1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Louise Brough
Runner-up	Margaret duPont
Final score	10–8, 1–6, 10–8
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed
← 1948 · Wimbledon Championships · 1950 →

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]

Seeds[]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	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

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	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

Section 2[]

	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

Section 3[]

	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				B 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

Section 4[]

	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

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

	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

Section 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

Section 7[]

	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

Section 8[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Nel Hermsen	6	6
									Betty Lombard	3	2
																N Hermsen	1	1
																J Fitch	6	6
									Joyce Fitch	4	6	6
									Patsy O'Connell	6	0	1
																							J Fitch	0	1
																						2	M duPont	6	6
									Betty Cooke	1	7
									Gay Chandler	6	9
																G Chandler	1	1
															2	M duPont	6	6
									Gladys Lines	2	1
								2	Margaret duPont	6	6

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com