Blanche Hillyard defeated Miss Howes 6–1, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champion Lottie Dod defeated Hillyard 6–3, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1888 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1888 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Champion |  Lottie Dod |
| Runner-up | Blanche Hillyard |
| Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Draw | 6 |
| Seeds | – |
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Challenge round
edit| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 3 | 3 | ||||
| Lottie Dod
| 6 | 6 | ||||
All Comers'
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Howes
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D Patterson
| 6 | 6 | D Patterson
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Blanche Williams
| 0 | 3 | Miss Howes
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Blanche Hillyard
| 6 | 6 | Blanche Hillyard
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Miss Canning
| 2 | 2 | Blanche Hillyard
| |||||||||||||||||
| Miss Phillimore
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
- ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
External links
edit- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com