1906 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

25 June – 5 July

Edition

30th

Category

Grand Slam

Surface

Grass

Location

Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom

Venue

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Champions

Laurence Doherty

Frank Riseley /

Sydney Smith

← 1905 ·

Wimbledon Championships

· 1907 →

The 1906 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 25 June until 5 July.^[1] It was the 30th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1906.^[2]

Finals

Men's singles

Laurence Doherty defeated Frank Riseley, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 ^[3]

Women's singles

Dorothea Douglass defeated May Sutton, 6–3, 9–7 ^[4]

Men's doubles

Frank Riseley / Sydney Smith defeated Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty, 6–8, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 ^[5]

References

^ 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London)
^ 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.