| Women's singles | |||||||
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| 1897 Wimbledon Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion |  Blanche Hillyard | ||||||
| Runner-up | Charlotte Cooper | ||||||
| Score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 7 | ||||||
| Seeds | – | ||||||
| Events | |||||||
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Blanche Hillyard defeatedAlice Pickering 6–2, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning championCharlotte Cooper 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]
Key
| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Blanche Hillyard | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Charlotte Cooper | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Austin | 0 | 1 | Blanche Hillyard | |||||||||||||||||
| Henrietta Horncastle | 12 | 6 | Henrietta Horncastle | w/o | ||||||||||||||||
| Ellen Thynne | 10 | 4 | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Ruth Dyas | 6 | 6 | Alice Pickering | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Edith Bromfield | 0 | 3 | Ruth Dyas | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alice Pickering | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |