1954 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont defeated the defending champions Shirley Fry and Doris Hart in the final, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1954 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1954 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Louise Brough
United States Margaret duPont
Runners-upUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Score4–6, 9–7, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1953 · Wimbledon Championships · 1955 →

Seeds

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01.     Shirley Fry /   Doris Hart (final)
02.     Louise Brough /   Margaret duPont (champions)
03.     Angela Mortimer /   Anne Shilcock (semifinals)
04.     Betty Pratt /   Erika Vollmer (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Judy Burke
  Heather Robson
2 3
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
3   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
2 1
3   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
6 3 6
  Angela Buxton
  Vera Thomas
2 6 2
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 7 3
2   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
4 9 6
  Heather Brewer
  Kay Hubbell
1 6 6
4   Betty Pratt
  Erika Vollmer
6 1 4
  Heather Brewer
  Kay Hubbell
1 1
2   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
  Silvana Lazzarino
  Nicla Migliori
0 2
2   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
Q   Nancy Liebert
  Chloe Rhodes
0 0
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  J Middleton
  E Watson
2 2
  Hazel Cheadle
  Gem Hoahing
5 3
  Jennifer Middleton
  Elaine Watson
7 6
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  J Burke
  H Robson
2 3
  Judy Burke
  Heather Robson
11 6
Q   Sachiko Kamo
  Annie Soisbault
9 3
  J Burke
  H Robson
1 7 6
  G Bucaille
  J Kermina
6 5 4
  Elizabeth Broz
  Ruth Kaufmann
2 4
  Ginette Bucaille
  Jacqueline Kermina
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
6 6
  Valerie Lewis
  Evelyn Moeller
4 4 3   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
  Betsy Abbas
  Pat Ward
7 11   B Abbas
  P Ward
4 2
  Freda Hammersley
  Nell Hopman
5 9 3   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 6
  Jenny Wagstaff
  Bobbie Wilson
4 2   D Gilbert
  S Waters
2 1
  Doreen Spiers
  María Josefa de Riba
6 6   D Spiers
  MJ de Riba
4 4
  Gem Gilbert
  Sue Waters
6 0 7   D Gilbert
  S Waters
6 6
  Pat Gotla
  Barbara Knapp
4 6 5 3   A Mortimer
  A Shilcock
6 3 6
  Heather Macfarlane
  Molly Mackay
8 6 6   A Buxton
  V Thomas
2 6 2
  Audrey Bilse
  Joan Scott
6 8 2   H Macfarlane
  M Mackay
9 7
  SC Collett
  Mrs J Maltby
3 1   E Buding
  I Ramírez
7 5
  Edda Buding
  Melita Ramírez
6 6   H Macfarlane
  M Mackay
1 1
  Evelyn Attwood
  Hanna Sladek
6 6   A Buxton
  V Thomas
6 6
  Helga Strecker
  Ingeborg Vogler
2 3   E Attwood
  H Sladek
1 6 1
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Georgie Woodgate
1 6 3   A Buxton
  V Thomas
6 3 6
  Angela Buxton
  Vera Thomas
6 4 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Ruth Illingworth
  Jean Petchell
6 4 3
  Nelly Adamson
  Suzanne Schmitt
3 6 6   N Adamson
  S Schmitt
4 2
Q   Béatrice de Chambure
  Colette Monnot
4 3   H Brewer
  K Hubbell
6 6
  Heather Brewer
  Kay Hubbell
6 6   H Brewer
  K Hubbell
6 8
LL   Mollie Govett
  Yvonne Watkins
3 3   P Dawson-Scott
  B Walter
4 6
  Margaret Grace
  Sheila Griffin
6 6   M Grace
  S Griffin
2 4
Q   Kay Neville-Smith
  Beth Ruffin
2 2   P Dawson-Scott
  B Walter
6 6
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Bea Walter
6 6   H Brewer
  K Hubbell
1 6 6
  Lorna Cawthorn
  Mary Harris
6 7 4   E Pratt
  E Vollmer
6 1 4
  Fenny ten Bosch
  Jopie Roos-van der Wal
2 5   L Cawthorn
  M Harris
6 4 6
  Elizabeth Ernest
  Enid Kerr
6 6   E Ernest
  E Kerr
4 6 4
Q   Jean Knight
  Judy Wallace
2 2   L Cawthorn
  M Harris
2 4
  Pat Hird
  Valerie Pitt
2 6 4 4   E Pratt
  E Vollmer
6 6
  Rosemary Walsh
  Billie Woodgate
6 1 6   R Walsh
  R Woodgate
2 3
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
1 3 4   E Pratt
  E Vollmer
6 6
4   Betty Pratt
  Erika Vollmer
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet
  Elena Lehmann
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  Dorothy Levine
  Christiane Mercelis
  D Levine
  C Mercelis
4 5
  S Lazzarino
  N Migliori
6 7
  Patience Chapman
  Vivienne Uber
3 6
  Silvana Lazzarino
  Nicla Migliori
6 8
  S Lazzarino
  N Migliori
0 2
2   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  Helen Fletcher
  Pat Harrison
6 15
  Barbara Kimbrell
  Baba Lewis
3 13
  H Fletcher
  P Harrison
3 4
2   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  Barbara Bradley
  Gloria Butler
0 0
2   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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