1885 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

1885 Wimbledon Championships
Champion   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Maud Watson[1]
Runner-up   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Blanche Bingley[1]
Final score   6–1, 7–5
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Wimbledon Championships
 < 1884 1886 > 

Maud Watson defeated Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1885 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Main draw

Key

Draw

First Round   Second Round   Semifinals   Final
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Blanche Bingley 6 6  
   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland L M Nash 2 2      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B Bingley w/o  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs Dransfield      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs Dransfield  
 bye        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B Bingley 6 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J Meikle 6 4 6        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E Gurney 1 2  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lilian Watson 3 6 4      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland J Meikle 5 4
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E Gurney      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E Gurney 7 6  
 bye        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B Bingley 1 5
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland EF Hudson        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland MEE Watson 6 7
 bye      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland EF Hudson 6 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ms Bryan      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ms Bryan 3 0  
 bye        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland EF Hudson 0 1
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland May Langrishe        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland MEE Watson 6 6  
 bye      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M Langrishe 0 2
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Maud Watson      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland MEE Watson 6 6  
 bye  

Note that Lilian Watson's name is spelled like this in [1] and.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)