1899 Wimbledon Championships

  • Australasian Championships
  • French tennis championships
  • Wimbledon Championships
  • U.S. National Championships

The 23rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1899 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road instead. The participants in the All- Comers tournament had 17 players in the men's 37, with the ladies.

This year a new, built for £ 1,200 spectators pavilion was inaugurated. For the first time a double competition were held with the ladies, but to confer the rank of a championship without this.

Men's Singles

In the Challenge Round defending Reginald Doherty defeated the challenger Arthur Gore in five sets, and thus won his third title.

Women's Singles

In the women's Blanche Bingley Hillyard was able to beat last year's winner Charlotte Cooper and win their fifth title in the Challenge Round.

Men's doubles

In doubles again triumphed, the brothers Doherty. In a rematch of last year's Challenge Round beating Harold Nisbet and Clarence Hobart with 7:5, 6:0 and 6:2.

Women's Doubles ( with no championship status )

Swell

  • Tingay, L.: 100 Years of Wimbledon. Guinness Superlatives Ltd.. , London 1977. ISBN 0900424710
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