1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont successfully defended their title, defeating Shirley Fry and Doris Hart in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1950 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1950 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Louise Brough
United States Margaret Osborne
Runners-upUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Score6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Louise Brough /   Margaret duPont (champions)
02.     Shirley Fry /   Doris Hart (final)
03.     Gussie Moran /   Pat Todd (quarterfinals)
04.     Betty Harrison /   Kay Tuckey (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
               
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Rita Anderson
  Joan Curry
1 4
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Thelma Long
  Joy Mottram
0 2
3   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 7 3
  Thelma Long
  Joy Mottram
1 9 6
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
4 7 1
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 5 6
  Marjorie Buck
  Nancy Chaffee
6 6
4   Betty Harrison
  Kay Tuckey
3 3
  Marjorie Buck
  Nancy Chaffee
1 3
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
Q   Mary Eyre
  Elsie Phillips
2 2
1   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
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Maeve Brennan
  MD McCoy
0 1
2   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  M Barnett
  H Rihbany
1 2
  Marta Barnett
  Helen Rihbany
6 6
  Ginette Bucaille
  Gilberte Jamain
1 0
2   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  R Anderson
  J Curry
1 4
  Nel Hermsen
  Mrs MA Schmier
6 6
  Annelise Bossi
  Lucia Manfredi
2 0
  P Hermsen
  Mrs MA Schmier
2 3
  R Anderson
  J Curry
6 6
  Barbara Behr
  Joey David
1 4
  Rita Anderson
  Joan Curry
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 6
  Jean Quertier
  Jean Walker-Smith
0 2 3   G Moran
  P Todd
6 6 6
  Bea Walter
  Georgie Woodgate
7 6   B Walter
  G Woodgate
3 8 3
  Gloria Butler
  Helena Matouš
5 1 3   G Moran
  P Todd
6 6
  Lorna Byrne
  Lorna White
6 6 Q   P Knight
  E Sutton
4 2
  Myra Brain
  Margaret Knott
4 4   L Byrne
  L White
5 5
  Penny Durlac
  Barbara Knapp
2 3 Q   P Knight
  E Sutton
7 7
Q   Peggy Knight
  Enid Sutton
6 6 3   G Moran
  P Todd
6 7 3
  Sheila Dowdeswell
  Edith Middleton
6 6   T Long
  J Mottram
1 9 6
  Enid Davey
  Beryl Parker
2 1   S Dowdeswell
  E Middleton
6 6
  Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
  Mary Terán de Weiss
2 4   T Long
  J Mottram
2 3
  Thelma Long
  Joy Mottram
6 6   T Long
  J Mottram
6 6
  Betty Coutts
  Pat Ward
6 6   E Coutts
  P Ward
4 4
  ML David
  BM Goodman
2 3   E Coutts
  P Ward
6 6
  Andy Ross-Dilley
  Joey Ross-Dilley
6 4 1   Mrs MW Cooper
  P Cowney
3 2
  Mrs MW Cooper
  Pat Cowney
4 6 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Dorothy Head
  Betty Rosenquest
6 6
  Margaret Carlisle
  Katie Johns
4 2   D Head
  E Rosenquest
6 7
  Effie Peters
  Vera Thomas
6 6   E Peters
  V Thomas
2 5
  Myrtil Dubois
  Maud Galtier
4 4   D Head
  E Rosenquest
9 6
  Nancy Glover
  Freda Hammersley
2 1   M Buck
  N Chaffee
11 8
  Marjorie Buck
  Nancy Chaffee
6 6   M Buck
  N Chaffee
6 6
Q   Valerie Gardner
  Janet Morgan
6 11 6 Q   V Gardner
  J Morgan
0 4
  Louise Dick
  Helen Proudfoot
3 13 4   M Buck
  N Chaffee
6 6
  Enid Andrews
  Patsy Rodgers
6 6 4   E Harrison
  K Tuckey
3 3
  Mary Fitzgibbon
  Betty Lombard
4 2   E Andrews
  P Rodgers
7 6
Q   Pam Bocquet
  Gwen Scott
4 6 4   M Halford
  P O'Connell
5 4
  Mary Halford
  Patsy O'Connell
6 4 6   E Andrews
  P Rodgers
3 0
  Gem Hoahing
  Betty Martin-Davies
7 6   E Harrison
  K Tuckey
6 6
  Mary Lagerborg
  Etta Neumann
5 4   C Hoahing
  E Martin-Davies
2 3
  Audrey Bates
  Ada Ernest
0 1 4   E Harrison
  K Tuckey
6 6
4   Betty Harrison
  Kay Tuckey
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Gladys Lines
  Billie Woodgate
4 1
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Betty Wilford
6 6
  P Dawson-Scott
  E Wilford
6 3 5
Q   M Eyre
  E Phillips
0 6 7
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Angela Mortimer
0 6
Q   Mary Eyre
  Elsie Phillips
6 8
Q   M Eyre
  E Phillips
2 2
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  Colette Boegner
  Anne-Marie Seghers
5 3
  Alex McKelvie
  Wendy Stork
7 6
  A McKelvie
  W Stork
0 0
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  Nancy Morrison
  Barbara Scofield
6 4
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
8 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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