title: 1899 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1899 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
  
  Blanche Hillyard defeated Ruth Durlacher 7–5, 6–8, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1899 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | |
  | Charlotte Cooper | Charlotte Cooper | 2 | 3 | |
  
  ### All comers' finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ruth Durlacher | Ruth Durlacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | B Steedman | B Steedman | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | B Steedman | B Steedman | 4 | 2 | | Ruth Durlacher | Ruth Durlacher | 5 | 8 | 1 |
  | | | | | | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 7 | 6 | 6 |
  | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 3 | 6 | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 7 | 6 | 6 |
  | Beryl Tulloch | Beryl Tulloch | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | Muriel Robb | Muriel Robb | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Maude Garfit | Maude Garfit | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | M Robb | M Robb | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | R Durlacher | R Durlacher | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | Ruth Durlacher | Ruth Durlacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Mrs Tanner | Mrs Tanner | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Durlacher | R Durlacher | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Steedman | B Steedman | 4 | 2 |
  | | | | | Mrs HA Kirby | Mrs HA Kirby | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Alice Pickering | Alice Pickering | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Mrs HA Kirby | Mrs HA Kirby | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | B Steedman | B Steedman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | Bertha Steedman | Bertha Steedman | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ruth Winch | Ruth Winch | 6 | 6 | R Winch | R Winch | 2 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | C Parsons-Smith | C Parsons-Smith | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Bottom half**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Blanche Hillyard | Blanche Hillyard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | H Smythe | H Smythe | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 8 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | E Austin | E Austin | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | Edith Austin | Edith Austin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | U Templeman | U Templeman | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | B Tulloch | B Tulloch | 3 | 6 | 2 |
  | Beryl Tulloch | Beryl Tulloch | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Miss Ireland | Miss Ireland | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | B Tulloch | B Tulloch | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | EJ Bromfield | EJ Bromfield | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
  | E.J. Bromfield | E.J. Bromfield | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ellen Thynne | Ellen Thynne | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  