Wimbledon Championships 1903
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1903 ► | |
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Date: | June 22 - July 1, 1903 |
Edition: | 27th Wimbledon Championships |
Place: | Worple Road, London |
Covering: | race |
Defending champion | |
Men's singles : | Laurence Doherty |
Ladies singles : | Muriel Robb |
Men's double : |
Sydney Howard Smith Frank Riseley |
winner | |
Men's singles : | Laurence Doherty |
Ladies singles : | Dorothea Douglass |
Men's double : |
Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty |
Grand Slams 1903 | |
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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
- ^ Collins, B .: History of Tennis. 2nd Edition. New Chapter Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 , p. 435