Blanche Hillyard Blanche Bingley Hillyard (née Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player. She won six singles Wimbledon championships (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900) and was runner up seven times, having also competed in the ...

defeated

Alice Pickering Alice Pickering (1860 – 18 February 1939; née ''Alice Mabel Simpson'') was an English tennis player. Pickering played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1895 to 1901. In 1896, she won the all-comers-competition at Wimbledon 1896,Arthur Wall ...

6–2, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion

Charlotte Cooper Charlotte Cooper may refer to: * Charlotte Cooper (author) (born 1968), British author and LGBT activist * Charlotte Cooper (tennis) (1870–1966), British tennis player * Charlotte Cooper-Andrade, wife of Vernon Andrade * Charlotte Cooper (born 19 ...

5–7, 7–5, 6–2 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

Draw

Challenge round

All Comers'

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:1897 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles Ladies' Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships - Singles Wimbledon Championships - Singles