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1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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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
← 1904 · Wimbledon Championships · 1906 →

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]

Draw

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Key

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Challenge round

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Challenge Round
     
United States May Sutton 6 6
United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass 3 4

All comers' finals

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

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom CHE Meyer
United Kingdom Mrs LR Hausberg w/o
United Kingdom CHE Meyer 6 6 4
United Kingdom BM Holder 8 2 6
United Kingdom BM Holder 6 6
United Kingdom Edith Johnson 3 1
United Kingdom BM Holder 2 0
United Kingdom C Wilson 6 6
United Kingdom Mabel Squire 6 6
United Kingdom D Taplin 1 1
United Kingdom M Squire
United Kingdom C Wilson w/o
United Kingdom Constance Wilson 6 6
United Kingdom 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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Preceded by Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by