# 1903 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Challenge round

| Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round |
| Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 5 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Laurence Doherty | Laurence Doherty | 7 | 6 | 6 | | |

### All comers' finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Brame Hillyard | Brame Hillyard | 1 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 6 | 6 | 6 | Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Henry Pollard | Henry Pollard | 2 | 3 | 1 | Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| George Caridia | George Caridia | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Ernest Stanley Salmon | Ernest Stanley Salmon | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ernest Stanley Salmon | Ernest Stanley Salmon | 3 | 4 | 2 | George Caridia | George Caridia | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 6 | Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Ernest Wills | Ernest Wills | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Brame Hillyard | Brame Hillyard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lionel Escombe | Lionel Escombe | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Hawes | D Hawes | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| David Hawes | David Hawes | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Flavelle | John Flavelle | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | B Hillyard | B Hillyard | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | F Riseley | F Riseley | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Arthur Norris | Arthur Norris | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Vreede | Thomas Vreede | 0 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Norris | A Norris | 2 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F Riseley | F Riseley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Frank Riseley | Frank Riseley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broose van Groenou | Broose van Groenou | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | Henry Pollard | Henry Pollard | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL Whiteway | LL Whiteway | 1 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | H Pollard | H Pollard | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | F Donisthorpe | F Donisthorpe | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Henry Wilson-Fox | Henry Wilson-Fox | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Donisthorpe | Frank Donisthorpe | 6 | 6 | 6 | F Donisthorpe | F Donisthorpe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Evelyn Mellor | Evelyn Mellor | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Pollard | H Pollard | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Smith | S Smith | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| R Williams | R Williams | 1 | 3 | 1 | S Smith | S Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur Gore | Arthur Gore | 6 | 6 | 6 | A Gore | A Gore | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FJ Barker | FJ Barker | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Smith | S Smith | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Harold Mahony | Harold Mahony | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Mahony | H Mahony | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| George Ball-Greene | George Ball-Greene | 2 | 4 | 3 | H Mahony | H Mahony | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney Adams | Sydney Adams | | | | S Adams | S Adams | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Walter Crawley | Walter Crawley | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| George Caridia | George Caridia | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| HR Fussell | HR Fussell | 5 | 1 | 2 | | G Caridia | G Caridia | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clarence Hobart | Clarence Hobart | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | C Hobart | C Hobart | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stanley Franklin | Stanley Franklin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | G Caridia | G Caridia | 2 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Frederick Payn | Frederick Payn | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Payn | F Payn | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| E Yatman | E Yatman | 3 | 2 | 4 | | F Payn | F Payn | 6 | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roderick McNair | Roderick McNair | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | R McNair | R McNair | 3 | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frederick Plaskitt | Frederick Plaskitt | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Caridia | G Caridia | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Charles Simond | Charles Simond | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ES Salmon | ES Salmon | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Percy Pinckney | Percy Pinckney | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | C Simond | C Simond | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Albert Prebble | Albert Prebble | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | A Prebble | A Prebble | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ES Salmon | ES Salmon | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ernest Salmon | Ernest Salmon | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | William Martin | William Martin | 4 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| George Greville | George Greville | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ER Clarke | ER Clarke | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | G Greville | G Greville | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Ritchie | M Ritchie | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Major Ritchie | Major Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charlie Finlason | Charlie Finlason | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | M Ritchie | M Ritchie | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | E Wills | E Wills | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| GL Orme | GL Orme | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Hough | Robert Hough | 1 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | GL Orme | GL Orme | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | E Wills | E Wills | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Ernest Wills | Ernest Wills | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AH Greening | AH Greening | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |