1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1958 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Althea Gibson
Runner-up	Angela Mortimer
Score	8–6, 6–2
Details
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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Defending champion Althea Gibson defeated Angela Mortimer in the final, 8–6, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Champion

Althea Gibson

Runner-up

Angela Mortimer

Score8–6, 6–2

Draw96 (10)

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Mimi Arnold	1	7	6

6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	5	8
					6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	0	1

						Angela Mortimer	6	6
	Angela Mortimer	4	6	10

	Margaret duPont	6	3	8
										Angela Mortimer	6	2

									1	Althea Gibson	8	6
	Ann Haydon	6	7

4	Maria Bueno	3	5
						Ann Haydon	2	0

					1	Althea Gibson	6	6
5	Shirley Bloomer	3	8	2

1	Althea Gibson	6	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	2	Christine Truman	6	6
		Rosemary Deloford	0	1
						2	C Truman	6	6
							J Rook	3	1
		Pat Nettleton	4	6
		Jill Rook	6	8
										2	C Truman	8	3
											M Arnold	10	6
		Mimi Arnold	2	6	6
		Pat Wheeler	6	3	0
							M Arnold	6	8
							E Vollmer	2	6
		Erika Vollmer	6	6
		Veronika Studer	4	4

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6
		Florence de la Courtie	4	2
					6	Z Körmöczy	6	6
						H Segal	2	3
		Sonja Pachta	4	1
		Heather Segal	6	6
									6	Z Körmöczy	6	6
										M Hawton	2	1
		Mary Terán de Weiss	6	6
		Fran Marshall	2	4
						M Terán de Weiss	4	1
						M Hawton	6	6
		Mary Hawton	6	6
		Joopy Roos-Van der Wal	2	0

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	Dorothy Knode	7	6
Q	Pauline Roberts	5	2		3	D Knode	3	5
	Christiane Mercelis	6	6			C Mercelis	6	7
	Sue Waters	2	1								C Mercelis	6	6
Q	Anthea Warwick									Q	A Warwick	0	2
	Susan Chatrier	w/o			Q	A Warwick	6	1	6
	Gill Worrall	6	6	1		S Cox	4	6	2
	Sonia Cox	8	2	6											C Mercelis	3	4
	Gem Hoahing	0	1												A Mortimer	6	6
	Edda Buding	6	6			E Buding	6	6
	Vera Thomas	1	9	6		V Thomas	3	1
	Ingeborg Vogler	6	7	2							E Buding	2	4
	Mercedes Solsona	0	2								A Mortimer	6	6
	Sandra Reynolds	6	6			S Reynolds	8	2	0
	Angela Mortimer	6	6			A Mortimer	6	6	6
	Carmen Ibarra	0	2

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

7	Janet Hopps	6	6
	Jean Bostock	3	3		7	J Hopps	5	7
	Marie-Odile Bouchet	2	2			N Marsh	7	9
	Norma Marsh	6	6							N Marsh	3	6	6
	June Fitzpatrick	2	2							M duPont	6	3	8
	Joyce Fulton	6	6			J Fulton	1	0
	Pearl Panton	3	0			M duPont	6	6
	Margaret duPont	6	6												M duPont	6	6
Q	Caroline Leather	8	7												F Muller	3	2
Q	Shirley Hannah	6	5		Q	C Leather	1	8
	Rita Bentley	1	6	0		R Reyes	6	10
	Rosie Reyes	6	4	6						R Reyes	3	5
	Wilma Smith	4	5							F Muller	6	7
	Sonia Cox	6	7			S Cox	5	3
	Fay Muller	6	6			F Muller	7	6
	Jean Knight	0	1

1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Seeds

Draw

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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

Q	Jenny Young	1	1
	Ann Haydon	6	6			A Haydon	6	1	6
	Ilse Buding	5	4			M Varner	3	6	2
	Margaret Varner	7	6								A Haydon	3	6	7
Q	Margaret Grace	6	0	1							J Forbes	6	2	5
	Pilar Barril	3	6	6		P Barril	1	7	3
	Gill Evans	1	4			J Forbes	6	5	6
	Jean Forbes	6	6													A Haydon	1	6	6
	Pat Hird	3	2													P Ward	6	3	1
	Pat Ward	6	6			P Ward	6	7
	Thelma Lister	6	7	7		T Lister	3	5
Q	Bobbie Wilson	4	9	5							P Ward	2	6	6
	Poucette Bernheim	1	2							8	K Fageros	6	4	4
	Silvana Lazzarino	6	6			S Lazzarino	1	5
	Sally Moore	3	5		8	K Fageros	6	7
8	Karol Fageros	6	7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Viola White	6	2	6
	Margaret Carter	3	6	4		V White	3	2
	Thelma Long	6	5	6		T Long	6	6
	Anne Shilcock	1	7	2							T Long	6	6
	Ruia Morrison	11	6								R Morrison	4	3
	Louise Snow	9	3			R Morrison	2	6	6
	Isabel Troccole	1	7			S Armstrong	6	3	3
	Sheila Armstrong	6	9												T Long	2	3
	Maud Galtier													4	M Bueno	6	6
	Ida Wrede-Holm	w/o				M Galtier	4	2
Q	Pauline Drew	3	2			J Curry	6	6
	Joan Curry	6	6								J Curry	0	2
Q	Jane Rushton	4	6							4	M Bueno	6	6
	Renée Schuurman	6	8			R Schuurman	0	2
	Hazel Cheadle	1	2		4	M Bueno	6	6
4	Maria Bueno	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Ruth Kaufmann	5	8	6
		Deidre Catt	7	6	2
							R Kaufmann	4	4
							B Carr	6	6
		Fredy Marinkelle	1	7
		Bernice Carr	6	9
											B Carr	3	4
										5	S Bloomer	6	6
		Margot Dittmeyer	6	8
	Q	Jenny Wagstaff	4	6
							M Dittmeyer	1	2
						5	S Bloomer	6	6
		Alicia Guri	1	2
	5	Shirley Bloomer	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Paule Courteix	6	6	6
		Elizabeth Broz	8	3	2
							P Courteix	0	3
							L Coghlan	6	6
		Geraldine Carter	0	3
		Lorraine Coghlan	6	6
											L Coghlan	0	2
										1	A Gibson	6	6
		Jenny Trewby	0	2
		Yola Ramírez	6	6
							Y Ramírez	7	2
						1	A Gibson	9	6
		Margaret Hellyer	0	2
	1	Althea Gibson	6	6