1954 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1954 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Maureen Connolly
Runner-up	Louise Brough
Score	6–2, 7–5
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
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Maureen Connolly successfully defended her title, defeating Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1954 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Champion

Maureen Connolly

Runner-up

Louise Brough

Score6–2, 7–5

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Doris Hart	6	6

7	Helen Fletcher	1	3
					2	Doris Hart	6	3	3

					4	Louise Brough	2	6	6
4	Louise Brough	6	6

6	Angela Mortimer	1	3
										4	Louise Brough	2	5

										1	Maureen Connolly	6	7
8	Betty Pratt	6	9	6

3	Shirley Fry	4	11	3
					8	Betty Pratt	1	1

					1	Maureen Connolly	6	6
5	Margaret duPont	1	1

1	Maureen Connolly	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	2	Doris Hart	6	6
		Georgie Woodgate	1	1
						2	D Hart	6	6
							J Burke	1	2
		Judy Burke	5	6	6
		Elaine Watson	7	4	1
										2	D Hart	6	6
											N Migliori	1	1
		Helga Strecker	3	5
		Sachiko Kamo	6	7
							S Kamo	3	9
							N Migliori	6	11
		Nicla Migliori	6	6
		Babs Praczukowski	4	0

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	7	Helen Fletcher	6	5	6
		Hanna Sladek	3	7	3
						7	H Fletcher	6	6
							R Kaufmann	3	1
	Q	Marion Boundy	0	0
		Ruth Kaufmann	6	6
										7	H Fletcher	6	6
											P Dawson-Scott	0	1
	Q	Mollie Govett	2	4
		Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	6
							P Dawson-Scott	9	8
							B Knapp	7	6
		Barbara Knapp	6	6
		Billie Woodgate	1	2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

4	Louise Brough	6	6
	Pat Gotla	1	1		4	L Brough	6	6
	Sue Waters	1	7			E Vollmer	3	3
	Erika Vollmer	6	9							4	L Brough	6	6
	Vera Thomas	6	6								V Thomas	2	2
	Suzanne Schmitt	3	1			V Thomas	6	7
	Nell Hopman	6	2	3		J Fitzpatrick	0	5
	June Fitzpatrick	3	6	6										4	L Brough	6	6
	Mary Morris	2	2												B Bradley	1	1
	Pat Harrison	6	6			P Harrison	7	5	6
	Rosemary Walsh	2	2			B Kimbrell	5	7	4
	Barbara Kimbrell	6	6								P Harrison	3	6
	Barbara Bradley	9	6								B Bradley	6	8
	Jean Petchell	7	1			B Bradley	9	2
	Fenny ten Bosch	6	6			F ten Bosch	7	0^r
	Hazel Cheadle	4	1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

6	Angela Mortimer	6	6
	Molly Stone	0	1		6	A Mortimer	6	6
	Norma Kemsey-Bourne	6	6			N Kemsey-Bourne	0	2
	Sidney Brock	2	4							6	A Mortimer	6	6
	Gladys Heldman	0	0								G Bucaille	0	2
	Heather Robson	6	6			H Robson	3	1
	Ginette Bucaille	6	6			G Bucaille	6	6
	Valerie Pitt	3	3											6	A Mortimer	5	6	6
	Leonie Brighton	6	6												I Ramírez	7	4	2
LL	Zena Lusty	1	0			L Brighton	6	3	3
Q	Margarita Bonström	1	8	4	Q	M Bonström	3	6	6
	Noelle Knight	6	6	5r						Q	M Bonström	4	2
	Melita Ramírez	6	6								I Ramírez	6	6
Q	Betty Ruffin	2	0			I Ramírez	6	7
	Poucette Coessens	2	3			E Lehmann	0	5
	Elena Lehmann	6	6

1954 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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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

Q	Kathleen Stott	7	1
	Kay Hubbell	9	6			K Hubbell	2	4
LL	Audrey Bilse	5	3			A Shilcock	6	6
	Anne Shilcock	7	6							A Shilcock	3	3
	Margot Parker	3	2							J Curry	6	6
	Rosemary Bulleid	6	6			R Bulleid	3	2
	Evelyn Attwood	3	2			J Curry	6	6
	Joan Curry	6	6											J Curry	3	6	3
Q	Joan Quelch	1	3										8	E Pratt	6	3	6
	Baba Lewis	6	6			B Lewis	6	8
Q	Jean Knight	5	6	6	Q	J Knight	0	6
Q	Denise Collier	7	4	3						B Lewis	1	7
	Nelly Adamson	6	6						8	E Pratt	6	9
Q	Chloe Rhodes	1	1			N Adamson	1^r
	María Josefa de Riba	1	2		8	E Pratt	2
8	Betty Pratt	6	6

First round				Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	Evelyn Moeller	1	1
	Pat Ward	6	6		P Ward	6	6
	Pat Hird	6	6		P Hird	3	1
	Lorna Cawthorn	4	1						P Ward	6	6
	Margot Dittmeyer	7	0						C Hoahing	0	1
	Mary Harris	9	6		M Harris	1	2
	Gem Hoahing	6	6		C Hoahing	6	6
	Silvana Lazzarino	1	1										P Ward	3	1
	Joopy Roos-Van der Wal	6	6									3	S Fry	6	6
	Thelma Lister	3	3		J Roos-Van der Wal	4	1
	Bobbie Wilson	4	0		D Levine	6	6
	Dorothy Levine	6	6						D Levine	4	4
	Ingeborg Vogler	4	1					3	S Fry	6	6
	Jacqueline Kermina	6	6		J Kermina	2	1
	Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet	4	4	3	S Fry	6	6
3	Shirley Fry	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

		Christiane Mercelis	6	6
	Q	Rita Davar	1	0
						C Mercelis	6	6
						J Morgan	3	1
		Janet Morgan	6	7
		Elizabeth Broz	4	5
										C Mercelis	1	6
									5	M duPont	6	8
		Betsy Abbas	6	6
		Nancy Liebert	4	3
						B Abbas	0	4
					5	M duPont	6	6
		Viola White	1	0
	5	Margaret duPont	6	6