1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Freda James and Kay Stammers were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Phyllis King and Elsie Pittman.

Women's doubles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsFrance Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke defeated King and Pittman in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.     Freda James /   Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)
02.     Simonne Mathieu /   Billie Yorke (champions)
03.     Helen Jacobs /   Hilde Sperling (third round)
04.     Evelyn Dearman /   Joan Ingram (semifinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
3 6 8
  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
  Susan Noel
6 2 6
2   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
7 6
4   Evelyn Dearman
  Joan Ingram
5 3
4   Evelyn Dearman
  Joan Ingram
9 7
  Mary Heeley
  Dorothy Round
7 5
2   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
6 6
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
3 3
  Alex McOstrich
  Jean Saunders
2 5
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6 7
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
3 4
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
6 6
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
6 7
1   Freda James
  Kay Stammers
1 5

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
6 6
  Alice Marble
  Katherine Winthrop
2 4
2   S Mathieu
  A Yorke
3 6 6
  H Burr
  Y Law
6 3 3
  Rosl Kraus
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
3 2
  Helen Burr
  Yvonne Law
6 6
2   S Mathieu
  A Yorke
3 6 8
  J Jędrzejowska
  S Noel
6 2 6
  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
  Susan Noel
6 6
  Betty Hobson
  Audrey Wright
3 4
  J Jędrzejowska
  S Noel
6 8
  V King
  P Weekes
3 6
  Thelma Jarvis
  Gladys Southwell
3 4
  Vere King
  Penny Weekes
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Evelyn Dearman
  Joan Ingram
6 6
  Lucy Pennycuick
  Mie Trentham
2 4 4   E Dearman
  J Ingram
6 6
  Margot Stewart
  Patience Thomson
3 3   M Freeman
  G Southam
3 2
  Mildred Freeman
  Gladys Southam
6 6 4   E Dearman
  J Ingram
6 4 7
  Nancy Fontes
  Rosemary Smith
2 4   N Lyle
  B Nuthall
0 6 5
  Cecily Marriott
  Madge Slaney
6 6   C Marriott
  M Slaney
2 2
  Nancy Lyle
  Betty Nuthall
6 6   N Lyle
  B Nuthall
6 6
  E Homan
  Olga MacInnes
0 3 4   E Dearman
  J Ingram
9 7
  Joan Marquis
  Mona Riddell
0 4   M Heeley
  D Round
7 5
  Colette Boegner
  Lilí de la Valdène
6 6   C Boegner
  E de la Valdène
6 6
Q   Muriel Bray
  Audrey Cardinall
9 5 2   E Hollis
  G Terwindt
2 2
  Else Hollis
  Truid Terwindt
7 7 6   C Boegner
  E de la Valdène
7 1 5
  Patsy O'Connell
  Effie Peters
6 2 5   M Heeley
  D Round
5 6 7
  Bernice Lumb
  Margot Lumb
1 6 7   B Lumb
  M Lumb
1 1
  Gaby Curtis
  Nancy Dickin
1 4   M Heeley
  D Round
6 6
  Mary Heeley
  Dorothy Round
6 6

The nationality of Miss E Homan is unknown.

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Valerie Scott
  Mary Whitmarsh
1 4
  Elsa Haylock
  Ruth Kirk
6 6   E Haylock
  R Kirk
3 6 9
Q   Betty Smith
  Mollie Trouncer
1 6 4   N Brown
  R Jarvis
6 2 11
  Nina Brown
  Rita Jarvis
6 3 6   N Brown
  R Jarvis
6 1 5
Q   FM Burton
  Edith Middleton
1 3   A McOstrich
  J Saunders
2 6 7
  Alex McOstrich
  Jean Saunders
6 6   A McOstrich
  J Saunders
4 6 6
  Madzy Couquerque
  Marie Horn
6 6   M Couquerque
  M Horn
6 1 4
Q   Joan Goss
  Mrs AL Semmence
2 2   A McOstrich
  J Saunders
2 5
  Betty Batt
  Mary Bowden
6 3 3   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
6 7
  Mrs CP Brutton
  Sheila Chuter
3 6 6   Mrs CP Brutton
  S Chuter
0 5
  Anita Lizana
  Peggy Scriven
2 7   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
6 7
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6 9   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
7 6 6
  Magda Baumgarten
  Mrs W Merricks
6 6 3   H Jacobs
  H Sperling
5 8 2
Q   Mrs GA Myers
  Audrey Richardson
3 2   A Baumgarten
  Mrs W Merricks
1 7 5
  Margaret Mellows
  Freda Underwood
6 2 3   H Jacobs
  H Sperling
6 5 7
3   Helen Jacobs
  Hilde Sperling
8 6

The nationalities of Mrs AL Semmence, Mrs GA Myers and Audrey Richardson are unknown.

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Josephine Harman
  Joy Myerscough
6 2 3
  Joan Strawson
  Betty Uber
2 6 6
  J Strawson
  E Uber
6 6 1
  P King
  E Pittman
8 4 6
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
6 6
  Betty Couper
  Pamela Morison
1 3
  P King
  E Pittman
6 7
1   W James
  K Stammers
1 5
  Mary Hardwick
  Ermyntrude Harvey
6 10
  Sonia Mavrogordato
  Madie Moss
4 8
  M Hardwick
  E Harvey
3 4
1   W James
  K Stammers
6 6
  Dora Beazley
  Molly Hargreaves
3 1
1   Freda James
  Kay Stammers
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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