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1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships. This was Moody's 19th and last grand slam title, which would remain an all-time record until Margaret Court won her 20th major at the 1970 US Open.[1] Dorothy Round was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Women's singles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Helen Moody
Runner-upUnited States Helen Jacobs
Score6–4, 6–0
Details
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Main article: 1938 Wimbledon Championships

Seeds edit

01.     Helen Moody (champion)
02.     Alice Marble (semifinals)
03.     Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals)
04.     Hilde Sperling (semifinals)
05.     Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals)
06.     Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)
07.     Sarah Fabyan (quarterfinals)
08.     Peggy Scriven (fourth round)

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

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Alice Marble 6 6
5   Simonne Mathieu 2 3
2   Alice Marble 4 4
  Helen Jacobs 6 6
3   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 2 3
  Helen Jacobs 6 6
  Helen Jacobs 4 0
1   Helen Moody 6 6
7   Sarah Fabyan 6 4 4
4   Hilde Sperling 4 6 6
4   Hilde Sperling 10 4
1   Helen Moody 12 6
6   Kay Stammers 2 1
1   Helen Moody 6 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2   Alice Marble 6 6
  Mary Cootes 0 2
2   A Marble 6 6
  S Piercey 4 0
  Else Hollis 4 5
  Sheila Piercey 6 7
2   A Marble 7 6
  M Hardwick 5 4
  Mary Hardwick 6 6
  Joan Hartigan 4 2
  M Hardwick 6 6
  A McKelvie 3 3
  Alex McKelvie 6 6
  Greta Deutschová 0 2

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   Simonne Mathieu 6 6
  Anita Lizana 4 4
5   S Mathieu 6 6
Q   G Curtis 0 3
Q   Eileen Porter 7 2 3
  Gaby Curtis 5 6 6
5   S Mathieu 1 6 6
  N Wynne 6 2 0
  Rosl Kraus 6 1 6
  Patsy O'Connell 3 6 3
  R Kraus 3 5
  N Wynne 6 7
  Elsie Pittman 3 0
  Nancye Wynne 6 6

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6 3 6
  Dorothy Stevenson 1 6 3 3   J Jędrzejowska 6 4 6
  Denise Huntbach 4 2   P King 2 6 4
  Phyllis King 6 6 3   J Jędrzejowska 6 6
Q   Nora Maingay 5 2   P Durlac 1 3
Q   Betty Cooke 7 6 Q   B Cooke 6 1 4
  Penny Durlac 6 6   P Durlac 2 6 6
  Olga MacInnes 4 4 3   J Jędrzejowska 6 6
  Margaret Morphew 3 6 6   M Morphew 3 2
  Rosemary Smith 6 2 0   M Morphew 6 9
  Yvonne Law 5 6 2   E Harvey 3 7
  Ermyntrude Harvey 7 2 6   M Morphew 3 6 6
  Margaret Wilson 2 3   S Noel 6 2 3
  Susan Noel 6 6   S Noel 7 6
  Jean Milne 2 5   M Paksy 5 3
  Margit Paksy 6 7

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   Peggy Scriven 6 6
  Thelma Jarvis 2 4 8   M Scriven 6 6
  Madge Slaney 3 4   V Scott 3 4
  Valerie Scott 6 6 8   M Scriven 6 6
  Mona Riddell 6 3 6   M Couquerque 2 3
  Betty Batt 4 6 4   M Riddell 3 10 3
  Madzy Couquerque 6 6   M Couquerque 6 8 6
  Marjorie MacFarlane 2 2 8   M Scriven 3 0
  Mary Whitmarsh 0 1   H Jacobs 6 6
  Helen Jacobs 6 6   H Jacobs 9 6
  Joan Ingram 6 6   J Ingram 7 3
  Ruth Kirk 4 2   H Jacobs 6 6
  Evelyn Dearman 2 6   W James 4 2
  Freda James 6 8   W James 6 6 7
  Dora Beazley 0 2   J de Meulemeester 0 8 5
  Josane de Meulemeester 6 6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Q   Patience Thomson 3 6 3
  Jean Saunders 6 4 6   J Saunders 6 6
  Rosemary Thomas 10 7   R Thomas 3 3
Q   JM Lacy 8 5   J Saunders 4 2
  Pamela Morison 2 2   D Bundy 6 6
  Dorothy Bundy 6 6   D Bundy 6 6
  Joy Myerscough 2 0   F Ford 2 2
  Florence Ford 6 6   D Bundy 6 3 4
  Mary Norman 7 4 2 7   S Fabyan 3 6 6
Q   Gladys Southwell 5 6 6 Q   G Southwell 6 1 7
  Lucia Valerio 3 3 Q   M Trouncer 3 6 5
Q   Mollie Trouncer 6 6 Q   G Southwell 1 0
  Rita Jarvis 4 6 0 7   S Fabyan 6 6
  Elsa Haylock 6 0 6   E Haylock 2 4
  Gisela Enger 2 3 7   S Fabyan 6 6
7   Sarah Fabyan 6 6

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Margot Lumb 6 6
  Olive Craze 0 3   M Lumb 7 6
  Betty Smith 3 2   M Heeley 5 3
  Mary Heeley 6 6   M Lumb 6 6
  Elsie Hamilton 2 7 6   S Chuter 2 2
Q   Evelyn Curtis 6 5 3   E Hamilton 3 4
  Vere Thompson 2 2   S Chuter 6 6
  Sheila Chuter 6 6   M Lumb 5 1
  Thelma Coyne 7 6 4   H Sperling 7 6
  Billie Yorke 5 1   T Coyne 6 6
Q   Edith Middleton 2 6 1   C Hoahing 3 0
  Gem Hoahing 6 3 6   T Coyne 4 2
  Grace Wheeler 6 6 4   H Sperling 6 6
  Mary Burrows 3 0   G Wheeler 0 0
  Hella Kovač 2 2 4   H Sperling 6 6
4   Hilde Sperling 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Betty Nuthall 2 6 6
  Dorothy Andrus 6 4 2
  B Nuthall 6 2 6
  N Macpherson-Grant 2 6 4
  Nancy Macpherson-Grant 4 6 6
  Effie Peters 6 1 2
  B Nuthall 3 0
6   K Stammers 6 6
  Margot Stewart 6 7
  Nina Brown 1 5
  M Stewart 4 1
6   K Stammers 6 6
  Peggy Michell 3 2
6   Kay Stammers 6 6

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Magda Baumgarten 8 5
  Peggy Knight 10 7
  P Knight 0 2
  E Heine Miller 6 6
  Dulcie Kitson 1 2
  Bobbie Heine Miller 6 6
  E Heine Miller 6 4
1   H Moody 8 6
  Nancy Glover 3 6 6
  Sylvie Henrotin 6 4 4
  N Glover 4 5
1   H Moody 6 7
  Nell Hopman 3 4
1   Helen Moody 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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