Men's singles
1897 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Reginald Doherty
Runner-up	Harold Mahony
Score	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	31
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Reginald Doherty defeated Wilberforce Eaves 6–3, 7–5, 2–0 (retired) in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Harold Mahony 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

	Challenge Round
	Reginald Doherty		6	6	6
	Harold Mahony		4	4	3

	Semifinals									Final
	Sydney Smith		2	7	6	2	1
	Wilberforce Eaves		6	5	1	6	6
										Wilberforce Eaves		3	5	0r
										Reginald Doherty		6	7	2
	Wilfred Baddeley		3	0	3
	Reginald Doherty		6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	Clement Cazalet		6	6	10
	SC Atkey		2	2	8					C Cazalet		6	6	2	2	1
	Sydney Smith		7	8	6					S Smith		4	3	6	6	6
	Arthur Hallward		5	6	3														S Smith		3	6	6	6
	George Hillyard																		G Hillyard		6	4	2	4
	W Wallace		w/o							G Hillyard		6	6	6
	Alfred Taylor		6	6	3	3	6			A Taylor		2	2	1
	Gillibrand Evered		1	3	6	6	4																					S Smith		2	7	6	2	1
	George Greville		6	6	6																							W Eaves		6	5	1	6	6
	Arthur Norris		2	2	1					G Greville
	JJ Stone		5	2	3					A Gore		w/o
	Arthur Gore		7	6	6														G Greville		1	2	10	0
	Wilberforce Eaves		6	6	6														W Eaves		6	6	8	6
	R Sheldon		3	3	2					W Eaves		8	6	6	6
	Arthur Riseley		6	6	6					A Riseley		10	3	1	4
	Frederick Plaskitt		0	2	4

	First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals
	Harold Nisbet		6	6	7	6
	Robert Hough		3	2	9	3				H Nisbet		2	2	5
	Wilfred Baddeley									W Baddeley		6	6	7
	David Hawes		w/o																W Baddeley		6	6	6
	Alfred Crawley																		L Doherty		4	2	2
	Archdale Palmer		w/o							A Crawley		0	2	5
	Laurence Doherty		6	6	8					L Doherty		6	6	7
	Herbert Baddeley		4	4	6																							W Baddeley		3	0	3
	Reginald Doherty		11	1	6	6																						R Doherty		6	6	6
	George Simond		9	6	4	3				R Doherty		6	6	9
	FSM Bates		4	3	5					O Milne		2	1	7
	Oswald Milne		6	6	7														R Doherty
	Frank Riseley																		F Riseley		w/o
	Manliffe Goodbody		w/o							F Riseley		6	6	6
										Major Ritchie		3	2	1

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