1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	May Sutton[1]
Runner-up	Dorothea Douglass[1]
Final score	6–3, 6–4

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]

Main draw

Key

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Mrs. H. I. Harper	2	4
		Agatha Morton	6	6
									Agatha 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
		B. M. Holder	2	0
		Constance Wilson	6	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Mrs. HI Harper

bye

Mrs. HI Harper

w/o

Mrs. R Armstrong

Mrs. R Armstrong

bye

Mrs. HI Harper

6

6

Mrs. Madeline O'Neill

Mrs. EA O'Neill

2

2

bye

Mrs. EA O'Neill

w/o

CB Bell

CB Bell

bye

Mrs. HI Harper

2

4

ANG Greene

AM Morton

6

6

bye

ANG Greene

w/o

Edith Greville

Mrs. TGP Greville

bye

ANG Greene

5

4

Agatha Morton

AM Morton

7

6

bye

AM Morton

6

6

Mrs. Macaulay

Mrs. Macaulay

2

1

bye

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	WA Longhurst
	bye							WA Longhurst	6	6
	D Spencer	w/o						D Spencer	2	0
	Henriette Horncastle														WA Longhurst	3	1
	May Sutton	6	6												MG Sutton	6	6
	N Meyer	0	0					MG Sutton	6	6
	EM Stawell-Brown	6	6					EM Stawell-Brown	3	1
	Aurea Farrington	3	1																			MG Sutton	8	6
	Mildred Coles	6	6																			EW 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	w/o													EW Thomson	6	6
	F Meyer							EW Thomson	6	6
	PM Morton	w/o						PM Morton	2	0
	Violet Pinckney

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	B Tulloch	w/o
	K Kentish							B Tulloch	7	6
	L Ripley	6	5	6				L Ripley	5	3
	Mrs. Albury	0	7	3											B Tulloch	0	8	5
	H Lane	6	6												Mrs. GW Hillyard	6	6	7
	E Smith	2	3					H Lane	3	2
	Blanche Hillyard	6	6					Mrs. GW Hillyard	6	6
	M Banks	0	0																			Mrs. GW Hillyard	6	6
	LH Patterson	6	6																			PDH Boothby	3	2
	M Taplin	1	3					LH Patterson	4	6	12
	GM Houselander	6	6					GM Houselander	6	1	10
	ME Brown	1	3												LH Patterson	6	3	3
	bye														PDH Boothby	3	6	6
	Dora Boothby							PDH Boothby	6	6
	bye							L Flemmich	2	4
	L Flemmich

Section 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

bye

CHE Meyer

CHE Meyer

w/o

bye

LR Hausberg

LR Hausberg

CHE Meyer

6

6

4

bye

BM Holder

8

2

6

BM Holder

BM Holder

6

6

bye

EG Johnson

3

1

Edith Johnson

BM Holder

2

0

bye

CM Wilson

6

6

MB Squire

MB Squire

6

6

bye

D Taplin

1

1

D Taplin

MB Squire

bye

CM Wilson

w/o

Constance Wilson

CM Wilson

6

6

bye

A Mooljaart

2

0

A Mooljaart

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)