1897 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion		Blanche Hillyard[1]
Runner-up		Charlotte Cooper[1]
Final score		5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		seniors
WC Doubles		men		women
Wimbledon Championships  < 1896 1898 >

Blanche Hillyard (née Bingley) 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.^[1][2]

Main draw

Key

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Henrietta Horncastle	12	6
		E.M. Thynne	10	4
									Mrs. WR Horncastle
									B. Hillyard	w/o
		B. Hillyard	w/o
		Edith Austin
																B. Hillyard	6	7
																A. Pickering	2	5
		Ruth Dyas	6	6
		E.J. Bromfield	0	3
									R. Dyas	4	6	1
									A. Pickering	6	4	6
		bye
		A Pickering

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