1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble successfully defended their title, defeating Helen Jacobs and Billie Yorke in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Doubles.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Sarah Fabyan
United States Alice Marble
Runners-upUnited States Helen Jacobs
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
Score6–1, 6–0
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →

Seeds

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01.     Sarah Fabyan /   Alice Marble (champions)
02.     Helen Jacobs /   Billie Yorke (final)
03.     Jadwiga Jędrzejowska /   Simonne Mathieu (first round)
04.     Jean Nicoll /   Betty Nuthall (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
               
1   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
4 6 6
  Klára Somogyi
  Grace Wheeler
6 0 0
1   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
8 6
  Freda Hammersley
  Kay Stammers
6 3
  Freda Hammersley
  Kay Stammers
6 4 6
  Ermyntrude Harvey
  Phyllis King
1 6 2
1   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
6 6
2   Helen Jacobs
  Billie Yorke
1 0
  Nina Brown
  Rita Jarvis
2 2
4   Jean Nicoll
  Betty Nuthall
6 6
4   Jean Nicoll
  Betty Nuthall
7 4 9
2   Helen Jacobs
  Billie Yorke
5 6 11
  Bernice Lumb
  Margot Lumb
0 1
2   Helen Jacobs
  Billie Yorke
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
6 6
  Helen Burr
  Yvonne Law
1 1
1   S Fabyan
  A Marble
6 6
  S Noel
  P O'Connell
3 2
  Cecily Marriott
  Madge Slaney
4 2
  Susan Noel
  Patsy O'Connell
6 6
1   S Fabyan
  A Marble
4 6 6
  K Somogyi
  G Wheeler
6 0 0
  Joan Marquis
  Mona Riddell
4 8
  Peggy Knight
  Enid Sutton
6 10
  P Knight
  E Sutton
3 6 5
  K Somogyi
  G Wheeler
6 3 7
  Klára Somogyi
  Grace Wheeler
6 7
  Gladys Brutton
  Nancy Macpherson-Grant
4 5

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
  Simonne Mathieu
3 1
  Freda Hammersley
  Kay Stammers
6 6   W Hammersley
  K Stammers
6 6
  Audrey Roberts
  Freda Underwood
6 9   A Roberts
  F Underwood
0 1
  Nancy Glover
  Elsie Pittman
2 7   W Hammersley
  K Stammers
6 6
  Wally San Donnino
  Vittoria Tonolli
6 3 6   W San Donnino
  V Tonolli
2 2
  Penny Durlac
  Joan Strawson
2 6 2   W San Donnino
  V Tonolli
6 4 6
Q   Sheila Kenyon
  Sally Stoney
6 3 6 Q   S Kenyon
  S Stoney
2 6 2
  Laila Schou Nilsen
  Patience Thomson
2 6 0   W Hammersley
  K Stammers
6 4 6
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
5 2   E Harvey
  P King
1 6 2
  Mary Cartwright
  Dorothy Little
7 6   M Cartwright
  D Little
6 2 6
Q   Zoe Morse
  Margot Parker
4 6 3   E Haylock
  R Kirk
2 6 0
  Elsa Haylock
  Ruth Kirk
6 3 6   M Cartwright
  D Little
5 9
  Ermyntrude Harvey
  Phyllis King
6 6   E Harvey
  P King
7 11
Q   Pamela Goodwyn
  Joy Myerscough
2 2   E Harvey
  P King
6 6
  Mary Norman
  Betty Smith
4 6 1   B Cooke
  M Stewart
2 0
  Betty Cooke
  Margot Stewart
6 1 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Q   M Law
  Beatrice Watson
2 1
  Doris Howard
  Josane de Meulemeester
6 6   D Howard
  J de Meulemeester
5 4
  Mary Hardwick
  Peggy Scriven
6 4 8   M Hardwick
  M Scriven
7 6
  Evelyn Dearman
  Joan Ingram
4 6 6   M Hardwick
  M Scriven
3 6 6
  Thora Geddes
  Anneliese Ullstein
2 2   N Brown
  R Jarvis
6 3 8
  Nina Brown
  Rita Jarvis
6 6   N Brown
  R Jarvis
4 6 6
  Mary Sargeant
  Rosemary Smith
6 6   M Sargeant
  R Smith
6 4 1
  Thelma Jarvis
  Gladys Southwell
2 2   N Brown
  R Jarvis
2 2
  Magda Berescu
  Phyllis Xydis
3 2 4   J Nicoll
  B Nuthall
6 6
Q   Alex McKelvie
  Audrey Wenyon
6 6 Q   A McKelvie
  A Wenyon
2 4
  Betty Batt
  Audrey Cardinall
6 6   E Batt
  A Cardinall
6 6
  Thilde Dietz
  Inge Schumann
1 1   E Batt
  A Cardinall
1 3
  Alicia Florian
  Hella Kovač
7 2 4   J Nicoll
  B Nuthall
6 6
  Pamela Morison
  Betty Uber
9 6   P Morison
  E Uber
6 0
  Muriel Harris
  Mary Whitmarsh
4 3 4   J Nicoll
  B Nuthall
8 6
4   Jean Nicoll
  Betty Nuthall
6 6

The nationality of Miss M Law is unknown.

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Bernice Lumb
  Margot Lumb
6 1 6
  Jean Saunders
  Valerie Scott
2 6 4
  B Lumb
  M Lumb
7 6
  C St. Omer Roy
  A Weiwers
5 3
  Betty Clements
  Diana Wood
3 6 3
  Cosette St. Omer Roy
  Alice Weiwers
6 3 6
  B Lumb
  M Lumb
0 1
2   H Jacobs
  A Yorke
6 6
  Rosemary Thomas
  Mollie Trouncer
6 3
  Madzy Couquerque
  Suzanne Pannetier
8 6
  M Couquerque
  S Pannetier
1 6 4
2   H Jacobs
  A Yorke
6 4 6
  Peggy Pleydell Bouverie
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
2 3
2   Helen Jacobs
  Billie Yorke
6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001
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