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1906 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1906 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Dorothea Douglass
Runner-upUnited States May Sutton
Score6–3, 9–7
Details
Draw48
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1905 · Wimbledon Championships · 1907 →

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]

Draw

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Key

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Challenge round

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Challenge Round
     
United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass 6 9
United States May Sutton 3 7

All comers' finals

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

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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

Section 4

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

References

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  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.
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Preceded by Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by