1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Pauline Betz
Runner-up	Louise Brough
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	96
Seeds	8
Events
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Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Alice Marble was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Champion

Pauline Betz

Runner-up

Louise Brough

Score6–2, 6–4

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Pauline Betz	6	6

	Joan Curry	0	3
					1	Pauline Betz	6	6

					5	Dorothy Bundy	2	3
4	Kay Menzies	6	1	3

5	Dorothy Bundy	4	6	6
									1	Pauline Betz	6	6

									3	Louise Brough	2	4
6	Jean Bostock	1	2

3	Louise Brough	6	6
					3	Louise Brough	8	7

					2	Margaret Osborne	6	5
7	Doris Hart	7	4	4

2	Margaret Osborne	5	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	1	Pauline Betz	6	6
		Josane de Meulemeester	3	1
					1	P Betz	6	6
						J Gannon	1	0
		Joy Gannon	6	6
		Jean Poynder	2	2
										1	P Betz	6	6
											V Cooper	1	0
		Valerie Cooper	6	8
		YL Webster	1	6
						V Cooper	0	7	6
						A McKelvie	6	5	4
		Gay Chandler	5	4
		Alex McKelvie	7	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	8	Simone Lafargue	6	6
		Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	4	4
						8	S Lafargue	6	7
							J Morgan	1	5
		Janet Morgan	5	9	6
		Sally Lister	7	7	3
										8	S Lafargue	3	3
											J Curry	6	6
		Joopy van der Wal	6	5	4
		Helena Straubeová	1	7	6
							H Straubeová	0	2
							J Curry	6	6
		Joan Curry	6	6
		Joanna Russocki	1	1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	Kay Menzies	6	6
	Patsy O'Connell	1	1		4	K Menzies	6	6
	Yvonne Law	6	6			Y Law	3	1
	Georgie Woodgate	1	3							4	K Menzies	6	6
	Billie Yorke	6	6								B Yorke	1	2
	Betty Wilford	2	2			B Yorke	6	6
	Freda Hammersley	w/o				Mrs LM Godefroy	2	2
	Mrs LM Godefroy														4	K Menzies	6	6
	Mary Chamberlain	1	4													N Macpherson-Grant	0	2
	Nancy Macpherson-Grant	6	6			N Macpherson-Grant	6	2	6
	Audrey Wenyon	6	5	6		A Wenyon	3	6	1
	Pamela Goodwyn	1	7	4							N Macpherson-Grant	3	6	6
	Dorrit Herbst	6	6								Y Vincart	6	2	4
	Milly Vagn-Nielsen	3	2			D Herbst	6	2	0
	Eileen Porter	4	6	4		Y Vincart	1	6	6
	Yvonne Vincart	6	3	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	Dorothy Bundy	6	6
	Evelyn Murdock	0	1		5	D Bundy	6	6
	Audrey Osborne	4	2			E Passingham	4	1
	Betty Passingham	6	6							5	D Bundy	9	6
	Betty Couper	1	1								K Winthrop	7	0
	Truid Blaisse	6	6			G Blaisse	6	0	1
	Katherine Winthrop	6	6			K Winthrop	2	6	6
	Nora Maingay	0	1												5	D Bundy	6	6
	Doreen Litherland	3	4													B Nuthall	3	2
	Molly Lincoln	6	6			M Lincoln	2	6	6
	Sheila Kenyon	6	6			S Kenyon	6	2	3
	Molly James	3	4								M Lincoln	1	6	1
	Betty Coutts	6	3	6							B Nuthall	6	4	6
	Audrey Roberts	2	6	3		B Coutts	0	5
	Simonne Mathieu	5	6	6		B Nuthall	6	7
	Betty Nuthall	7	3	8

1946 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 Glover	7	6
	Stella Mason	5	0			N Glover	7	0	3
	Gladys Lines	6	6			G Lines	5	6	6
	Doris Heppenstall	4	4								G Lines	8	1	2
	Louise Anderson	1	1								M Vivian	6	6	6
	Peggy Vivian	6	6			M Vivian	6	6
	Jacqueline Marcellin	2	4			J Quertier	0	3
	Jean Quertier	6	6													M Vivian	0	1
	Peggy Knight	1	3												6	J Bostock	6	6
	Effie Peters	6	6			E Peters	5	6	4
	Micheline Inglebert	6	6			M Inglebert	7	2	6
	Nancy Liebert	4	2								M Inglebert	2	2
	Billie Woodgate	4	7	6						6	J Bostock	6	6
	Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	5	4		R Woodgate	0	3
	Edith Sutz	1	4		6	J Bostock	6	6
6	Jean Bostock	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Susan Powell	6	11
	Betty Uber	1	9			S Powell	6	3	2
	Thelma Jarvis	1	3			M Halford	3	6	6
	Mary Halford	6	6								M Halford	6	6	7
	Edie Luxton	4	0								C Boegner	8	4	5
	Colette Boegner	6	6			C Boegner	6	6
	Jean MacNair	3	0			J Strawson	0	1
	Joan Strawson	6	6													M Halford	1	3
	Pat Todd	6	4	6											3	L Brough	6	6
	Vera Dace	1	6	4		P Todd	6	6
	Elsa Haylock	8	4	6		E Haylock	1	0
	RM Mechel	6	6	1							P Todd	6	7	1
	Nelly Landry	7	1	6						3	L Brough	2	9	6
	Madzy Couquerque	5	6	3		N Landry	2	1
	Alison Burton	w/o			3	L Brough	6	6
3	Louise Brough

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Patsy Rodgers	6	2	2
		Gem Hoahing	2	6	6
							C Hoahing	2	6	1
							B Carris	6	1	6
		Rosemary Mobbs	7	6	2
		Bea Carris	5	8	6
												B Carris	8	2	2
											7	D Hart	6	6	6
		Pearl Panton	7	6
		Mary Belin	5	3
							P Panton	1	4
						7	D Hart	6	6
		Joan Ingram	0	1
	7	Doris Hart	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

		Jacqueline Patorni	6	6
		Nel Hermsen	2	1
						J Patorni	3	2
						E Hilton	6	6
		Betty Hilton	6	6
		Margaret Lewis	3	2
										E Hilton	1	1
									2	M Osborne	6	6
		Suzanne Pannetier	6	6
		Miriamme de Borman	4	0
						S Pannetier	0	0
					2	M Osborne	6	6
		Wendy Stork	2	0
	2	Margaret Osborne	6	6