1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Alice Marble
Runner-up	Kay Stammers
Score	6–2, 6–0
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
	← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →

Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Helen Moody was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Champion

Alice Marble

Runner-up

Kay Stammers

Score6–2, 6–0

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

2	Helen Jacobs	2	2

6	Kay Stammers	6	6
				6	Kay Stammers	7	2	6

				8	Sarah Fabyan	5	6	3
4	Simonne Mathieu	4	2

8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6
									6	Kay Stammers	2	0

									1	Alice Marble	6	6
7	Mary Hardwick	4	0

3	Hilde Sperling	6	6
				3	Hilde Sperling	0	0

				1	Alice Marble	6	6
5	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	1	4

1	Alice Marble	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	2	Helen Jacobs	6	6
		Elsa Haylock	0	2
						2	H Jacobs	6	6
						Q	J Curry	3	2
		Penny Durlac	4	7	8
	Q	Joan Curry	6	5	10
										2	H Jacobs	6	7
											M Lumb	2	5
		Margot Lumb	6	6
		Alicia Florian	1	2
							M Lumb	6	6
							B Cooke	3	3
		Betty Cooke	6	7
		Joan Ingram	4	5

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	6	Kay Stammers	6	6
	Q	Edith Middleton	0	2
					6	K Stammers	6	6
						N Brown	2	2
		Madzy Couquerque	5	3
		Nina Brown	7	6
									6	K Stammers	7	6
										S Henrotin	5	2
	Q	Peggy Brace	4	2
		Wally San Donnino	6	6
						W San Donnino	1	1
						S Henrotin	6	6
		Thilde Dietz	5	3
		Sylvie Henrotin	7	6

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	Simonne Mathieu	6	6
	Eva Poráková	4	1	4	S Mathieu	6	6
	Audrey Roberts	5	1		P King	1	0
	Phyllis King	7	6						4	S Mathieu	6	6	6
	Betty Smith	4	4							K Somogyi	0	8	3
	Klára Somogyi	6	6		K Somogyi	6	6
	Phyllis Grover	0	10		A Yorke	2	4
	Billie Yorke	6	12											4	S Mathieu	6	4	6
Q	Liesl Herbst	2	0												V Scott	3	6	2
	Valerie Scott	6	6		V Scott	3	6	6
	Freda Underwood	2	5		E Hamilton	6	0	1
	Elsie Hamilton	6	7							V Scott	6	3	6
	Patience Thomson	2	0							S Noel	3	6	0
	Susan Noel	6	6		S Noel	6	10
Q	Nancy Liebert	5	5		I Schumann	4	8
	Inge Schumann	7	7

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6
	Mary Norman	2	2		8	S Fabyan	6	6
	Freda Hammersley	6	6			W Hammersley	2	3
	Betty Batt	3	2						8	S Fabyan	6	6
	Mary Sargeant	4	7	8						D Huntbach	2	3
	Mary Whitmarsh	6	5	6		M Sargeant	3	8
	Jean Nicoll	8	4	2		D Huntbach	6	10
	Denise Huntbach	6	6	6										8	S Fabyan	6	3	6
	Madge Slaney	6	6												D Little	1	6	2
	Nora Maingay	3	1			M Slaney	6	6
	Rosemary Smith	6	7			R Smith	3	3
	Audrey Cardinall	1	5							M Slaney	6	0	1
	Joan Goss	3	5							D Little	3	6	6
	Dorothy Andrus	6	7			D Andrus	3	0
	Dorothy Little	6	8			D Little	6	6
	Margot Stewart	1	6

1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Nancy Macpherson-Grant	6	6
	Muriel Harris	4	1			N Macpherson-Grant	6	1	6
Q	Valerie Cooper	5	6	2		E Clements	3	6	4
	Betty Clements	7	2	6							N Macpherson-Grant	4	8	7
	Elsie Pittman	1	5								R Jarvis	6	6	5
	Rita Jarvis	6	7			R Jarvis	4	8	6
Q	Margaret Lewis	4	5			G Southwell	6	6	2
	Gladys Southwell	6	7													N Macpherson-Grant	4	6
	Alex McKelvie	7	2												7	M Hardwick	6	8
	Anita Ellis	9	6			A Ellis	3	5
	Grace Wheeler	7	2	6		G Wheeler	6	7
	Betty Nuthall	5	6	2							G Wheeler	5	7
	Alice Weiwers	6	6							7	M Hardwick	7	9
	Yvonne Law	1	0			A Weiwers	2	4
	Rosemary Thomas	8	4		7	M Hardwick	6	6
7	Mary Hardwick	10	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Jean Saunders	6	6
Q	Sonia Mavrogordato	2	1			J Saunders	8	7
	Mollie Trouncer	6	6			M Trouncer	6	5
	Joan Strawson	3	1								J Saunders	6	3	6
	Ermyntrude Harvey	6	1	4							P O'Connell	2	6	2
	Magda Berescu	2	6	6		M Berescu	3	2
	Evelyn Dearman	4	6	4		P O'Connell	6	6
	Patsy O'Connell	6	3	6												J Saunders	2	4
	Molly James	1	2												3	H Sperling	6	6
	Diana Wood	6	6			D Wood	7	4	6
Q	Pamela Goodwyn	6	0	3		S Pannetier	5	6	1
	Suzanne Pannetier	0	6	6							D Wood	3	1
	Effie Peters	7	6							3	H Sperling	6	6
	Gaby Curtis	5	0			E Peters	3	0
	Gem Hoahing	2	0		3	H Sperling	6	6
3	Hilde Sperling	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Thelma Jarvis	0	3
		Mary Cartwright	6	6
							M Cartwright	3	3
							M Scriven	6	6
		Peggy Scriven	6	6
		Anneliese Ullstein	3	3
											M Scriven	3	2
										5	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
		Vittoria Tonolli	2	8	1
		Hella Kovač	6	6	6
							H Kovač	4	3
						5	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
		Josane de Meulemeester	4	3
	5	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Arlette Halff	6	6
		Doris Howard	4	2
							A Halff	6	4	6
							N Glover	3	6	1
		Florence Smith	5	0
		Nancy Glover	7	6
												A Halff	1	1
											1	A Marble	6	6
	Q	Beryl Rodway	7	1	0
		Dora Beazley	5	6	6
							D Beazley	4	3
						1	A Marble	6	6
		Ruth Kirk	3	2
	1	Alice Marble	6	6