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1903 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles


FieldValue
champGBR Laurence Doherty
runnerGBR Frank Riseley
score7–5, 6–3, 6–0
draw42
seeds

Main article: 1903 Wimbledon Championships

Frank Riseley defeated Major Ritchie 1–6, 6–3, 8–6, 13–11 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Laurence Doherty defeated Riseley 7–5, 6–3, 6–0 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1903 Wimbledon Championships.

Draw

Challenge round

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All comers' finals

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=GBR Brame Hillyard | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=4 | RD1-score1-3=4 | RD1-score1-4= | RD1-score1-5= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=GBR Frank Riseley | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=6 | RD1-score2-4= | RD1-score2-5=

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=GBR Henry Pollard | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score3-3=1 | RD1-score3-4= | RD1-score3-5= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=GBR Sydney Smith | RD1-score4-1=6 | RD1-score4-2=6 | RD1-score4-3=6 | RD1-score4-4= | RD1-score4-5=

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=GBR George Caridia | RD1-score5-1=6 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score5-3=6 | RD1-score5-4= | RD1-score5-5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=GBR Ernest Stanley Salmon | RD1-score6-1=3 | RD1-score6-2=4 | RD1-score6-3=2 | RD1-score6-4= | RD1-score6-5=

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=GBR Major Ritchie | RD1-score7-1=6 | RD1-score7-2=6 | RD1-score7-3=6 | RD1-score7-4= | RD1-score7-5= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=GBR Ernest Wills | RD1-score8-1=1 | RD1-score8-2=2 | RD1-score8-3=2 | RD1-score8-4= | RD1-score8-5=

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=GBR Frank Riseley | RD2-score1-1=7 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=7 | RD2-score1-4=1 | RD2-score1-5=9 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=GBR Sydney Smith | RD2-score2-1=5 | RD2-score2-2=3 | RD2-score2-3=9 | RD2-score2-4=6 | RD2-score2-5=7

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=GBR George Caridia | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=0 | RD2-score3-3=6 | RD2-score3-4=1 | RD2-score3-5= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=GBR Major Ritchie | RD2-score4-1=6 | RD2-score4-2=6 | RD2-score4-3=4 | RD2-score4-4=6 | RD2-score4-5=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=GBR Frank Riseley | RD3-score1-1=1 | RD3-score1-2=6 | RD3-score1-3=8 | RD3-score1-4=13 | RD3-score1-5= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR Major Ritchie | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=3 | RD3-score2-3=6 | RD3-score2-4=11 | RD3-score2-5=

Top half

Section 1

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=GBR Brame Hillyard | RD2-score1-1= | RD2-score1-2= | RD2-score1-3= | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=GBR Lionel Escombe | RD2-score2-1=w/o | RD2-score2-2= | RD2-score2-3= | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR David Hawes | RD2-score03-1=7 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score03-4=6 | RD2-score03-5= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=GBR John Flavelle | RD2-score04-1=5 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=3 | RD2-score04-4=0 | RD2-score04-5=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR Arthur Norris | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-score05-4= | RD2-score05-5= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=NED Thomas Vreede | RD2-score06-1=0 | RD2-score06-2=4 | RD2-score06-3=0 | RD2-score06-4= | RD2-score06-5=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR Frank Riseley | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-score07-4= | RD2-score07-5= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=NED Broose van Groenou | RD2-score08-1=0 | RD2-score08-2=2 | RD2-score08-3=0 | RD2-score08-4= | RD2-score08-5=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=GBR B Hillyard | RD3-score1-1=6 | RD3-score1-2=3 | RD3-score1-3=6 | RD3-score1-4=7 | RD3-score1-5= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR D Hawes | RD3-score2-1=4 | RD3-score2-2=6 | RD3-score2-3=3 | RD3-score2-4=5 | RD3-score2-5=

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GBR A Norris | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=0 | RD3-score03-3=3 | RD3-score03-4= | RD3-score03-5= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR F Riseley | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=6 | RD3-score04-4= | RD3-score04-5=

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=GBR B Hillyard | RD4-score1-1=6 | RD4-score1-2=6 | RD4-score1-3=6 | RD4-score1-4= | RD4-score1-5= | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=GBR F Riseley | RD4-score2-1=1 | RD4-score2-2=4 | RD4-score2-3=4 | RD4-score2-4= | RD4-score2-5=

Section 2

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=GBR Frank Donisthorpe | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3=6 | RD1-score07-4= | RD1-score07-5= | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=GBR Evelyn Mellor | RD1-score08-1=3 | RD1-score08-2=3 | RD1-score08-3=2 | RD1-score08-4= | RD1-score08-5=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=GBR Sydney Smith | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3=6 | RD1-score09-4= | RD1-score09-5= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=GBR R Williams | RD1-score10-1=1 | RD1-score10-2=3 | RD1-score10-3=1 | RD1-score10-4= | RD1-score10-5=

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=GBR Arthur Gore | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3=6 | RD1-score11-4= | RD1-score11-5= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=GBR FJ Barker | RD1-score12-1=1 | RD1-score12-2=2 | RD1-score12-3=3 | RD1-score12-4= | RD1-score12-5=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=GBR Harold Mahony | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3=6 | RD1-score13-4= | RD1-score13-5= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=GBR George Ball-Greene | RD1-score14-1=2 | RD1-score14-2=4 | RD1-score14-3=3 | RD1-score14-4= | RD1-score14-5=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=GBR Sydney Adams | RD1-score15-1= | RD1-score15-2= | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-score15-4= | RD1-score15-5= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=GBR Walter Crawley | RD1-score16-1=w/o | RD1-score16-2= | RD1-score16-3= | RD1-score16-4= | RD1-score16-5=

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=GBR Henry Pollard | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=6 | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=GBR LL Whiteway | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-3=4 | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR Henry Wilson-Fox | RD2-score03-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score03-4=4 | RD2-score03-5=3 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=GBR F Donisthorpe | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-3=3 | RD2-score04-4=6 | RD2-score04-5=6

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR S Smith | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-score05-4= | RD2-score05-5= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GBR A Gore | RD2-score06-1=4 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score06-3=3 | RD2-score06-4= | RD2-score06-5=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR H Mahony | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-score07-4= | RD2-score07-5= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR S Adams | RD2-score08-1=4 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-3=1 | RD2-score08-4= | RD2-score08-5=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=GBR H Pollard | RD3-score1-1=8 | RD3-score1-2=6 | RD3-score1-3=4 | RD3-score1-4=7 | RD3-score1-5=7 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR F Donisthorpe | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=3 | RD3-score2-3=6 | RD3-score2-4=9 | RD3-score2-5=5

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GBR S Smith | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=7 | RD3-score03-4= | RD3-score03-5= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR H Mahony | RD3-score04-1=3 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score04-3=5 | RD3-score04-4= | RD3-score04-5=

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=GBR H Pollard | RD4-score1-1=6 | RD4-score1-2=6 | RD4-score1-3=6 | RD4-score1-4= | RD4-score1-5= | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=GBR S Smith | RD4-score2-1=2 | RD4-score2-2=3 | RD4-score2-3=1 | RD4-score2-4= | RD4-score2-5=

Bottom half

Section 3

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| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=USA Clarence Hobart | RD1-score03-1=5 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3=6 | RD1-score03-4=6 | RD1-score03-5= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=GBR Stanley Franklin | RD1-score04-1=7 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-3=2 | RD1-score04-4=0 | RD1-score04-5=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=GBR Frederick Payn | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3=6 | RD1-score05-4= | RD1-score05-5= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=GBR E Yatman | RD1-score06-1=3 | RD1-score06-2=2 | RD1-score06-3=4 | RD1-score06-4= | RD1-score06-5=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=GBR Roderick McNair | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3=3 | RD1-score07-4=6 | RD1-score07-5= | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=GBR Frederick Plaskitt | RD1-score08-1=3 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score08-3=6 | RD1-score08-4=3 | RD1-score08-5=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=GBR Charles Simond | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=5 | RD1-score09-3=6 | RD1-score09-4=6 | RD1-score09-5= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=GBR Percy Pinckney | RD1-score10-1=3 | RD1-score10-2=7 | RD1-score10-3=4 | RD1-score10-4=3 | RD1-score10-5=

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=GBR G Caridia | RD2-score1-1=8 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=6 | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=USA C Hobart | RD2-score2-1=6 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-3=1 | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR F Payn | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=10 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score03-4= | RD2-score03-5= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=GBR R McNair | RD2-score04-1=3 | RD2-score04-2=8 | RD2-score04-3=2 | RD2-score04-4= | RD2-score04-5=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR C Simond | RD2-score05-1=2 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=3 | RD2-score05-4=7 | RD2-score05-5= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GBR Albert Prebble | RD2-score06-1=6 | RD2-score06-2=1 | RD2-score06-3=6 | RD2-score06-4=9 | RD2-score06-5=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR Ernest Salmon | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-score07-4= | RD2-score07-5= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR William Martin | RD2-score08-1=4 | RD2-score08-2=3 | RD2-score08-3=4 | RD2-score08-4= | RD2-score08-5=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=GBR G Caridia | RD3-score1-1=2 | RD3-score1-2=11 | RD3-score1-3=3 | RD3-score1-4=7 | RD3-score1-5=6 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR F Payn | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=9 | RD3-score2-3=6 | RD3-score2-4=5 | RD3-score2-5=2

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GBR A Prebble | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=3 | RD3-score03-3=2 | RD3-score03-4=3 | RD3-score03-5= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR ES Salmon | RD3-score04-1=3 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=6 | RD3-score04-4=6 | RD3-score04-5=

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=GBR G Caridia | RD4-score1-1=6 | RD4-score1-2=6 | RD4-score1-3=6 | RD4-score1-4= | RD4-score1-5= | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=GBR ES Salmon | RD4-score2-1=3 | RD4-score2-2=4 | RD4-score2-3=2 | RD4-score2-4= | RD4-score2-5=

Section 4

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=GBR George Greville | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=6 | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=GBR ER Clarke | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=0 | RD2-score2-3=2 | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR Major Ritchie | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score03-4= | RD2-score03-5= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=GBR Charlie Finlason | RD2-score04-1=1 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-3=0 | RD2-score04-4= | RD2-score04-5=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR GL Orme | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=9 | RD2-score05-4= | RD2-score05-5= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GBR Robert Hough | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=1 | RD2-score06-3=7 | RD2-score06-4= | RD2-score06-5=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR Ernest Wills | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=3 | RD2-score07-4=6 | RD2-score07-5= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR AH Greening | RD2-score08-1=2 | RD2-score08-2=4 | RD2-score08-3=6 | RD2-score08-4=2 | RD2-score08-5=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=GBR G Greville | RD3-score1-1=5 | RD3-score1-2=14 | RD3-score1-3=3 | RD3-score1-4=2 | RD3-score1-5= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR M Ritchie | RD3-score2-1=7 | RD3-score2-2=12 | RD3-score2-3=6 | RD3-score2-4=6 | RD3-score2-5=

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GBR GL Orme | RD3-score03-1=5 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=2 | RD3-score03-4=4 | RD3-score03-5= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR E Wills | RD3-score04-1=7 | RD3-score04-2=1 | RD3-score04-3=6 | RD3-score04-4=6 | RD3-score04-5=

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=GBR M Ritchie | RD4-score1-1=6 | RD4-score1-2=6 | RD4-score1-3=6 | RD4-score1-4= | RD4-score1-5= | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=GBR E Wills | RD4-score2-1=1 | RD4-score2-2=2 | RD4-score2-3=2 | RD4-score2-4= | RD4-score2-5=

References

References

  1. Tingay, Lance. (1977). "100 Years of Wimbledon". Guinness Superlatives.
  2. Barrett, John. (2014). "Wimbledon: The Official History". Vision Sports Publishing.
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