1902 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

23 June – 2 July

Edition

26th

Category

Grand Slam

Surface

Grass

Location

Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom

Venue

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Champions

Men's singles

Laurence Doherty

Women's singles

Muriel Robb

Men's doubles

Frank Riseley /

Sydney Smith

← 1901 ·

Wimbledon Championships

· 1903 →

The 1902 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 2 July.^[1] It was the 26th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1902.^[2] The Women's final (challenge round) is the only match in the history of Wimbledon that was played twice over. Charlotte Cooper Sterry played Muriel Robb in miserable weather conditions, and the match was abandoned with the score at 6–4, 11–13. The match was restarted afresh the next day, and Muriel Robb won the rematch 7–5, 6–1.^[2]

It was also the Wimbledon’s 25th anniversary of the staging of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Finals

Men's singles

Laurence Doherty defeated Arthur Gore 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 ^[3]

Women's singles

Muriel Robb defeated Charlotte Sterry 7–5, 6–1 ^[4]

Men's doubles

Frank Riseley / Sydney Smith defeated Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty 4–6, 8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 11–9 ^[5]

References

^ 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
^ ^a ^b 100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 29 June 2017.