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1897 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Ladies' Singles
1897 Wimbledon Championships
Champion United Kingdom Blanche Hillyard
Runner-up United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper
Final score 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw 7
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1896 · Wimbledon Championships · 1898 →

Blanche Hillyard defeated Alice Pickering 6–2, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.


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