1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

May Sutton defeated Constance Wilson 6–3, 8–6 in the All Comers' final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1905 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	May Sutton
Runner-up	Dorothea Douglass
Final score	6–3, 6–4
Draw	45
Seeds	–

Main article: 1905 Wimbledon Championships

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Challenge round

	Challenge Round
	May Sutton		6	6
	Dorothea Douglass		3	4

All Comers' Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	HI Harper		2	4
	Agnes Morton		6	6
								Agnes Morton		4	0
								May Sutton		6	6
	May Sutton		8	6
	Ethel Thomson		6	1
															May Sutton		6	8
															Constance Wilson		3	6
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6
	Dora Boothby		3	2
								Blanche Hillyard		5	11	2
								Constance Wilson		7	9	6
	BM Holder		2	0
	Constance Wilson		6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								HI Harper
								Mrs Armstrong		w/o
															HI Harper		6	6
															M O'Neill		2	2
								Madeline O'Neill
								CB Bell		w/o
																						HI Harper		2	4
																						A Morton		6	6
								Alice Greene
								Edith Greville		w/o
															A Greene		5	4
															A Morton		7	6
								Agnes Morton		6	6
								Mrs Macaulay		2	1

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								Winifred Longhurst		6	6
	D Spencer							D Spencer		2	0
	Henrietta Horncastle		w/o												W Longhurst		3	1
	May Sutton		6	6											M Sutton		6	6
	N Meyer		0	0				M Sutton		6	6
	Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown		6	6				Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown		3	1
	Aurea Farrington		3	1																		M Sutton		8	6
	Mildred Coles		6	6																		E Thomson		6	1
	E Flemmich		1	2				M Coles		7	6
	EE Sargeant		6	6				EE Sargeant		5	3
	AG Ransome		1	0											M Coles		2	0
	Ethel Thomson														E Thomson		6	6
	F Meyer		w/o					E Thomson		6	6
	Mrs PM Morton							Mrs PM Morton		2	0
	Violet Pinckney		w/o

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	Beryl Tulloch
	K Kentish		w/o					B Tulloch		7	6
	L Ripley		6	5	6			L Ripley		5	3
	Mrs Albury		0	7	3										B Tulloch		0	8	5
	Hilda Lane		6	6											B Hillyard		6	6	7
	E Smith		2	3				H Lane		3	2
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6				B Hillyard		6	6
	M Banks		0	0																		B Hillyard		6	6
	LH Paterson		6	6																		D Boothby		3	2
	M Taplin		1	3				LH Paterson		4	6	12
	Gertrude Houselander		6	6				G Houselander		6	1	10
	ME Brown		1	3											LH Paterson		6	3	3
															D Boothby		3	6	6
								Dora Boothby		6	6
								L Flemmich		2	4

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								CHE Meyer
								Mrs LR Hausberg		w/o
															CHE Meyer		6	6	4
															BM Holder		8	2	6
								BM Holder		6	6
								Edith Johnson		3	1
																						BM Holder		2	0
																						C Wilson		6	6
								Mabel Squire		6	6
								D Taplin		1	1
															M Squire
															C Wilson		w/o
								Constance Wilson		6	6
								A Mooijaart		2	0

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com