Wimbledon Championships 1903

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Wimbledon Championships 1903
Date: June 22 - July 1, 1903
Edition: 27th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Worple Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Laurence Doherty
Ladies singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Muriel Robb
Men's double : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney Howard Smith Frank Riseley
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
winner
Men's singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Laurence Doherty
Ladies singles : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Douglass
Men's double : United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
Grand Slams 1903

The 27th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1903 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

Men's singles

Laurence Doherty took his second of five straight wins. He defeated Frank Riseley in the Challenge Round .

Ladies singles

Dorothea Douglass won the All-Comers final against Ethel Thomson . Last year's winner Muriel Robb did not defend her title.

Men's doubles

Laurence and Reginald Doherty defeated Sydney Smith and Frank Riseley 6: 4, 6: 4 and 6: 4 in the Challenge Round .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435