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1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Helen Moody was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Women's singles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Alice Marble
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Kay Stammers
Score6–2, 6–0
Details
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →
Main article: 1939 Wimbledon Championships

Seeds edit

01.     Alice Marble (champion)
02.     Helen Jacobs (quarterfinals)
03.     Hilde Sperling (semifinals)
04.     Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals)
05.     Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals)
06.     Kay Stammers (final)
07.     Mary Hardwick (quarterfinals)
08.     Sarah Fabyan (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Helen Jacobs 2 2
6   Kay Stammers 6 6
6   Kay Stammers 7 2 6
8   Sarah Fabyan 5 6 3
4   Simonne Mathieu 4 2
8   Sarah Fabyan 6 6
6   Kay Stammers 2 0
1   Alice Marble 6 6
7   Mary Hardwick 4 0
3   Hilde Sperling 6 6
3   Hilde Sperling 0 0
1   Alice Marble 6 6
5   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 1 4
1   Alice Marble 6 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2   Helen Jacobs 6 6
  Elsa Haylock 0 2
2   H Jacobs 6 6
Q   J Curry 3 2
  Penny Durlac 4 7 8
Q   Joan Curry 6 5 10
2   H Jacobs 6 7
  M Lumb 2 5
  Margot Lumb 6 6
  Alicia Florian 1 2
  M Lumb 6 6
  B Cooke 3 3
  Betty Cooke 6 7
  Joan Ingram 4 5

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6   Kay Stammers 6 6
Q   Edith Middleton 0 2
6   K Stammers 6 6
  N Brown 2 2
  Madzy Couquerque 5 3
  Nina Brown 7 6
6   K Stammers 7 6
  S Henrotin 5 2
Q   Peggy Brace 4 2
  Wally San Donnino 6 6
  W San Donnino 1 1
  S Henrotin 6 6
  Thilde Dietz 5 3
  Sylvie Henrotin 7 6

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4   Simonne Mathieu 6 6
  Eva Poráková 4 1 4   S Mathieu 6 6
  Audrey Roberts 5 1   P King 1 0
  Phyllis King 7 6 4   S Mathieu 6 6 6
  Betty Smith 4 4   K Somogyi 0 8 3
  Klára Somogyi 6 6   K Somogyi 6 6
  Phyllis Grover 0 10   A Yorke 2 4
  Billie Yorke 6 12 4   S Mathieu 6 4 6
Q   Liesl Herbst 2 0   V Scott 3 6 2
  Valerie Scott 6 6   V Scott 3 6 6
  Freda Underwood 2 5   E Hamilton 6 0 1
  Elsie Hamilton 6 7   V Scott 6 3 6
  Patience Thomson 2 0   S Noel 3 6 0
  Susan Noel 6 6   S Noel 6 10
Q   Nancy Liebert 5 5   I Schumann 4 8
  Inge Schumann 7 7

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   Sarah Fabyan 6 6
  Mary Norman 2 2 8   S Fabyan 6 6
  Freda Hammersley 6 6   W Hammersley 2 3
  Betty Batt 3 2 8   S Fabyan 6 6
  Mary Sargeant 4 7 8   D Huntbach 2 3
  Mary Whitmarsh 6 5 6   M Sargeant 3 8
  Jean Nicoll 8 4 2   D Huntbach 6 10
  Denise Huntbach 6 6 6 8   S Fabyan 6 3 6
  Madge Slaney 6 6   D Little 1 6 2
  Nora Maingay 3 1   M Slaney 6 6
  Rosemary Smith 6 7   R Smith 3 3
  Audrey Cardinall 1 5   M Slaney 6 0 1
  Joan Goss 3 5   D Little 3 6 6
  Dorothy Andrus 6 7   D Andrus 3 0
  Dorothy Little 6 8   D Little 6 6
  Margot Stewart 1 6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Nancy Macpherson-Grant 6 6
  Muriel Harris 4 1   N Macpherson-Grant 6 1 6
Q   Valerie Cooper 5 6 2   E Clements 3 6 4
  Betty Clements 7 2 6   N Macpherson-Grant 4 8 7
  Elsie Pittman 1 5   R Jarvis 6 6 5
  Rita Jarvis 6 7   R Jarvis 4 8 6
Q   Margaret Lewis 4 5   G Southwell 6 6 2
  Gladys Southwell 6 7   N Macpherson-Grant 4 6
  Alex McKelvie 7 2 7   M Hardwick 6 8
  Anita Ellis 9 6   A Ellis 3 5
  Grace Wheeler 7 2 6   G Wheeler 6 7
  Betty Nuthall 5 6 2   G Wheeler 5 7
  Alice Weiwers 6 6 7   M Hardwick 7 9
  Yvonne Law 1 0   A Weiwers 2 4
  Rosemary Thomas 8 4 7   M Hardwick 6 6
7   Mary Hardwick 10 6

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Jean Saunders 6 6
Q   Sonia Mavrogordato 2 1   J Saunders 8 7
  Mollie Trouncer 6 6   M Trouncer 6 5
  Joan Strawson 3 1   J Saunders 6 3 6
  Ermyntrude Harvey 6 1 4   P O'Connell 2 6 2
  Magda Berescu 2 6 6   M Berescu 3 2
  Evelyn Dearman 4 6 4   P O'Connell 6 6
  Patsy O'Connell 6 3 6   J Saunders 2 4
  Molly James 1 2 3   H Sperling 6 6
  Diana Wood 6 6   D Wood 7 4 6
Q   Pamela Goodwyn 6 0 3   S Pannetier 5 6 1
  Suzanne Pannetier 0 6 6   D Wood 3 1
  Effie Peters 7 6 3   H Sperling 6 6
  Gaby Curtis 5 0   E Peters 3 0
  Gem Hoahing 2 0 3   H Sperling 6 6
3   Hilde Sperling 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Thelma Jarvis 0 3
  Mary Cartwright 6 6
  M Cartwright 3 3
  M Scriven 6 6
  Peggy Scriven 6 6
  Anneliese Ullstein 3 3
  M Scriven 3 2
5   J Jędrzejowska 6 6
  Vittoria Tonolli 2 8 1
  Hella Kovač 6 6 6
  H Kovač 4 3
5   J Jędrzejowska 6 6
  Josane de Meulemeester 4 3
5   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6 6

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Arlette Halff 6 6
  Doris Howard 4 2
  A Halff 6 4 6
  N Glover 3 6 1
  Florence Smith 5 0
  Nancy Glover 7 6
  A Halff 1 1
1   A Marble 6 6
Q   Beryl Rodway 7 1 0
  Dora Beazley 5 6 6
  D Beazley 4 3
1   A Marble 6 6
  Ruth Kirk 3 2
1   Alice Marble 6 6

References edit

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links edit

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