1908 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Charlotte Cooper Sterry^[1]
Runner-up	Agnes Morton^[1]
Final score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	30
Seeds	–

Charlotte Cooper Sterry defeated Agnes Morton 6–4, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion May Sutton did not defend her title.^[1]^[2] She was the oldest ladies' singles champion, at 37 years and 282 days.^[3]

Draw

Key

All Comers' Finals

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final


Dora Boothby	6	6

Violet Pinckney	1	4
			Dora Boothby	2	4

			Charlotte Cooper Sterry	6	6
Dorothea Lambert Chambers	3	5

Charlotte Cooper Sterry	6	7
						Charlotte Cooper Sterry	6	6

						Agnes Morton	4	4
Agnes Morton	7	6

Beryl Tulloch	5	1
			Agnes Morton	6	6

			Gladys Lamplough	3	4
Gladys Lamplough	6	6

Agnes Tuckey	3	1

Top half

First Round				Second Round				Quarterfinals			Semifinals


				PDH Boothby	5	6	6
C Schulenburg	6	6		C Schulenburg	7	3	1
EE Sargeant	1	2						PDH Boothby	6	6
M Coles	6	6	6					VM Pinckney	1	4
ANG Greene	8	3	4	M Coles	5	2
VM Pinckney	6	6		VM Pinckney	7	6
EL Bloxworth	3	2									PDH Boothby	2	4
R Winch	6	6									CR Cooper Sterry	6	6
M Whyte	4	2		R Winch	3	3
DK Lambert Chambers	6	6		DK Lambert Chambers	6	6
Mrs Paine	0	0						DK Lambert Chambers	3	5
CR Cooper Sterry	6	6						CR Cooper Sterry	6	7
Mrs JB Perrett	2	0		CR Cooper Sterry	6	6
CM Luard				CM Luard	3	4
N Stevens	w/o

Bottom half

First Round				Second Round				Quarterfinals			Semifinals

CB Bell
EM Boucher	w/o			CB Bell	w/o
AM Morton	2	6	6	AM Morton
MB Parton	6	0	2					AM Morton	7	6
B Bingley Hillyard	6	6						B Tulloch	5	1
EG Johnson	2	3		B Bingley Hillyard	5	6	4
B Tulloch	6	6		B Tulloch	7	3	6
HI Harper	4	0									AM Morton	6	6
M O'Neill	4	6	6								GS Lamplough	3	4
WM McNair	6	0	3	M O'Neill	2	1
GS Lamplough	6	6		GS Lamplough	6	6
AG Ransome	1	2						GS Lamplough	6	6
AK Tuckey	6	6						AK Tuckey	3	1
Mrs R Armstrong	1	2		AK Tuckey	7	6
				L Flemmich	5	1

References

1 2 3 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
↑ Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)
↑ Little, Alan (2001). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. p. 13. ISBN 1899039333.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Wimbledon Women's Singles drawsheets

Pre Open Era

Open Era

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