1890 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles

Ladies' Singles
1890 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Lena Rice^[1]
Runner-up	Blanche Bingley Hillyard
Final score	walkover

Main article: 1890 Wimbledon Championships

Lena Rice defeated May Jacks 6–4, 6–1 in the ladies' singles tennis final.^[1] The defending champion Blanche Bingley Hillyard chose not to defend her title this year. Despite previous draws there were only four competitors in the tournament, the smallest entry ever for any competition at Wimbledon.^[2]

Main draw

Key

Finals

First round				Final

	May Jacks	6	7
	Edith Cole	4	5
					Lena Rice	6	6

					May Jacks	4	1
	Lena Rice	7	6

	Mary Steedman	5	2

References

1 2 "Roll of Honour - Women's Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
↑ John Barrett (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 30. ISBN 0007117078.

Pre Open Era Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

(1884) Maud Watson
(1885) Maud Watson
(1886) Blanche Bingley
(1887) Lottie Dod
(1888) Lottie Dod
(1889) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1890) Lena Rice
(1891) Lottie Dod
(1892) Lottie Dod
(1893) Lottie Dod
(1894) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1895) Charlotte Cooper
(1896) Charlotte Cooper
(1897) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1898) Charlotte Cooper
(1899) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1900) Blanche Bingley Hillyard
(1901) Charlotte Sterry
(1902) Muriel Robb
(1903) Dorothea Douglass
(1904) Dorothea Douglass
(1905) May Sutton
(1906) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1907) May Sutton
(1908) Charlotte Sterry
(1909) Dora Boothby
(1910) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1912) Dorethea Lambert Chambers
(1913) Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1914) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1915) Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(1915-18) No competition (due to World War I)
(1919) Suzanne Lenglen
(1920) Suzanne Lenglen
(1921) Suzanne Lenglen
(1922) Suzanne Lenglen
(1923) Suzanne Lenglen
(1924) Kathleen McKane
(1925) Suzanne Lenglen
(1926) Kathleen McKane Godfree
(1927) Helen Wills
(1928) Helen Wills
(1929) Helen Wills
(1930) Helen Wills Moody
(1931) Cilly Aussem
(1932) Helen Wills Moody
(1933) Helen Wills Moody
(1934) Dorothy Round
(1935) Helen Wills Moody
(1936) Helen Jacobs
(1937) Dorothy Round
(1938) Helen Wills Moody
(1939) Alice Marble
(1940–45) No competition (due to World War II)
(1946) Pauline Addie
(1947) Margaret Osborne
(1948) Louise Brough
(1949) Louise Brough
(1950) Louise Brough
(1951) Doris Hart
(1952) Maureen Connolly
(1953) Maureen Connolly
(1954) Maureen Connolly
(1955) Louise Brough
(1956) Shirley Fry
(1957) Althea Gibson
(1958) Althea Gibson
(1959) Maria Bueno
(1960) Maria Bueno
(1961) Angela Mortimer
(1962) Karen Hantze Susman
(1963) Margaret Smith
(1964) Maria Bueno
(1965) Margaret Smith
(1966) Billie Jean King
(1967) Billie Jean King

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