1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont successfully defended their title, defeating Gussie Moran and Pat Todd in the final, 8–6, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Doubles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
Runners-up Gussie Moran
Pat Todd
Final score8–6, 7–5
Draw48 (5Q)
Seeds4

Seeds

01.   Louise Brough / Margaret duPont (Champions)
02.   Gussie Moran / Pat Todd (Final)
03.   Molly Blair / Jean Quertier (Quarterfinals)
04.   Joy Gannon / Betty Hilton (Semifinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Louise Brough
Margaret duPont
6 6
Sheila Summers
Toots Watermeyer
1 2
1 Louise Brough
Margaret duPont
6 6
4 Joy Gannon
Betty Hilton
2 2
4 Joy Gannon
Betty Hilton
6 6
Nancy Glover
Margot Gordon
2 2
1 Louise Brough
Margaret duPont
8 7
2 Gussie Moran
Pat Todd
6 5
Shirley Fry
Helen Rihbany
6 5 11
3 Molly Blair
Jean Quertier
3 7 9
Shirley Fry
Helen Rihbany
0 5
2 Gussie Moran
Pat Todd
6 7
Patsy Rodgers
Jean Walker-Smith
2 2
2 Gussie Moran
Pat Todd
6 6

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Louise Brough
Margaret duPont
6 6
Mary Halford
Kay Menzies
3 0
1 L Brough
M duPont
6 6
M Brennan
P Hermsen
2 0
Maeve Brennan
Nel Hermsen
6 6
Jacqueline Boutin
Anne-Marie Seghers
3 2
1 L Brough
M duPont
6 6
S Summers
E Watermeyer
1 2
Valerie Miles
Janet Morgan
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Marta Peterdy-Wolf
w/o
V Miles
J Morgan
2 3
S Summers
E Watermeyer
6 6
Gem Hoahing
Margot Parker
4 1
Sheila Summers
Toots Watermeyer
6 6

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 Joy Gannon
Betty Hilton
6 6 6
Enid Andrews
Kay Tuckey
8 2 1 4 J Gannon
E Hilton
6 4 6
Penny Durlac
Barbara Knapp
2 6 3 E Middleton
B Walter
4 6 2
Edith Middleton
Bea Walter
6 2 6 4 J Gannon
E Hilton
3 6 6
Mary Eyre
Viola White
6 5 P King
W Stork
6 0 0
Q Margaret Carlisle
Katie Johns
8 7 Q M Carlisle
K Johns
4 3
Phyllis King
Wendy Stork
7 6 P King
W Stork
6 6
Joan Bathurst
Sheila Dowdeswell
5 4 4 J Gannon
E Hilton
6 6
Birgit Gullbrandsson
Mary Lagerborg
6 6 N Glover
M Gordon
2 2
Q Lesley Fulton
Nancy Liebert
3 4 B Gullbrandsson
M Lagerborg
7 2 3
Nancy Glover
Margot Gordon
6 6 N Glover
M Gordon
5 6 6
G Butler
Arvilla McGuire
2 1 N Glover
M Gordon
6 6
Q Mrs FG Downing
Mrs EM Frost
9 2 4 L Anderson
Mrs M Guthrie
1 4
Louise Anderson
Mrs M Guthrie
7 6 6 L Anderson
Mrs M Guthrie
9 6
Georgina Greiss
Betsy Venter
4 7 6 G Greiss
B Venter
7 2
Betty Cooke
Margot Flowerdew
6 5 4

The nationalities of Mrs FG Downing, Mrs EM Frost and Mrs M Guthrie are unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Gladys Lines
Pat Ward
6 7
Annelise Bossi
Miriamme de Borman
2 5 G Lines
P Ward
6 3 2
Q Peggy Knight
Enid Sutton
6 6 Q P Knight
E Sutton
4 6 6
Violette Rigollet
Edith Sutz
0 3 Q P Knight
E Sutton
2 2
Rita Anderson
Billie Woodgate
0 0 S Fry
H Rihbany
6 6
Joyce Fitch
Thelma Long
6 6 J Fitch
T Long
7 5 4
Shirley Fry
Helen Rihbany
6 6 S Fry
H Rihbany
5 7 6
Jacqueline Marcellin
Helena Straubeová
3 0 S Fry
H Rihbany
6 5 11
Patsy O'Connell
Effie Peters
6 8 3 M Blair
J Quertier
3 7 9
Mrs MW Cooper
Pat Cowney
1 6 P O'Connell
E Peters
4 0
Q Andy Ross-Dilley
Joey Ross-Dilley
1 4 N Adamson
C Boegner
6 6
Nelly Adamson
Colette Boegner
6 6 N Adamson
C Boegner
0 9 2
Hilde Doleschell
Mary Terán de Weiss
6 6 3 M Blair
J Quertier
6 7 6
N Cole
Hilaire Newberry
1 2 H Doleschell
M Terán de Weiss
0 3
Laila Schou Nilsen
Gwen Simmers
3 3 3 M Blair
J Quertier
6 6
3 Molly Blair
Jean Quertier
6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Freda Hammersley
Georgie Woodgate
7 9
Mary Fitzgibbon
Betty Lombard
5 7
W Hammersley
G Woodgate
5 2
P Rodgers
J Walker-Smith
7 6
Natalie Gourlay
Joy Hibbert
7 2 1
Patsy Rodgers
Jean Walker-Smith
5 6 6
P Rodgers
J Walker-Smith
2 2
2 G Moran
P Todd
6 6
Betty Coutts
Joey David
6 6
Virginia Boyer
Gay Chandler
2 4
E Coutts
J David
2 2
2 G Moran
P Todd
6 6
Peggy Dawson-Scott
Betty Wilford
1 6 5
2 Gussie Moran
Pat Todd
6 2 7
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References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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