1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

1939 Wimbledon Championships
Champion		Alice Marble [1]
Runner-up		Kay Stammers [1]
Final score		6–2, 6-0
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		seniors
WC Doubles		men		women
Wimbledon Championships  < 1938 1946 >

Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers 6–2, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Main draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
2	Helen Jacobs	2	2
6	Kay Stammers	6	6				6	Kay Stammers	7	2	6
4	Simonne Mathieu	4	2				8	Sarah Fabyan	5	6	3
8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6											6	Kay Stammers	2	0
7	Mary Hardwick	4	0											1	Alice Marble	6	6
3	Hilde Sperling	6	6				3	Hilde Sperling	0	0
5	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska	1	4				1	Alice Marble	6	6
1	Alice Marble	6	6

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
2	Helen Jacobs
	bye						2	HH Jacobs	6	6
	Elsa Haylock							Mrs. RE Haylock	0	2
	bye													2	HH Jacobs	6	6
	Penny Durlac													Q	PJ Curry	3	2
	bye							Mrs. WH Durlac	4	7	8
Q	Joan Curry						Q	PJ Curry	6	5	10
	bye																				2	HH Jacobs	6	7
	Margot Lumb																					ME Lumb	2	5
	bye							ME Lumb	6	6
	Alicia Florian							A Florian	1	2
	bye														ME Lumb	6	6
	Betty Cooke														FB Cooke	3	3
	bye							FB Cooke	6	7
	Jeri Ingram							J Ingram	4	5
	bye

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
6	Kay Stammers
	bye						6	KE Stammers	6	6
Q	Edith Middleton						Q	Mrs. EA Middleton	0	2
	bye													6	KE Stammers	6	6
	Rollin Couquerque														NB Brown	2	2
	bye							MCR Couquerque	5	3
	Nina Brown							NB Brown	7	6
	bye																				6	KE Stammers	7	6
Q	Peggy Brace																					CF Henrotin	5	2
	bye						Q	MF Brace	4	2
	Wally San Donnino							W San Donnnino	6	6
	bye														W San Donnino	1	1
	Thilde Dietz														CF Henrotin	6	6
	bye							Mrs. T Dietz	5	3
	Silvie Henrotin							CF Henrotin	7	6
	bye

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
4	Simonne Mathieu	6	6
	Eva Porokova	4	1				4	Mme. R Mathieu	6	6
	Audrey Roberts	5	1					Mrs. MR King	1	0
	Phyllis King	7	6											4	Mme. R Mathieu	6	6	6
	Betty Smith	4	4												K Somogyi	0	8	3
	Klára Somogyi	6	6					K Somogyi	6	6
	Phyllis Grover	0	10					AM Yorke	2	4
	Billie Yorke	6	12																		4	Mme. R Mathieu	6	4	6
Q	Liesl Herbst	2	0																			VE Scott	3	6	2
	Valerie Scott	6	6					VE Scott	3	6	6
	Freda Uderwood	2	5					EM Hamilton	6	0	1
	Elsie Hamilton	6	7												VE Scott	6	3	6
	Patience Thomson	2	0												S Noel	3	6	0
	Susan Noel	6	6					S Noel	6	10
Q	Nancy Liebert	5	5					I Schumann	4	8
	I Schumann	7	7

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6
	Mary Norman	2	2				8	Mrs. M Fabyan	6	6
	Freda Hammersley	6	6					Mrs. SH Hammersley	2	3
	Betty Batt	3	2											8	Mrs. M Fabyan	6	6
	Mary Sargeant	4	7	8											DA Huntbach	2	3
	Mary Whitmarsh	6	5	6				Mrs. HJ Sargeant	3	8
	Jean Nicoll	8	4	2				DA Huntbach	6	10
	Denise Huntbach	6	6	6																	8	Mrs. M Fabyan	6	3	6
	Madge Slaney	6	6																			Mrs. DL Little	1	6	2
	Nora Maingay	3	1					M Slaney	6	6
	Rosemary Smith	6	7					RJM Smith	3	3
	Audrey Cardinall	1	5												M Slaney	6	0	1
	Joan Goss	3	5												Mrs. DL Little	3	6	6
	Doris Andrus	6	7					Mrs. DB Andrus	3	0
	Dorothy Little	6	8					Mrs. DL Little	6	6
	Margot Stewart	1	6

Section 5

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	Nancy Macpherson-Grant	6	6
	Muriel Harris	4	1					Mrs. EG Macpherson-Grant	6	1	6
Q	Valerie Cooper	5	6	2				BE Clements	3	6	4
	Betty Clements	7	2	6											Mrs. EG Macpherson-Grant	4	8	7
	Elsie Pittman	1	5												R Jarvis	6	6	5
	Rita Jarvis	6	7					R Jarvis	4	8	6
Q	Margaret Lewis	4	5					GM Southwell	6	6	2
	Gladys Southwell	6	7																			Mrs. EG Macpherson-Grant	4	6
	Mrs. Alex McKelvie	7	2																		7	RM Hardwick	6	8
	Anita Ellis	9	6					Mrs. RT Ellis	3	5
	Grace Wheeler	7	2	6				G Wheeler	6	7
	Betty Nuthall	5	6	2											G Wheeler	5	7
	Alice Weiwers	6	6											7	RM Hardwick	7	9
	Yvonne Law	1	0					A Weiwers	2	4
	Rosemary Thomas	8	4				7	RM Hardwick	6	6
7	Mary Hardwick	10	6

Section 6

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	Jean Saunders	6	6
Q	Sonia Mavrogordato	2	1					J Saunders	8	7
	Mollie Trouncer	6	6					M Trouncer	6	5
	Joan Strawson	3	1												J Saunders	6	3	6
	Ermyntrude Harvey	6	1	4											PA O'Connell	2	6	2
	Magda Berescu	2	6	6				M Berescu	6	6
	Evelyn Dearman	4	6	4				PA O'Connell	3	2
	Patsy O'Connell	6	3	6																		J Saunders	2	4
	Marion Jones	1	2																		3	Mrs. S Sperling	6	6
	Diana Wood	6	6					DM Wood	7	4	6
Q	Pamela Goodwyn	6	0	3				S Pannetier	5	6	1
	Suzanne Pannetier	0	6	6											DM Wood	3	1
	Effie Peters	7	6											3	Mrs. S Sperling	6	6
	Gaby Curtis	5	0					Mrs. EC Peters	3	0
	Gem Hoahing	2	0				3	Mrs. S Sperling	6	6
3	Hilde Sperling	6	6

Section 7

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	bye
	Thelma Jarvis							TR Jarvis	0	3
	bye							Mrs. DF Cartwright	6	6
	Mary Cartwright														Mrs. DF Cartwright	3	3
	bye														MC Scriven	6	6
	Peggy Scriven							MC Scriven	6	6
	bye							A Ullstein	3	3
	Annelise Ullstein																					MC Scriven	3	2
	bye																				5	J Jedrzejowska	6	6
	Vittoria Tonolli							V Tonolli	2	8	1
	bye							H Kovac	6	6	6
	Hella Kovac														H Kovac	4	3
	bye													5	J Jedrzejowska	6	6
	Josane de Meulemeester							Mrs. J de Meulemeester	4	3
	bye						5	J Jedrzejowska	6	6
5	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska

Section 8

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	bye
	Arlette Halff							Mme. M Halff	6	6
	bye							Mrs. PD Howard	4	2
	Doris Howard														Mme. M Halff	6	4	6
	bye														PF Glover	3	6	1
	Florence Smith							Mrs. GA Smith	5	0
	bye							PF Glover	7	6
	Nancy Glover																					Mme. M Halff	1	1
	bye																				1	A Marble	6	6
Q	Beryl Rodway						Q	MBS Rodway	7	1	0
	bye							BG Beazley	5	6	6
	Dora Beazley														BG Beazley	4	3
	bye													1	A Marble	6	6
	Ruth Kirk							Mrs. JS Kirk	3	2
	bye						1	A Marble	6	6
1	Alice Marble

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