1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Two-time defending champion Althea Gibson and her partner Maria Bueno defeated Margaret duPont and Margaret Varner in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Women's doubles
1958 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsBrazil Maria Bueno
United States Althea Gibson
Runners-upUnited States Margaret duPont
United States Margaret Varner
Score6–3, 7–5
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Gibson and Darlene Hard were the reigning champions, but Hard did not compete.

Seeds

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01.     Maria Bueno /   Althea Gibson (champions)
02.     Shirley Bloomer /   Christine Truman (third round)
03.     Mary Hawton /   Thelma Long (semifinals)
04.     Yola Ramírez /   Rosie Reyes (semifinals)

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
               
  Margaret duPont
  Margaret Varner
3 6 6
  Edda Buding
  Ilse Buding
6 1 4
  Margaret duPont
  Margaret Varner
6 6
4   Yola Ramírez
  Rosie Reyes
2 3
4   Yola Ramírez
  Rosie Reyes
6 6
  Gill Evans
  Pat Hird
3 4
  Margaret duPont
  Margaret Varner
3 5
1   Maria Bueno
  Althea Gibson
6 7
  Anne Shilcock
  Pat Ward
3 6 1
3   Mary Hawton
  Thelma Long
6 4 6
  Mary Hawton
  Thelma Long
3 2
1   Maria Bueno
  Althea Gibson
6 6
  Susan Chatrier
  Angela Mortimer
0 0
1   Maria Bueno
  Althea Gibson
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Shirley Bloomer
  Christine Truman
6 6
  Ruth Kaufmann
  Veronika Studer
1 0
2   S Bloomer
  C Truman
2 2
  M duPont
  M Varner
6 6
  Mercedes Solsona
  Mary Terán de Weiss
0 1
  Margaret duPont
  Margaret Varner
6 6
  M duPont
  M Varner
3 6 6
  E Buding
  I Buding
6 1 4
Q   Bridget Chamberlain
  Jean Knight
0 1
  Edda Buding
  Ilse Buding
6 6
  E Buding
  I Buding
6 3 7
  L Coghlan
  F Muller
2 6 5
  Lorraine Coghlan
  Fay Muller
8 6
  Sonia Cox
  Ruia Morrison
6 4

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Yola Ramírez
  Rosie Reyes
6 6
  Margaret Carter
  Silvana Lazzarino
1 1 4   Y Ramírez
  R Reyes
7 6 6
  Paule Courteix
  Maud Galtier
0 6 1   M Chamberlain
  V White
9 1 0
  Mary Chamberlain
  Viola White
6 4 6 4   Y Ramírez
  R Reyes
6 9
Q   Carole Levy
  D McCamley
5 6 6   J Rook
  C Yates-Bell
1 7
  Elizabeth Broz
  Sonja Pachta
7 2 1 Q   C Levy
  D McCamley
6 4 1
  MG Fry
  Gwen Scott
5 1   J Rook
  C Yates-Bell
3 6 6
  Jill Rook
  Caroline Yates-Bell
7 6 4   Y Ramírez
  R Reyes
6 6
  Gill Evans
  Pat Hird
7 7   G Evans
  P Hird
3 4
  Pearl Panton
  Vera Thomas
5 5   G Evans
  P Hird
6 6
Q   Honor Durose
  Pat Nettleton
6 5 4   M Boundy
  P Wheeler
3 2
  Marian Boundy
  Pat Wheeler
2 7 6   G Evans
  P Hird
  Janet Hopps
  Sally Moore
6 3 6   J Hopps
  S Moore
w/o
  Deidre Catt
  Jenny Trewby
1 6 2   J Hopps
  S Moore
8 8
  Sheila Armstrong
  Ann Haydon
6 3 6   S Armstrong
  A Haydon
6 9r
  Bernice Carr
  Jean Forbes
4 6 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Gem Hoahing
  Ida Wrede-Holm
2 5
  Marie-Odile Bouchet
  Florence de la Courtie
6 7   M-O Bouchet
  F de la Courtie
  Poucette Bernheim
  Jean Bostock
4 6 6   P Bernheim
  J Bostock
w/o
  Evelyn Fulton
  Joyce Fulton
6 2 2   M-O Bouchet
  F de la Courtie
4 4
  Jenny Wagstaff
  Bobbie Wilson
6 6   A Shilcock
  P Ward
6 6
Q   Fran Marshall
  Regina Thackray
1 3   J Wagstaff
  B Wilson
1 2
  Anne Shilcock
  Pat Ward
  A Shilcock
  P Ward
6 6
  Fredy Marinkelle
  Joopy Roos-Van der Wal
w/o   A Shilcock
  P Ward
3 6 1
  Christiane Mercelis
  Heather Segal
2 2 3   M Hawton
  T Long
6 4 6
  Sandra Reynolds
  Renée Schuurman
6 6   S Reynolds
  R Schuurman
6 6
  Louise Snow
  Ingeborg Vogler
4 8 7   L Snow
  I Vogler
2 3
  Jennifer Chamberlain
  Sonia Cox
6 6 5   S Reynolds
  R Schuurman
5 2
  Rosemary Deloford
  Billie Woodgate
6 7 3   M Hawton
  T Long
7 6
  Geraldine Carter
  Carmen Ibarra
4 5   R Deloford
  R Woodgate
2 4
  Margaret Hellyer
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
6 1 3   M Hawton
  T Long
6 6
3   Mary Hawton
  Thelma Long
8 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Pilar Barril
  Alicia Guri
7 1 3
  Rita Bentley
  Sheila Bramley
5 6 6
  R Bentley
  S Bramley
1 3
  S Chatrier
  A Mortimer
6 6
  Barbara Knapp
  Jenny Young
1 3
  Susan Chatrier
  Angela Mortimer
6 6
  S Chatrier
  A Mortimer
0 0
1   M Bueno
  A Gibson
6 6
Q   Anthea Warwick
  Sue Waters
4 2
  Karol Fageros
  Dorothy Knode
6 6
  K Fageros
  D Knode
4 3
1   M Bueno
  A Gibson
6 6
  Margot Dittmeyer
  Erika Vollmer
2 2
1   Maria Bueno
  Althea Gibson
6 6

References

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