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Women's singles
1898 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Charlotte Cooper
Runner-up	Louisa Martin
Score	6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	18
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Charlotte Cooper defeated Louisa Martin 6–4, 6–4 in the all comers' final to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1898 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Blanche Hillyard did not defend her title.

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

All comers' finals

	Semifinals							Final
	Ruth Legh		w/o
	Louisa Martin
								Louisa Martin		4	4
								Charlotte Cooper		6	6
	Edith Austin		4	1
	Charlotte Cooper		6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								C Morgan		6	6
								Beryl Tulloch		4	2
															C Morgan		0	1
															R Legh		6	6
								Ruth Legh		6	6
								Henrietta Horncastle		2	2
																						R Legh		w/o
																						L Martin
								Louisa Martin
								Miss Ireland		w/o
															L Martin		6	6
															ER Morgan		2	0
								Hilda Hitchins		1	1
	ER Morgan		8	4	8			ER Morgan		6	6
	Edith Bromfield		6	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	Edith Austin		7	6
	Mrs HA Kirby		5	2				E Austin		6	6
								Ellen Thynne		1	0
															E Austin		4	6	6
															R Dyas		6	3	4
								Alice Pickering		6	6	4
								Ruth Dyas		8	2	6
																						E Austin		4	1
																						C Cooper		6	6
								HI Harper		1	2
								Bertha Steedman		6	6
															B Steedman		6	3	4
															C Cooper		4	6	6
								H Smythe		2	4
								Charlotte Cooper		6	6

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. 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

• 1898 Wimbledon Championships
• Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles
• 1898 in women's tennis
• 1898 in British women's sport