Wimbledon Championships 1900

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1900 ►
Date:	June 25 - July 4, 1900
Edition:	24th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Reginald Doherty
Ladies singles :	Blanche Bingley-Hillyard
Men's double :	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
winner
Men's singles :	Reginald Doherty
Ladies singles :	Blanche Bingley-Hillyard
Men's double :	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
Grand Slams 1900
Australasian Championships French tennis championships Wimbledon Championships US National Championships

The 24th Wimbledon Championships took place in 1900 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

A mixed competition was held for the first time. As in the women's doubles tournament that started in the previous year, championship status was only recognized in mixed from 1913.

Men's singles

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With a four-set win over Sydney Howard Smith in the Challenge Round , Reginald Doherty won his fourth title in a row.

Ladies singles

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In the women’s category, Blanche Bingley-Hillyard won her sixth and final title. The US-American Marion Jones took part in the women's competition for the first time from outside the UK.

Men's doubles

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The Doherty brothers defeated Herbert Roper Barrett and Harold Nisbet in the Challenge Round 9: 7, 7: 5, 4: 6, 3: 6 and 6: 3.

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 2.
2. ^ B. Collins: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435.