1908 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1908 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Mrs. Charlotte Sterry[1]
Runner-up	May Sutton[1]
Final score	walkover

Mrs. Charlotte Sterry defeated Agnes Morton 6–4, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion May Sutton by a walkover in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1908 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2] She was the oldest ladies' singles champion, at 37 years and 282 days.^[3]

Main draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		P. D. H. Boothby	6	6
		V. M. Pinckney	1	4
									P. D. H. Boothby	2	4
									Mrs. A. Sterry	6	6
		Mrs. R. Lambert Chambers	3	5
		Mrs. A. Sterry	6	7
																Mrs. A. Sterry	6	6
																A. M. Morton	4	4
		A. M. Morton	7	6
		B. Tulloch	5	1
									A. M. Morton	6	6
									Mrs. W. H. Lamplough	3	4
		Mrs. W. H. Lamplough	6	6
		Mrs. C. O. Tuckey	3	1

Earlier Rounds

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	PDH Boothby
	bye							PDH Boothby	5	6	6
	Clara Schulenburg	6	6					C Schulenburg	7	3	1
	EE Sargeant	1	2												PDH Boothby	6	6
	Mildred Coles	6	6	6											V. M. Pinckney	1	4
	ANG Greene	8	3	4				M Coles	5	2
	V. M. Pinckney	6	6					V. M. Pinckney	7	6
	EL Bloxworth	3	2																			PDH Boothby	2	4
	Mrs. Ruth Winch	6	6																			Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	Mrs. Mary Whyte	4	2					Mrs. IG Winch	3	3
	Dorothea Lambert Chambers	6	6					Mrs R Lambert Chambers	6	6
	Mrs. Paine	0	0												Mrs. R Lambert Chambers	3	5
	Mrs. Charlotte Sterry	6	6												Mrs. A Sterry	6	7
	Mrs. Perrett	2	0					Mrs. A Sterry	6	6
	Mrs. Constance Luard	w/o						Mrs. JF Luard	3	4
	N Stevens

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	CB Bell	w/o
	Edith Boucher							CB Bell
	Agatha Morton	2	6	6				AM Morton	w/o
	Mabel Parton	6	0	2											AM Morton	7	6
	Mrs. Blanche Hillyard	6	6												B Tulloch	5	1
	Edith Johnson	2	3					Mrs. GW Hillyard	5	6	4
	B Tulloch	6	6					B Tulloch	7	3	6
	Mrs. HI Harper	4	0																			AM Morton	6	6
	Mrs. Madeline O'Neill	4	6	6																		Mrs. WH Lamplough	3	4
	Winifred McNair	6	0	3				Mrs. EA O'Neill	2	1
	Gladys Lamplough	6	6					Mrs. WH Lamplough	6	6
	AG Ransome	1	2												Mrs. WH Lamplough	6	6
	Mrs. Agnes Tuckey	6	6												Mrs. CO Tuckey	3	1
	Mrs. R Armstrong	1	2					Mrs. CO Tuckey	7	6
	bye							L Flemmich	5	1
	L Flemmich

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