1890 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

Ladies' Singles
1890 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Lena Rice^[1]
Runner-up	Blanche Bingley Hillyard
Final score	walkover

Main article: 1890 Wimbledon Championships

Lena Rice defeated May Jacks 6–4, 6–1 in the ladies' singles tennis final.^[1] The defending champion Blanche Bingley Hillyard chose not to defend her title this year. Despite previous draws there were only four competitors in the tournament, the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon.^[2]

Main draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

First round				Final

	May Jacks	6	7
	Edith Cole	4	5
					Lena Rice	6	6

					May Jacks	4	1
	Lena Rice	7	6

	Mary Steedman	5	2

References

1 2 "Roll of Honour - Women's Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
↑ John Barrett (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 30. ISBN 0007117078.

Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

(1884) Maud Watson
(1885) Maud Watson
(1886) Blanche Bingley
(1887) Lottie Dod
(1888) Lottie Dod
(1889) Blanche Bingley
(1890) Lena Rice
(1891) Lottie Dod
(1892) Lottie Dod
(1893) Lottie Dod
(1894) Blanche Bingley
(1895) Charlotte Cooper
(1896) Charlotte Cooper
(1897) Blanche Bingley
(1898) Charlotte Cooper
(1899) Blanche Bingley
(1900) Blanche Bingley
(1901) Charlotte Cooper
(1902) Muriel Robb
(1903) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1904) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1905) May Sutton
(1906) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1907) May Sutton
(1908) Charlotte Cooper
(1909) Dora Boothby
(1910) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1912) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1913) Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1914) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1915) Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
(1915-18) No competition (due to World War I)
(1919) Suzanne Lenglen
(1920) Suzanne Lenglen
(1921) Suzanne Lenglen
(1922) Suzanne Lenglen
(1923) Suzanne Lenglen
(1924) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen
(1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1927) Helen Wills Moody
(1928) Helen Wills Moody
(1929) Helen Wills Moody
(1930) Helen Wills Moody
(1931) Cilly Aussem
(1932) Helen Wills Moody
(1933) Helen Wills Moody
(1934) Dorothy Round Little
(1935) Helen Wills Moody
(1936) Helen Jacobs
(1937) Dorothy Round Little
(1938) Helen Wills Moody
(1939) Alice Marble
(1940–45) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Pauline Betz
(1947) Margaret Osborne duPont
(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

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