1951 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1951 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Doris Hart
Runner-up	Shirley Fry
Score	6–1, 6–0
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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Doris Hart defeated Shirley Fry in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1951 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Louise Brough was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fry.

Champion

Doris Hart

Runner-up

Shirley Fry

Score6–1, 6–0

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

2	Margaret duPont	1	6	3

5	Beverly Baker	6	4	6
					5	Beverly Baker	3	1

					3	Doris Hart	6	6
3	Doris Hart	6	6

7	Nancy Chaffee	3	3
									3	Doris Hart	6	6

									4	Shirley Fry	1	0
8	Jean Walker-Smith	6	4

4	Shirley Fry	8	6
					4	Shirley Fry	6	6

					1	Louise Brough	4	2
	Kay Tuckey	7	1	3

1	Louise Brough	5	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	2	Margaret duPont	6	6
		Joy Mottram	3	4
					2	M duPont	6	6
						Z Körmöczy	1	1
		Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6
		Beryl Penrose	4	0
										2	M duPont	7	6
											P Dawson-Scott	5	2
		Sheila Speight	6	5
		Enid Andrews	8	7
						E Andrews	7	1	3
						P Dawson-Scott	5	6	6
		Helga Strecker	w/o
		Peggy Dawson-Scott

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	5	Beverly Baker	6	6
	Q	Laura Morgan	2	0
						5	B Baker	6	6
							A Gibson	1	3
		Althea Gibson	6	2	6
		Pat Ward	0	6	4
										5	B Baker	10	6
											H Matouš	8	3
		Sheila Dowdeswell	4	3
		Nicla Migliori	6	6
							N Migliori	6	4
							H Matouš	8	6
		Elizabeth Broz	3	3
		Helena Matouš	6	6

First round				Second round				Third round				Fourth round

3	Doris Hart	6	6
	Jacqueline Marcellin	2	0	3	D Hart	6	7
	Mary Terán de Weiss	8	6		M Terán de Weiss	0	5
	Margot Parker	6	1					3	D Hart	6	7
	Nancye Bolton	6	6						N Bolton	4	5
	Molly Blair	1	2		N Bolton	6	6
	Joan Curry	6	6		J Curry	1	1
	Evelyn Moeller	2	1									3	D Hart	6	6
	Beryl Parker	2	5										J Quertier	4	3
Q	Pat Harrison	6	7	Q	P Harrison	5	3
	Betty Wilford	2	1		M Gordon	7	6
	Margot Gordon	6	6						M Gordon	4	1
	Rosemary Bulleid	6	7						J Quertier	6	6
	Joy Hibbert	4	5		R Bulleid	3	3
	Jean Quertier	6	6		J Quertier	6	6
	Ruth Haukenes	1	3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

7	Nancy Chaffee	4	6	6
	Joey Lloyd	6	2	3	7	N Chaffee	6	6
Q	Evelyn Attwood	6	3	6	Q	E Attwood	1	0
LL	Marguerite White	3	6	2						7	N Chaffee	6	6
	Vera Thomas	2	10								A McGuire	3	3
	Arvilla McGuire	6	12			A McGuire	6	3	6
	Beryl Bartlett	6	6			B Bartlett	3	6	4
	Pat Gotla	3	2											7	N Chaffee	6	6
	Audrey Bates	6	4	4											B Gullbrandsson-Sandén	0	3
	Rosemary Walsh	2	6	6		R Walsh	8	2	0
	Christiane Mercelis	3	4			M Halford	6	6	6
	Mary Halford	6	6								M Halford	2	1
	Helen Fletcher	6	6								B Gullbrandsson-Sandén	6	6
	Margaret Emerson	4	3			H Fletcher	1	1
	Janet Morgan	6	0	4		B Gullbrandsson-Sandén	6	6
	Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén	3	6	6

1951 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Mrs MA Schmier	3	1
	Billie Woodgate	6	6			R Woodgate	5	3
Q	Gladys Lines	1	4			R Anderson	7	6
	Rita Anderson	6	6								R Anderson	6	8
	Leonie Brighton	6	3	2							W Stork	2	6
	Wendy Stork	4	6	6		W Stork	6	6
	Noelle Knight	4	4			N Liebert	0	2
	Nancy Liebert	6	6												R Anderson	4	1
LL	Elsie Phillips	2	2											8	J Walker-Smith	6	6
	Pam Bocquet	6	6			P Bocquet	6	4	6
	Jean Trower	6	4	3		W Hammersley	3	6	2
	Freda Hammersley	4	6	6							P Bocquet	3	4
	Violette Rigollet	6	6							8	J Walker-Smith	6	6
Q	Joan Ross-Dilley	4	3			V Rigollet	2	4
	Georgie Woodgate	0	4		8	J Walker-Smith	6	6
8	Jean Walker-Smith	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Katie Johns	2	6	6
	Barbara Knapp	6	4	3		K Johns	2	6	0
	Lorna Cornell	6	6			L Cornell	6	2	6
	Margaret Knott	2	2								L Cornell	6	6
	Thelma Lister	3	6	6							C Proctor	4	4
Q	Gem Gilbert	6	4	1		T Lister	3	5
	Alex McKelvie	3	1			C Proctor	6	7
	Clare Proctor	6	6												L Cornell	0	1
	Maeve Downey	7	6											4	S Fry	6	6
Q	Frances Walthew	5	3			M Downey	6	2	0
Q	Suzanne Schmitt				Q	S Schmitt	2	6	6
	Thelma Long	w/o								Q	S Schmitt	1	0
LL	Joyce Starling	1	2							4	S Fry	6	6
	Betty Rosenquest	6	6			E Rosenquest	3	5
	Susan Partridge	3	1		4	S Fry	6	7
4	Shirley Fry	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

		Nel Hermsen	6	6
		Angela Mortimer	3	2
						N Hermsen	1	2
						B Davidson	6	6
		Barbara Davidson	7	6
		Margaret Carlisle	5	1
										B Davidson	2	6	1
										K Tuckey	6	3	6
		Edie Luxton	4	3
		Gay Chandler	6	6
						G Chandler	2	3
						K Tuckey	6	6
		Kay Tuckey	6	6
	LL	Madzy Couquerque	3	2

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Jenny Wagstaff	6	3	6
		Betty Coutts	2	6	2
							J Wagstaff	2	2
						Q	P Lewis	6	6
		Effie Peters	0	7
	Q	Pat Lewis	6	9
										Q	P Lewis	1	0
										1	L Brough	6	6
		Viola White	2	2
		Gem Hoahing	6	6
							G Hoahing	1	3
						1	L Brough	6	6
	Q	Gwen Scott	1	2
	1	Louise Brough	6	6