1906 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1906 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Dorothea Douglass[1]
Runner-up	May Sutton[1]
Final score	6–3, 9–7

Dorothea Douglass defeated Charlotte Sterry (née Cooper) 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]

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
		W. A. Longhurst	4	3
		D. K. Douglass	6	6
									D. K. Douglass	6	6
									B. Tulloch	2	2
		B. Tulloch	6	6
		Mrs. G. W. Hillyard	3	1
																D. K. Douglass	6	6
																Mrs. A. Sterry	2	2
		V. M. Pinckney	4	2
		Mrs. A. Sterry	6	6
									Mrs. A. Sterry	4	8	6
									T. Lowther	6	6	4
		T. Lowther	6	6
		G. S. Eastlake Smith	3	3

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	WA Longhurst
	bye							WA Longhurst	6	6
	R Elliott							R Elliott	2	3
	bye														WA Longhurst	7	6
	ANG Greene														ANG Greene	5	4
	bye							ANG Greene	w/o
	M Perceval							M Perceval
	bye																					WA Longhurst	4	3
	CHE Meyer																					DK Douglass	6	6
	bye							CHE Meyer	6	6
	ME Brown							ME Brown	1	1
	bye														CHE Meyer	3	1
	DK Douglass														DK Douglass	6	6
	bye							DK Douglass	6	6
	EW Thomson							EW Thomson	2	1
	bye

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Mrs. R Armstrong	w/o
	A Andrews							Mrs. R Armstrong
	B Tulloch	6	6					B Tulloch	w/o
	Mrs. CJ Snowden	3	3												B Tulloch	6	6
	EL Bosworth	6	6												EL Bosworth	0	3
	S Benton	1	2					EL Bosworth	6	4	7
	I Huleatt	w/o						I Huleart	2	6	5
	EM Mayne																					B Tulloch	6	6
	F Meyer	w/o																				Mrs. GW Hillyard	3	1
	B Rowlandson							F Meyer	0	0
	Mrs. Blanche Hillyard	6	6					Mrs. GW Hillyard	6	6
	A Mooljaart	0	0												Mrs. GW Hillyard	6	6
	Edith Johnson	6	6												EG Johnson	3	4
	Mrs. HI Harper	4	4					EG Johnson	6	6
	Mrs. EB Hawker	6	6					Mrs. EB Hawker	1	4
	CB Bell	4	1

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	EE Sargeant	w/o
	BM Holder							EE Sargeant	1	4
	V. M. Pinckney	6	3	7				V. M. Pinckney	6	6
	EJ Bromfield	0	6	5											V. M. Pinckney	7	6
	H Lane	6	6												H Lane	5	1
	Winifred Slocock	1	1					H Lane	6	6
	Mildred Coles	6	6					M Coles	3	2
	Mrs. GM Houselander	2	4																			V. M. Pinckney	4	2
	Agatha Morton	6	6																			Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	M Bloxsome	1	1					AM Morton	6	6
	Mabel Parton	6	6					Mrs. EG Parton	0	3
	Mary Whyte	1	2												AM Morton	0	3
	Charlotte Sterry	8	6												Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	Dora Boothby	6	2					Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	PM Morton	w/o						PM Morton	0	3
	K Kentish

Section 4

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

bye

Mrs. C Bagenal

Mrs. C Bagenal

w/o

bye

L Smith

L Smith

Mrs. C Bagenal

0

0

bye

T. Lowther

6

6

T. Lowther

T. Lowther

6

6

bye

GM Carver

0

2

GM Carver

T. Lowther

6

6

bye

GS Eastlake Smith

3

3

Edith Greville

E. Greville

6

6

bye

Mrs. IG Winch

2

2

Ruth Winch

E. Greville

2

3

bye

GS Eastlake Smith

6

6

Gladys Eastlake Smith

GS Eastlake Smith

w/o

bye

C Cassel

C Cassel

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)