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Blanche Hillyard (née Bingley) defeated Lena Rice 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Lottie Dod by a walkover in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1889 Wimbledon Championships.<ref name="Tingay">100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977</ref><ref name="Barrett">Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)</ref>
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