1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Louise Brough and Maureen Connolly in the final, 8–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1952 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Runners-upUnited States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
Score8–6, 6–3
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.     Shirley Fry /   Doris Hart (champions)
02.     Louise Brough /   Maureen Connolly (final)
03.     Thelma Long /   Pat Todd (semifinals)
04.     Susan Partridge /   Jean Rinkel-Quertier (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
               
2   Louise Brough
  Maureen Connolly
6 6
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
1 3
2   Louise Brough
  Maureen Connolly
5 6 6
3   Thelma Long
  Pat Todd
7 1 4
3   Thelma Long
  Pat Todd
6 8
  Molly Blair
  Mary Halford
2 6
2   Louise Brough
  Maureen Connolly
6 3
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
8 6
  Helen Fletcher
  Jean Walker-Smith
5 6 3
4   Susan Partridge
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
7 4 6
4   Susan Partridge
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
5 3
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
7 6
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Angela Mortimer
3 1
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Louise Brough
  Maureen Connolly
  Joy Mottram
  Pat Ward
w/o
2   L Brough
  M Connolly
6 6
  E Phillips
  M Stone
2 1
  Elsie Phillips
  Molly Stone
  Rita Anderson
  Joan Curry
w/o
2   L Brough
  M Connolly
6 6
  M Eyre
  V White
1 3
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
6 7
  Audrey Bates
  Ada Ernest
1 5
  M Eyre
  V White
6 6
  M Bourbonnais
  A Passet
2 0
Q   Joyce Coles
  Mary Wavish
8 2
  Michelle Bourbonnais
  Annie Passet
10 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Thelma Long
  Pat Todd
6 6
  Nancy Glover
  Freda Hammersley
0 0 3   T Long
  P Todd
6 6
  Gloria Butler
  Helena Matouš
4 7 1   BM Goodman
  M Knott
0 3
Q   BM Goodman
  Margaret Knott
6 5 6 3   T Long
  P Todd
4 6 6
  Susan Billington
  Margot Parker
6 2   B Bartlett
  H Redick-Smith
6 2 4
  Beryl Bartlett
  Hazel Redick-Smith
8 6   B Bartlett
  H Redick-Smith
6 6
  Pat Gotla
  Barbara Knapp
6 1 6   P Gotla
  B Knapp
4 2
  Patsy Rodgers
  Doreen Wedderburn
0 6 3 3   T Long
  P Todd
6 8
Q   Joan MacLeod
  Edna Mercer
4 4   M Blair
  M Halford
2 6
  Valerie Gardner
  Janet Morgan
6 6   V Gardner
  J Morgan
1r
  Sheila Speight
  Rosemary Walsh
6 2 4 Q   B Abbas
  D Spiers
3
Q   Betsy Abbas
  Doreen Spiers
4 6 6 Q   B Abbas
  D Spiers
5 3
  Jacqueline Kermina
  Violette Rigollet
6 4 3   M Blair
  M Halford
7 6
Q   Margaret Grace
  Judy Wallace
4 6 6 Q   M Grace
  J Wallace
4 2
  Molly Blair
  Mary Halford
6 6   M Blair
  M Halford
6 6
  Pat Lewis
  Elaine Watson
2 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Nel Hermsen
  Joopy Roos-Van der Wal
7 5
  Gem Hoahing
  Georgie Woodgate
9 7   C Hoahing
  G Woodgate
6 6
  Louise Dick
  Heather Macfarlane
3 4   V Thomas
  R Woodgate
2 2
  Vera Thomas
  Billie Woodgate
6 6   C Hoahing
  G Woodgate
0 3
  Elizabeth Broz
  Helga Strecker
3 1   H Fletcher
  J Walker-Smith
6 6
  Helen Fletcher
  Jean Walker-Smith
6 6   H Fletcher
  J Walker-Smith
7 4 6
  Gwendolyn Love
  Beryl Penrose
6 6   G Love
  B Penrose
5 6 3
  Margaret Carlisle
  Lorna White
1 2   H Fletcher
  J Walker-Smith
5 6 3
  Effie Peters
  Bea Walter
3 1 4   S Partridge
  J Rinkel-Quertier
7 4 6
  Anne Shilcock
  Julia Wipplinger
6 6   A Shilcock
  J Wipplinger
6 6 5
  Molly Mackay
  Helen Proudfoot
1 6 6   M Mackay
  H Proudfoot
2 8 7
  Peggy Knight
  Enid Sutton
6 4 4   M Mackay
  H Proudfoot
1 2
  Roguie Bain
  Betty Lombard
10 6 4   S Partridge
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
  Margaret Lewis
  Gwen Scott
8 3   R Bain
  E Lombard
3 0
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Betty Wilford
2 6 3 4   S Partridge
  J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
4   Susan Partridge
  Jean Rinkel-Quertier
6 3 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Dorothy Head
  Arvilla McGuire
6 6
  Lorna Byrne
  Pearl Panton
1 1
  D Head
  A McGuire
4 5
  R Bulleid
  A Mortimer
6 7
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Angela Mortimer
  Gay Chandler
  Thelma Lister
w/o
  R Bulleid
  A Mortimer
3 1
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  Nelly Adamson
  Mary Terán de Weiss
w/o
  Nell Hopman
  Baba Lewis
  E Hopman
  B Lewis
0 2
1   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  Pat Harrison
  Jean Trower
2 0
1   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
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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