1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble successfully defended their title, defeating Helen Jacobs and Billie Yorke in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Doubles.[1][2]

Women's Doubles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Sarah Fabyan
Alice Marble
Runners-up Helen Jacobs
Billie Yorke
Final score6–1, 6–0
Draw48 (5Q)
Seeds4

Seeds

01.   Sarah Fabyan / Alice Marble (Champions)
02.   Helen Jacobs / Billie Yorke (Final)
03.   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska / Simonne Mathieu (First round)
04.   Jean Nicoll / Betty Nuthall (Semifinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Sarah Fabyan
Alice Marble
4 6 6
Klára Somogyi
Grace Wheeler
6 0 0
1 Sarah Fabyan
Alice Marble
8 6
Freda Hammersley
Kay Stammers
6 3
Freda Hammersley
Kay Stammers
6 4 6
Ermyntrude Harvey
Phyllis King
1 6 2
1 Sarah Fabyan
Alice Marble
6 6
2 Helen Jacobs
Billie Yorke
1 0
Nina Brown
Rita Jarvis
2 2
4 Jean Nicoll
Betty Nuthall
6 6
4 Jean Nicoll
Betty Nuthall
7 4 9
2 Helen Jacobs
Billie Yorke
5 6 11
Bernice Lumb
Margot Lumb
0 1
2 Helen Jacobs
Billie Yorke
6 6

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Sarah Fabyan
Alice Marble
6 6
Helen Burr
Yvonne Law
1 1
1 S Fabyan
A Marble
6 6
S Noel
P O'Connell
3 2
Cecily Marriott
Madge Slaney
4 2
Susan Noel
Patsy O'Connell
6 6
1 S Fabyan
A Marble
4 6 6
K Somogyi
G Wheeler
6 0 0
Joan Marquis
Mona Riddell
4 8
Peggy Knight
Enid Sutton
6 10
P Knight
E Sutton
3 6 5
K Somogyi
G Wheeler
6 3 7
Klára Somogyi
Grace Wheeler
6 7
Gladys Brutton
Nancy Macpherson-Grant
4 5

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Simonne Mathieu
3 1
Freda Hammersley
Kay Stammers
6 6 W Hammersley
K Stammers
6 6
Audrey Roberts
Freda Underwood
6 9 A Roberts
F Underwood
0 1
Nancy Glover
Elsie Pittman
2 7 W Hammersley
K Stammers
6 6
Wally San Donnino
Vittoria Tonolli
6 3 6 W San Donnino
V Tonolli
2 2
Penny Durlac
Joan Strawson
2 6 2 W San Donnino
V Tonolli
6 4 6
Q Sheila Kenyon
Sally Stoney
6 3 6 Q S Kenyon
S Stoney
2 6 2
Laila Schou Nilsen
Patience Thomson
2 6 0 W Hammersley
K Stammers
6 4 6
Dorothy Andrus
Sylvie Henrotin
5 2 E Harvey
P King
1 6 2
Mary Cartwright
Dorothy Little
7 6 M Cartwright
D Little
6 2 6
Q Zoe Morse
Margot Parker
4 6 3 E Haylock
R Kirk
2 6 0
Elsa Haylock
Ruth Kirk
6 3 6 M Cartwright
D Little
5 9
Ermyntrude Harvey
Phyllis King
6 6 E Harvey
P King
7 11
Q Pamela Goodwyn
Joy Myerscough
2 2 E Harvey
P King
6 6
Mary Norman
Betty Smith
4 6 1 B Cooke
M Stewart
2 0
Betty Cooke
Margot Stewart
6 1 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Q M Law
Beatrice Watson
2 1
Doris Howard
Josane de Meulemeester
6 6 D Howard
J de Meulemeester
5 4
Mary Hardwick
Peggy Scriven
6 4 8 M Hardwick
M Scriven
7 6
Evelyn Dearman
Joan Ingram
4 6 6 M Hardwick
M Scriven
3 6 6
Thora Geddes
Annelise Ullstein
2 2 N Brown
R Jarvis
6 3 8
Nina Brown
Rita Jarvis
6 6 N Brown
R Jarvis
4 6 6
Mary Sargeant
Rosemary Smith
6 6 M Sargeant
R Smith
6 4 1
Thelma Jarvis
Gladys Southwell
2 2 N Brown
R Jarvis
2 2
Magda Berescu
Phyllis Xydis
3 2 4 J Nicoll
B Nuthall
6 6
Q Alex McKelvie
Audrey Wenyon
6 6 Q A McKelvie
A Wenyon
2 4
Betty Batt
Audrey Cardinall
6 6 E Batt
A Cardinall
6 6
Thilde Dietz
Inge Schumann
1 1 E Batt
A Cardinall
1 3
Alicia Florian
Hella Kovač
7 2 4 J Nicoll
B Nuthall
6 6
Pamela Morison
Betty Uber
9 6 P Morison
E Uber
6 0
Muriel Harris
Mary Whitmarsh
4 3 4 J Nicoll
B Nuthall
8 6
4 Jean Nicoll
Betty Nuthall
6 6

The nationality of Miss M Law is unknown.

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Bernice Lumb
Margot Lumb
6 1 6
Jean Saunders
Valerie Scott
2 6 4
B Lumb
M Lumb
7 6
C St. Omer Roy
A Weiwers
5 3
Betty Clements
Diana Wood
3 6 3
Cosette St. Omer Roy
Alice Weiwers
6 3 6
B Lumb
M Lumb
0 1
2 H Jacobs
A Yorke
6 6
Rosemary Thomas
Mollie Trouncer
6 3
Madzy Couquerque
Suzanne Pannetier
8 6
M Couquerque
S Pannetier
1 6 4
2 H Jacobs
A Yorke
6 4 6
Peggy Pleydell Bouverie
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
2 3
2 Helen Jacobs
Billie Yorke
6 6
gollark: Peer pressure!
gollark: _is incredibly indecisive, as usual_
gollark: Getting four reds as hatchlings is much more convenient then messing around with growing them for ages.
gollark: 2G prizekin.
gollark: Or coppers; you can never, ever have enough (CB) (green) coppers.

References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001
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