1906 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Dorothea Douglass defeated Charlotte Sterry 6–2, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion May Sutton 6–3, 9–7 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1906 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Singles
1906 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Dorothea Douglass
Runner-up	May Sutton
Final score	6–3, 9–7
Draw	48
Seeds	–

Main article: 1906 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
	Dorothea Douglass		6	9
	May Sutton		3	7

All Comers' Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Winifred Longhurst		4	3
	Dorothea Douglass		6	6
								Dorothea Douglass		6	6
								Beryl Tulloch		2	2
	Beryl Tulloch		6	6
	Blanche Hillyard		3	1
															Dorothea Douglass		6	6
															Charlotte Sterry		2	2
	Violet Pinckney		4	2
	Charlotte Sterry		6	6
								Charlotte Sterry		4	8	6
								Toupie Lowther		6	6	4
	Toupie Lowther		6	6
	Gladys Eastlake-Smith		3	3

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								Winifred Longhurst		6	6
								R Elliott		2	3
															W Longhurst		7	6
															A Greene		5	4
								Alice Greene
								M Perceval		w/o
																						W Longhurst		4	3
																						D Douglass		6	6
								CHE Meyer		6	6
								ME Brown		1	1
															CHE Meyer		3	1
															D Douglass		6	6
								Dorothea Douglass		6	6
								Ethel Thomson		2	1

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Mrs Armstrong
	A Andrews		w/o					Mrs Armstrong		w/o
	Beryl Tulloch		6	6				B Tulloch
	Mrs CJ Snowden		3	3											B Tulloch		6	6
	EL Bosworth		6	6											EL Bosworth		0	3
	S Benton		1	2				EL Bosworth		6	4	7
	I Huleatt							I Huleart		2	6	5
	EM Mayne		w/o																			B Tulloch		6	6
	F Meyer																					B Hillyard		3	1
	B Rowlandson		w/o					F Meyer		0	0
	Blanche Hillyard		6	6				B Hillyard		6	6
	A Mooijaart		0	0											B Hillyard		6	6
	Edith Johnson		6	6											E Johnson		3	4
	HI Harper		4	4				E Johnson		6	6
	Mrs EB Hawker		6	6				Mrs EB Hawker		1	4
	CB Bell		4	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	EE Sargeant
	BM Holder		w/o					EE Sargeant		1	4
	Violet Pinckney		6	3	7			V Pinckney		6	6
	Edith Bromfield		0	6	5										V Pinckney		7	6
	Hilda Lane		6	6											H Lane		5	1
	Winifred Slocock		1	1				H Lane		6	6
	Mildred Coles		6	6				M Coles		3	2
	Gertrude Houselander		2	4																		V Pinckney		4	2
	Agnes Morton		6	6																		C Sterry		6	6
	M Bloxsome		1	1				A Morton		6	6
	Mabel Parton		6	6				M Parton		0	3
	Mary Whyte		1	2											A Morton		0	3
	Charlotte Sterry		8	6											C Sterry		6	6
	Dora Boothby		6	2				C Sterry		6	6
	Mrs PM Morton							Mrs PM Morton		0	3
	K Kentish		w/o

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								Mrs C Bagenal
								L Smith		w/o
															Mrs C Bagenal		0	0
															T Lowther		6	6
								Toupie Lowther		6	6
								GM Carver		0	2
																						T Lowther		6	6
																						G Eastlake-Smith		3	3
								Edith Greville		6	6
								Ruth Winch		2	2
															E Greville		2	3
															G Eastlake-Smith		6	6
								Gladys Eastlake-Smith
								C Cassel		w/o

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