1914 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1914 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Dorothea Lambert Chambers[1]
Runner-up	Ethel Larcombe[1]
Final score	7–5, 6–4

Ethel Larcombe defeated Elizabeth Ryan 6–3, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champion Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Ethel Larcombe 7–5, 6–4 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1914 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
		Doris Craddock	1	3
		Aurea Edgington	6	6
									Aurea Edgington	4	3
									Ethel Larcombe	6	6
		Agnes Tuckey
		Ethel Larcombe	w/o
																Mrs. D. R. Larcombe	6	6
																Elizabeth Ryan	3	2
		B. Leader	2	0
		Helen Aitchison	6	6
									Helen Aitchison	4	3
									Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
		Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
		Betty Crundall Punnett	0	3

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Doris Craddock
	bye							Mrs. HC Craddock	6	6
	Mabel Davy							MH Davy	0	3
	bye														Mrs. HC Craddock	4	6	8
	GB Palmer														GB Palmer	6	2	6
	bye							GB Palmer	w/o
	Mrs. Ritchie							Mrs. Ritchie
	bye																					Mrs. HC Craddock	1	3
	Madeline O'Neill																					Mrs. H Edgington	6	6
	bye							Mrs. EA O'Neill	7	9
	Vera Spofforth							VE Spofforth	5	7
	bye														Mrs. EA O'Neill	3	3
	Hilda Lane	3	6	6											Mrs. H Edgington	6	6
	EF Rose	6	4	4				H Lane	4	6	4
	Aurea Edgington	6	6					Mrs. H Edgington	6	2	6
	RWF Harding	0	1

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Agnes Tuckey	6	6
	Mrs. FG Schmitz	4	2					Mrs. CO Tuckey	6	5	6
	Marguerite Broquedis	6	6					MM Broquedis	1	7	2
	Mrs. HV Parbury	4	2												Mrs. CO Tuckey	8	3	6
	Dorothy Holman	w/o													ED Holman	6	6	4
	WEM Hill							ED Holman	6	5	8
	Winifred Beamish	w/o						Mrs. AE Beamish	1	7	6
	D Elliadi																					Mrs. CO Tuckey
	Mrs. GC Hampton	w/o																				Mrs. DR Larcombe	w/o
	Mrs. Jacob							Mrs. GC Hampton	2	3
	Ethel Larcombe	6	6					Mrs. DR Larcombe	6	6
	Ms. Baldwin	2	2												Mrs. DR Larcombe	6	6
	Charlotte Sterry	6	6												Mrs. A Sterry	2	1
	ML Fison	2	2					Mrs. A Sterry	6	7
	Winifred McNair	6	4	6				Mrs. RJ McNair	4	5
	BMS Lee	2	6	3

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	B Leader	6	6
	Ms. Barclay	3	0					B Leader	6	6
	Mrs. A Mitchell	6	6					Mrs. A Mitchell	4	3
	DK Betty	0	1												B Leader	7	6
	Jessie Greene	6	3	6											J Greene	5	3
	Mrs. Williams	2	6	4				J Greene	6	1	6
	Mrs. WH Holloway	6	6					Mrs. WH Holloway	4	6	3
	Mrs. Greenhough Smith	0	4																			B Leader	2	0
	Violet Pinckney	6	6																			FH Aitchison	6	6
	Mrs. Baker	1	1					VM Pinckney	3	0
	Helen Aitchison	6	6					FH Aitchison	6	6
	Mabel Parton	2	4												FH Aitchison	7	6
	B Tulloch	2	7	6											AM Morton	5	3
	Edith Hannam	6	5	4				B Tulloch	1	3
	Agatha Morton	6	6					AM Morton	6	6
	Phyllis Satterthwaite	2	3

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	EM Ryan	6	6
	E Nash	0	1					EM Ryan	w/o
	bye							Mrs. DK Hole
	Mrs. DK Hole														EM Ryan	6	6
	bye														EG Johnson	2	3
	Edith Johnson							EG Johnson	6	6
	bye							Countess Drogheda	0	0
	Countess Drogheda																					EM Ryan	6	6
	bye																					Mrs. R Crundall Punnett	0	3
	CM Douglass							CM Douglass	3	6	6
	bye							Mrs. Nesham	6	3	2
	Mrs. Nesham														CM Douglass	1	4
	bye														Mrs. R Crundall Punnett	6	6
	Betty Crundall Punnett							Mrs. R Crundall Punnett	6	8
	bye							Mrs. N Willford	2	6
	Mrs. N Willford

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)