1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Sarah Fabyan ; Alice Marble
Runners-up	Simonne Mathieu ; Billie Yorke
Score	6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw	48 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble defeated the defending champions Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

2.

Sarah Fabyan /

Alice Marble (champions)

3.

Joan Ingram (third round)

4.

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

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Sarah Fabyan Alice Marble	4	6	6

	Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne	6	2	2
					2	Sarah Fabyan Alice Marble	7	6

					4	Bobbie Heine Miller Margaret Morphew	5	4
4	Bobbie Heine Miller Margaret Morphew	6	6

	Freda James Kay Stammers	4	2
										2	Sarah Fabyan Alice Marble	6	6

										1	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	2	3
	Jean Saunders Valerie Scott	0	2

	Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	6	6
						Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	6	3	4

					1	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	3	6	6
	Anita Lizana Peggy Scriven	5	4

1	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	7	6

First round	Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

	2	Sarah Fabyan Alice Marble	7	6
		Jadwiga Jędrzejowska MA Thomas	5	3
						2	S Fabyan A Marble
							P King E Pittman	w/o
		Sheila Chuter Betty Couper	2	4
		Phyllis King Elsie Pittman	6	6
										2	S Fabyan A Marble	4	6	6
											T Coyne N Wynne	6	2	2
		Alex McKelvie Susan Noel	6	3	1
		Helen Burr Yvonne Law	0	6	6
							H Burr Y Law	1	6
							T Coyne N Wynne	6	8
		Nina Brown Rita Jarvis	4	6	2
		Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne	6	3	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

4	Bobbie Heine Miller Margaret Morphew	6	6
	Pamela Morison Betty Uber	1	1		4	E Heine Miller M Morphew	6	7
Q	Dora Beazley Barbara Tew	6	0			Mrs CP Brutton N Macpherson-Grant	3	5
	Mrs CP Brutton Nancy Macpherson-Grant	8	6							4	E Heine Miller M Morphew	6	6
	Mary Hardwick Mary Whitmarsh	6	6								M Hardwick M Whitmarsh	4	4
	Patsy O'Connell Effie Peters	3	0			M Hardwick M Whitmarsh	6	6
	Cecily Marriott Madge Slaney	6	1	3		E Batt P Thomson	4	4
	Betty Batt Patience Thomson	4	6	6										4	E Heine Miller M Morphew	6	6
	Gaby Curtis Andree Lucas	5	4												W James K Stammers	4	2
	Ermyntrude Harvey Mary Heeley	7	6			E Harvey M Heeley	6	1	6
	Nancy Glover Betty Nuthall	9	1			D Howard J de Meulemeester	1	6	8
	Doris Howard Josane de Meulemeester	11	6								D Howard J de Meulemeester	3	4
Q	Bernice Lumb Margot Lumb	3	4								W James K Stammers	6	6
	Freda James Kay Stammers	6	6			W James K Stammers	6	8
	Denise Huntbach Margot Stewart	3	9	6		D Huntbach M Stewart	3	6
	Elsa Haylock Ruth Kirk	6	7	3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	Peggy Michell Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	6
	Else Hollis Mrs W Merricks	4	4			M Michell D Shepherd-Barron	4	5
	Olive Craze Sheila Piercey	6	6			O Craze S Piercey	6	7
	Joan Marquis Mona Riddell	1	1								O Craze S Piercey	1	1
	Dorothy Bundy Helen Jacobs	7	6								J Saunders V Scott	6	6
	Betty Hobson Thelma Jarvis	5	2			D Bundy H Jacobs	2	6
	Jean Saunders Valerie Scott	6	6			J Saunders V Scott	6	8
Q	Muriel Bray Audrey Cardinall	4	4													J Saunders V Scott	0	2
	Joan Hartigan Margaret Wilson	10	0	6												D Andrus S Henrotin	6	6
	Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	8	6	8		D Andrus S Henrotin	5	6	6
	Mary Burrows Rosemary Smith	6	6			M Burrows R Smith	7	4	2
	Dorothy Wightman Hazel Wightman	4	1								D Andrus S Henrotin	3	6	9
	Magda Baumgarten Hella Kovač	4	1							3	E Dearman J Ingram	6	1	7
	Gisela Enger Rosl Kraus	6	6			G Enger R Kraus	3	1
	Jean Milne Margit Paksy	3	1		3	E Dearman J Ingram	6	6
3	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram	6	6

First round	Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

		Penny Durlac Joan Strawson	6	3	2
		Joy Myerscough Freda Underwood	2	6	6
							J Myerscough F Underwood	6	0	1
							A Lizana M Scriven	1	6	6
	Q	M MacTier Margaret Mellows	2	4
		Anita Lizana Peggy Scriven	6	6
												A Lizana M Scriven	5	4
											1	S Mathieu A Yorke	7	6
	Q	C Douglas BM Turner	6	5
		Nell Hopman Dorothy Stevenson	8	7
							E Hopman D Stevenson	4	4
						1	S Mathieu A Yorke	6	6
		Madzy Couquerque Grace Wheeler	3	3
	1	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	6	6

The nationality of Miss M MacTier is unknown.

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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