1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Louise Brough
Runner-up	Margaret duPont
Score	10–8, 1–6, 10–8
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
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Louise Brough successfully defended her title, defeating Margaret duPont in the final, 10–8, 1–6, 10–8 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Champion

Louise Brough

Runner-up

Margaret duPont

Score10–8, 1–6, 10–8

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Louise Brough	6	6

	Molly Blair	2	3
					1	Louise Brough	6	6

					3	Pat Todd	3	0
3	Pat Todd	3	6	6

	Jean Walker-Smith	6	4	3
									1	Louise Brough	10	1	10

									2	Margaret duPont	8	6	8
	Peggy Dawson-Scott	5	5

	Helen Rihbany	7	7
						Helen Rihbany	2	2

					2	Margaret duPont	6	6
	Betty Hilton	1	3

2	Margaret duPont	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	1	Louise Brough	6	6
		Edith Middleton	1	1
						1	L Brough	6	6
							M Halford	1	0
		Betty Coutts	3	7
		Mary Halford	6	9
										1	L Brough	6	6
										Q	R Walsh	1	2
		Margot Flowerdrew	6	2	3
	Q	Enid Sutton	3	6	6
						Q	E Sutton	4	4
						Q	R Walsh	6	6
	Q	Rosemary Walsh	6	3	10
	Q	Meg Buxton-Knight	4	6	8

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	7	Nelly Adamson	6	6
		Laila Schou Nilsen	1	4
						7	N Adamson	2	5
							M Blair	6	7
		Barbara Knapp	6	5	1
		Molly Blair	3	7	6
											M Blair	6	6
											W Hammersley	3	1
		Edith Sutz	4	6	5
		Erica Percival	6	2	7
							E Percival	5	2
							W Hammersley	7	6
		Hilary Stoodley-Morgan	5	3
		Freda Hammersley	7	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	Pat Todd	6	6
Q	Norma Potts	0	1		3	P Todd	6	6
	Virginia Boyer	4	7	2		R Woodgate	1	2
	Billie Woodgate	6	5	6						3	P Todd	6	6
	Hilde Doleschell	6	3	4							S Dowdeswell	1	0
	Rita Anderson	2	6	6		R Anderson	3	6	2
LL	Zena Lusty	w/o				S Dowdeswell	6	2	6
	Sheila Dowdeswell														3	P Todd	6	6
	Jacqueline Marcellin	6	3	6												J Marcellin	2	1
	Lesley Fulton	3	6	4		J Marcellin	6	6
	Margot Parker	6	2	6		M Parker	4	2
	Mary Fitzgibbon	2	6	4							J Marcellin	4	6	6
	Natalie Gourlay	10	2	6							V White	6	3	4
LL	Leonie Brighton	8	6	2		N Gourlay	7	3	2
	Viola White	6	6	6		V White	5	6	6
	Violette Rigollet	4	8	3

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	Joan Curry	6	6
	Phyllis King	1	4	8	J Curry	3	5
	Annelise Bossi	5	3		S Summers	6	7
	Sheila Summers	7	6							S Summers	2	2
	Jean Walker-Smith	6	6							J Walker-Smith	6	6
Q	Jacqueline Beswick	3	3		J Walker-Smith	6	6
Q	Mary Stephens	1	3		B Gullbrandsson	1	3
	Birgit Gullbrandsson	6	6												J Walker-Smith	6	6
	Mary Terán de Weiss	11	6												T Long	1	3
	Betsy Venter	9	0		M Terán de Weiss	5	8	6
	Margot Gordon	6	6		M Gordon	7	6	2
	Patsy Rogers	0	2							M Terán de Weiss	6	5	3
	Thelma Long	6	6							T Long	3	7	6
	Penny Durlac	1	1		T Long	6	6
	Miriamme de Borman	9	6		M de Borman	0	2
	Gloria Butler	7	2

1949 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

	Helena Straubeová	6	6
Q	Lorna Byrne	1	3			H Straubeová	7	2	7
	Joey David	6	3	4		J Morgan	5	6	5
	Janet Morgan	3	6	6							H Straubeová	1	2
	Toots Watermeyer	6	6								T Watermeyer	6	6
Q	Joan Quelch	3	0			T Watermeyer	6	6
	Eva Fog	6	3			E Phillips	1	2
	Elsie Phillips	8	6													T Watermeyer	4	5
	Pat Cowney	4	6	2												P Dawson-Scott	6	7
Q	Beryl Parker	6	3	6	Q	B Parker	1	0
	Colette Boegner	6	6			C Boegner	6	6
	Pat Ward	0	0								C Boegner	9	6	5
	Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	6								P Dawson-Scott	11	0	7
	Audrey Bates	3	1			P Dawson-Scott	6	6
	Margaret Knott	2	2		6	J Quertier	4	4
6	Jean Quertier	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Helen Rihbany	6	6
	Molly Stone	1	2			H Rihbany	6	3	8
	Joy Hibbert	1	3			K Tuckey	3	6	6
	Kay Tuckey	6	6								H Rihbany	7	7
	Joan Bathurst	0	4								J Gannon	5	5
	Joy Gannon	6	6			J Gannon	6	6
	Noelle Knight	3	2			G Woodgate	3	0
	Georgie Woodgate	6	6													H Rihbany	6	6
	Gem Hoahing	2	6	6												C Hoahing	4	4
	Wendy Stork	6	4	2		C Hoahing	6	6
	Jacqueline Boutin	6	6			J Boutin	4	0
	Effie Peters	2	4								C Hoahing	6	5	6
	Betty Wilford	6	5	6						4	G Moran	2	7	3
LL	Audrey Mothersole	2	7	1		E Wilford	1	4
	Bea Walter	6	2	3	4	G Moran	6	6
4	Gussie Moran	3	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

		Anne-Marie Seghers	5	2
		Betty Hilton	7	6
						E Hilton	6	3	6
						E Andrews	1	6	3
		Katherine Keith-Steele	3	2
		Enid Andrews	6	6
											E Hilton	4	6	6
										5	S Fry	6	1	4
		Arvilla McGuire	6	6
	Q	Nathalie Feiron	2	2
						A McGuire	3	4
					5	S Fry	6	6
		Mary Lagerborg	0	2
	5	Shirley Fry	6	6