Wimbledon Championships 1906

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1906 ►
Date:	June 25 - July 5, 1906
Edition:	30th  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	Worple Road, London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Laurence Doherty
Ladies singles :	May Sutton
Men's double :	Reginald Doherty Laurence Doherty
winner
Men's singles :	Laurence Doherty
Ladies singles :	Dorothea Douglass
Men's double :	Sydney Smith Frank Riseley
Grand Slams 1906
Australasian Championships French tennis championships Wimbledon Championships US National Championships

The 30th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1906 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

The Russian Grand Duke Michael and his daughter Anastasia attended the tournament.

Men's singles

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Laurence Doherty defeated Frank Riseley in the Challenge Round and achieved his fifth and final title.

Ladies singles

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In a new edition of last year's Challenge Round , Dorothea Douglass defeated last year's winner May Sutton .

Men's doubles

→ Main article : Wimbledon Championships 1906 / men's doubles

In the Challenge Round this year, Sydney Smith and Frank Riseley beat Laurence and Reginald Doherty 6: 8, 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3 and 6: 3.

photos

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  Parked cars at the 1906 Wimbledon Championships

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  Women's final, Douglass versus Sutton

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  The men's double-final, the Doherty brothers versus Smith and Riseley

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  Women's double finals (without championship status)

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  Semi-final between Arthur Gore and Anthony Wilding

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.