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| 1896 Wimbledon Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion |  Charlotte Cooper | ||||||
| Runner-up | Alice Pickering | ||||||
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 6 | ||||||
| Seeds | – | ||||||
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Alice Pickering defeated Edith Austin 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper defeated Simpson Pickering 6–2, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1896 Wimbledon Championships.
Draw
Key
- 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
| Challenge Round | ||||||
| Alice Pickering
| 2 | 3 | ||||
| Charlotte Cooper
| 6 | 6 | ||||
All Comers'
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| Henrietta Horncastle
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Austin
| 6 | 6 | Edith Austin
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| Lottie Paterson
| 4 | 1 | Edith Austin
| 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Alice Pickering
| 6 | 6 | Alice Pickering
| 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Miss Hungerford
| 1 | 0 | Alice Pickering
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Beatrice Draffen
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- 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
- Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
| Preceded by1895 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by1896 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles |
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