Martina Navratilova 1985: Martina Navratilova 1986: Martina Navratilova 1987: Martina Navratilova 1988: Steffi Graf 1989: Steffi Graf 1990: Martina Navratilova 1991: Steffi Graf 1992: Steffi Graf 1993: Steffi Graf 1994: Conchita Martínez 1995: Steffi Graf 1996: Steffi Graf 1997: Martina Hingis 1998: Jana Novotná 1999: Lindsay Davenport 2000: Venus Williams 2001: Venus Williams 2002: Serena Williams 2003: Serena Williams 2004: Maria Sharapova 2005: Venus Williams 2006: Amélie Mauresmo 2007: Venus Williams 2008: Venus Williams 2009: Serena Williams 2010: Serena Williams 2011: Petra Kvitová 2012: Serena Williams 2013: Marion Bartoli 2014: Petra Kvitová 2015: Serena Williams 2016: Serena Williams 2017: Garbiñe Muguruza 2018: Angelique Kerber 2019: Simona Halep 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic) 2021: Ashleigh Barty 2022: Elena Rybakina 2023: Markéta Vondroušová

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