title: 1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
  
  May Sutton defeated Constance Wilson 6–3, 8–6 in the All Comers' final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1905 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 | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | May Sutton | May Sutton | 6 | 6 | |
  | Dorothea Douglass | Dorothea Douglass | 3 | 4 | |
  
  ### All comers' finals
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | HI Harper | HI Harper | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Agnes Morton | Agnes Morton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Agnes Morton | Agnes Morton | 6 | 6 | Agnes Morton | Agnes Morton | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
  | | | | | May Sutton | May Sutton | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | May Sutton | May Sutton | 8 | 6 | May Sutton | May Sutton | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Ethel Thomson | Ethel Thomson | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ethel Thomson | Ethel Thomson | 6 | 1 | | | | | | May Sutton | May Sutton | 6 | 8 |
  | | | | | | | | | | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 3 | 6 |
  | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 3 | 6 |
  | Dora Boothby | Dora Boothby | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Dora Boothby | Dora Boothby | 3 | 2 | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 5 | 11 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 7 | 9 | 6 | | | | |
  | BM Holder | BM Holder | 2 | 0 | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 7 | 9 | 6 | | | | |
  | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | HI Harper | HI Harper | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs Armstrong | Mrs Armstrong | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | HI Harper | HI Harper | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | M O'Neill | M O'Neill | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | Madeline O'Neill | Madeline O'Neill | | | | | | | | | | |
  | CB Bell | CB Bell | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | HI Harper | HI Harper | 2 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | A Morton | A Morton | 6 | 6 |
  | Alice Greene | Alice Greene | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Edith Greville | Edith Greville | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | A Greene | A Greene | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | | | | | A Morton | A Morton | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | Agnes Morton | Agnes Morton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs Macaulay | Mrs Macaulay | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | Winifred Longhurst | Winifred Longhurst | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | D Spencer | D Spencer | | | D Spencer | D Spencer | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Henrietta Horncastle | Henrietta Horncastle | w/o | | | | | | W Longhurst | W Longhurst | 3 | 1 | | | | |
  | May Sutton | May Sutton | 6 | 6 | | | | | M Sutton | M Sutton | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | N Meyer | N Meyer | 0 | 0 | M Sutton | M Sutton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown | Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown | 6 | 6 | Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown | Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Aurea Farrington | Aurea Farrington | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | M Sutton | M Sutton | 8 | 6 |
  | Mildred Coles | Mildred Coles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | E Thomson | E Thomson | 6 | 1 |
  | E Flemmich | E Flemmich | 1 | 2 | M Coles | M Coles | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | EE Sargeant | EE Sargeant | 6 | 6 | EE Sargeant | EE Sargeant | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | AG Ransome | AG Ransome | 1 | 0 | | | | | M Coles | M Coles | 2 | 0 | | | | |
  | Ethel Thomson | Ethel Thomson | | | | | | | E Thomson | E Thomson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | F Meyer | F Meyer | w/o | | E Thomson | E Thomson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs PM Morton | Mrs PM Morton | | | Mrs PM Morton | Mrs PM Morton | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Violet Pinckney | Violet Pinckney | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Beryl Tulloch | Beryl Tulloch | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | K Kentish | K Kentish | w/o | | | B Tulloch | B Tulloch | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | L Ripley | L Ripley | 6 | 5 | 6 | L Ripley | L Ripley | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs Albury | Mrs Albury | 0 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | B Tulloch | B Tulloch | 0 | 8 | 5 | | | | |
  | Hilda Lane | Hilda Lane | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | E Smith | E Smith | 2 | 3 | | H Lane | H Lane | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | M Banks | M Banks | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 6 |
  | LH Paterson | LH Paterson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Boothby | D Boothby | 3 | 2 |
  | M Taplin | M Taplin | 1 | 3 | | LH Paterson | LH Paterson | 4 | 6 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Gertrude Houselander | Gertrude Houselander | 6 | 6 | | G Houselander | G Houselander | 6 | 1 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
  | ME Brown | ME Brown | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | LH Paterson | LH Paterson | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | D Boothby | D Boothby | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | Dora Boothby | Dora Boothby | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | L Flemmich | L Flemmich | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CHE Meyer | CHE Meyer | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs LR Hausberg | Mrs LR Hausberg | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | CHE Meyer | CHE Meyer | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
  | | | | | BM Holder | BM Holder | 8 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | BM Holder | BM Holder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Edith Johnson | Edith Johnson | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | BM Holder | BM Holder | 2 | 0 |
  | | | | | | | | | | C Wilson | C Wilson | 6 | 6 |
  | Mabel Squire | Mabel Squire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | D Taplin | D Taplin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | M Squire | M Squire | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | C Wilson | C Wilson | w/o | | | | | | |
  | Constance Wilson | Constance Wilson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | A Mooijaart | A Mooijaart | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  