1914 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Ethel Larcombe defeated Elizabeth Ryan 6–3, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Larcombe 7–5, 6–4 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1914 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Singles
1914 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Dorothea Lambert Chambers
Runner-up	Ethel Larcombe
Final score	7–5, 6–4
Draw	51
Seeds	–

Main article: 1914 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
	Ethel Larcombe		3	2
	Dorothea Lambert Chambers		6	6

All Comers' Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	Doris Craddock		1	3
	Aurea Edgington		6	6
								Aurea Edgington		4	3
								Ethel Larcombe		6	6
	Agnes Tuckey		w/o
	Ethel Larcombe
															Ethel Larcombe		6	6
															Elizabeth Ryan		3	2
	B Leader		2	0
	Helen Aitchison		6	6
								Helen Aitchison		4	3
								Elizabeth Ryan		6	6
	Elizabeth Ryan		6	6
	Betty Crundall Punnett		0	3

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								Doris Craddock		6	6
								Mabel Davy		0	3
															D Craddock		4	6	8
															GB Palmer		6	2	6
								GB Palmer
								Mrs Ritchie		w/o
																						D Craddock		1	3
																						A Edgington		6	6
								Madeline O'Neill		7	9
								Vera Spofforth		5	7
															M O'Neill		3	3
	Hilda Lane		3	6	6										A Edgington		6	6
	Eleanor Rose		6	4	4			H Lane		4	6	4
	Aurea Edgington		6	6				A Edgington		6	2	6
	Mrs RWF Harding		0	1

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Agnes Tuckey		6	6
	Mrs F Schmitz		4	2				A Tuckey		6	5	6
	Marguerite Broquedis		6	6				M Broquedis		1	7	2
	Mrs HV Parbury		4	2											A Tuckey		8	3	6
	Dorothy Holman														D Holman		6	6	4
	WEM Hill		w/o					D Holman		6	5	8
	Winifred Beamish							W Beamish		1	7	6
	D Elliadi		w/o																			A Tuckey		w/o
	Mrs GC Hampton																					E Larcombe
	Mrs Jacob		w/o					Mrs GC Hampton		2	3
	Ethel Larcombe		6	6				E Larcombe		6	6
	Miss Baldwin		2	2											E Larcombe		6	6
	Charlotte Sterry		6	6											C Sterry		2	1
	ML Fison		2	2				C Sterry		6	7
	Winifred McNair		6	4	6			W McNair		4	5
	BMS Lee		2	6	3

The nationality of D Elliadi is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	B Leader		6	6
	Mrs Barclay		3	0				B Leader		6	6
	Mrs A Mitchell		6	6				Mrs A Mitchell		4	3
	Dorothy Betty		0	1											B Leader		7	6
	Jessie Greene		6	3	6										J Greene		5	3
	Mrs Williams		2	6	4			J Greene		6	1	6
	Mrs WH Holloway		6	6				Mrs WH Holloway		4	6	3
	Dorothy Greenhough-Smith		0	4																		B Leader		2	0
	Violet Pinckney		6	6																		H Aitchison		6	6
	Mrs AL Baker		1	1				V Pinckney		3	0
	Helen Aitchison		6	6				H Aitchison		6	6
	Mabel Parton		2	4											H Aitchison		7	6
	Beryl Tulloch		2	7	6										A Morton		5	3
	Edith Hannam		6	5	4			B Tulloch		1	3
	Agnes Morton		6	6				A Morton		6	6
	Phyllis Satterthwaite		2	3

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Elizabeth Ryan		6	6
	E Nash		0	1				E Ryan
								Mrs DK Hole		w/o
															E Ryan		6	6
															E Johnson		2	3
								Edith Johnson		6	6
								Countess Drogheda		0	0
																						E Ryan		6	6
																						B Crundall Punnett		0	3
								CM Douglass		3	6	6
								Mrs Nesham		6	3	2
															CM Douglass		1	4
															B Crundall Punnett		6	6
								Betty Crundall Punnett		6	8
								Susannah Willford		2	6

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