1912 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

1912 Wimbledon Championships
Champion		Ethel Larcombe[1]
Runner-up		Dorothea Lambert Chambers[1]
Final score		walkover
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		seniors
WC Doubles		men		women
Wimbledon Championships  < 1911 1913 >

Ethel Larcombe defeated Charlotte Sterry 6–3, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers by a walkover in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Main draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	W. A. Longhurst	1	3
	Charlotte Sterry	6	6					Charlotte Sterry	6	4	7
	Dorothy Holman	7	6					Dorothy Holman	3	6	5
	Agatha Morton	5	2												Charlotte Sterry	3	1
	Ethel Larcombe	6	5	6											Ethel Larcombe	6	6
	Winifred McNair	2	7	0				Ethel Larcombe	6	6
	Blanche Hillyard	3	8	6				Blanche Hillyard	1	0
	Elizabeth Ryan	6	6	3

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Agnes Tuckey
	bye							Mrs. CO Tuckey	w/o
	Mrs. V Woodhouse							Mrs. V Woodhouse
	bye														Mrs. CO Tuckey	6	6	1
	WA Longhurst														WA Longhurst	8	3	6
	bye							WA Longhurst	6	6
	Phyllis Satterthwaite							Mrs. CR Satterthwaite	4	2
	bye																					WA Longhurst	1	3
	Dora Boothby																					Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	bye							PDH Boothby	6	6
	Edith Johnson							EG Johnson	4	3
	bye														PDH Boothby	2	6	1
	Charlotte Sterry														Mrs. A Sterry	6	4	6
	bye							Mrs. A Sterry	12	7
	Mrs. Mabel Parton							Mrs. EG Parton	10	5
	bye

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Helen Aitchison
	bye							FH Aitchison	w/o
	Mrs. Scott							Mrs. Scott
	bye														FH Aitchison
	Dorothy Holman														ED Holman	w/o
	bye							ED Holman	6	6
	B Tulloch							B Tulloch	0	2
	bye																					ED Holman	7	6
	Madeline O'Neill																					AM Morton	5	2
	bye							Mrs. EA O'Neill	6	7
	J Tripp							J Tripp	3	5
	bye														Mrs. EA O'Neill	2	1
	Agatha Morton														AM Morton	6	6
	bye							AM Morton	7	6
	Olive Manser	4	6	6				OB Manser	5	2
	Mrs. WL Hollick	6	4	4

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	J Coles	6	6
	EA Longhurst	3	4					J Coles	1	1
	bye							Mrs. FJ Hannam	6	6
	Edith Hannam														FJ Hannam	5	6
	bye														Mrs. DR Larcombe	7	8
	Ethel Larcombe							Mrs. DR Larcombe	w/o
	bye							H Lane
	H Lane																					Mrs. DR Larcombe	6	5	6
	bye																					Mrs. RJ McNair	2	7	0
	Mrs. Tricia Hall							Mrs. ES Hall	w/o
	bye							Mrs. R Armstrong
	Mrs. R Armstrong														Mrs. ES Hall	1	2
	bye														Mrs. RJ McNair	6	6
	Winifred McNair							Mrs. RJ McNair	6	6
	bye							VE Spofforth	3	2
	Vera Spofforth

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	bye
	Blanche Hillyard							Mrs. GW Hillyard	2	6	7
	bye							Mrs. AE Beamish	6	1	5
	Winifred Beamish														Mrs. GW Hillyard	w/o
	bye														Ms. Kribben
	Ms. Kribben							Ms. Kribben	w/o
	bye							Ms. Schultz
	Ms. Schultz																					Mrs. GW Hillyard	3	8	6
	bye																					EM Ryan	6	6	3
	D Allen							D Allen	8	5	6
	bye							Mme. Marie Decugis	6	7	3
	Mme. Marie Decugis														D Allen	1	2
	bye														EM Ryan	6	6
	Elizabeth Ryan							EM Ryan	7	6
	bye							J Liebrechts	5	3
	Jeanne Liebrechts

The nationality of Ms. Schultz is unknown.

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