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1912 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1912 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Ethel Larcombe
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Charlotte Sterry
Score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw34
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1911 · Wimbledon Championships · 1913 →

Ethel Larcombe defeated Charlotte Sterry 6–3, 6–1 in the all comers' final to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1912 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2] The reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers did not defend her title.

Draw

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Key

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All comers' finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst 1 3
United Kingdom Charlotte Sterry 6 6
United Kingdom Charlotte Sterry 6 4 7
United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 3 6 5
United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 7 6
United Kingdom Agnes Morton 5 2
United Kingdom Charlotte Sterry 3 1
United Kingdom Ethel Larcombe 6 6
United Kingdom Ethel Larcombe 6 5 6
United Kingdom Winifred McNair 2 7 0
United Kingdom Ethel Larcombe 6 6
United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard 1 0
United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard 3 8 6
United States Elizabeth Ryan 6 6 3

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey
United Kingdom Mrs V Woodhouse w/o
United Kingdom A Tuckey 6 6 1
United Kingdom W Longhurst 8 3 6
United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst 6 6
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 4 2
United Kingdom W Longhurst 1 3
United Kingdom C Sterry 6 6
United Kingdom Dora Boothby 6 6
United Kingdom Edith Johnson 4 3
United Kingdom D Boothby 2 6 1
United Kingdom C Sterry 6 4 6
United Kingdom Charlotte Sterry 12 7
United Kingdom Mabel Parton 10 5

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Helen Aitchison
United Kingdom Mrs Scott w/o
United Kingdom H Aitchison w/o
United Kingdom D Holman
United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6 6
United Kingdom Beryl Tulloch 0 2
United Kingdom D Holman 7 6
United Kingdom A Morton 5 2
United Kingdom Madeline O'Neill 6 7
United Kingdom J Tripp 3 5
United Kingdom M O'Neill 2 1
United Kingdom A Morton 6 6
United Kingdom Agnes Morton 7 6
United Kingdom Olive Manser 4 6 6 United Kingdom O Manser 5 2
United Kingdom Mrs WL Hollick 6 4 4

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom J Coles 6 6
United Kingdom EA Longhurst 3 4 United Kingdom J Coles 1 1
United Kingdom Edith Hannam 6 6
United Kingdom E Hannam 5 6
United Kingdom E Larcombe 7 8
United Kingdom Ethel Larcombe
United Kingdom Hilda Lane w/o
United Kingdom E Larcombe 6 5 6
United Kingdom W McNair 2 7 0
United Kingdom Tessa Hall
United Kingdom Mrs Armstrong w/o
United Kingdom T Hall 1 2
United Kingdom W McNair 6 6
United Kingdom Winifred McNair 6 6
United Kingdom Vera Spofforth 3 2

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard 2 6 7
United Kingdom Winifred Beamish 6 1 5
United Kingdom B Hillyard
United Kingdom Miss Kribben w/o
United Kingdom Miss Kribben
Miss Schultz w/o
United Kingdom B Hillyard 3 8 6
United States E Ryan 6 6 3
United Kingdom D Allen 8 5 6
France Marie Decugis 6 7 3
United Kingdom D Allen 1 2
United States E Ryan 6 6
United States Elizabeth Ryan 7 6
Belgium Jeanne Liebrechts 5 3

The nationality of Miss Schultz is unknown.

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