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1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsFrance Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1936 · Wimbledon Championships · 1938 →

Freda James and Kay Stammers were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Phyllis King and Elsie Pittman.

Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke defeated King and Pittman in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

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1.   United Kingdom Freda James / United Kingdom Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)
2.   France Simonne Mathieu / United Kingdom Billie Yorke (champions)
3.   United States Helen Jacobs / Denmark Hilde Sperling (third round)
4.   United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman / United Kingdom Joan Ingram (semifinals)

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

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
3 6 8
Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
United Kingdom Susan Noel
6 2 6
2 France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
7 6
4 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman
United Kingdom Joan Ingram
5 3
4 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman
United Kingdom Joan Ingram
9 7
United Kingdom Mary Heeley
United Kingdom Dorothy Round
7 5
2 France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
6 6
United Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
3 3
United Kingdom Alex McOstrich
United Kingdom Jean Saunders
2 5
United States Dorothy Andrus
France Sylvie Henrotin
6 7
United States Dorothy Andrus
France Sylvie Henrotin
3 4
United Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
6 6
United Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
6 7
1 United Kingdom Freda James
United Kingdom Kay Stammers
1 5

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 France Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
6 6
United States Alice Marble
United States Katherine Winthrop
2 4
2 France S Mathieu
United Kingdom A Yorke
3 6 6
United Kingdom H Burr
United Kingdom Y Law
6 3 3
Austria Rosl Kraus
United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
3 2
United Kingdom Helen Burr
United Kingdom Yvonne Law
6 6
2 France S Mathieu
United Kingdom A Yorke
3 6 8
Poland J Jędrzejowska
United Kingdom S Noel
6 2 6
Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
United Kingdom Susan Noel
6 6
United Kingdom Betty Hobson
United Kingdom Audrey Wright
3 4
Poland J Jędrzejowska
United Kingdom S Noel
6 8
United Kingdom V King
United Kingdom P Weekes
3 6
United Kingdom Thelma Jarvis
United Kingdom Gladys Southwell
3 4
United Kingdom Vere King
United Kingdom Penny Weekes
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman
United Kingdom Joan Ingram
6 6
United Kingdom Lucy Pennycuick
United Kingdom Mie Trentham
2 4 4 United Kingdom E Dearman
United Kingdom J Ingram
6 6
United Kingdom Margot Stewart
United Kingdom Patience Thomson
3 3 United Kingdom M Freeman
United Kingdom G Southam
3 2
United Kingdom Mildred Freeman
United Kingdom Gladys Southam
6 6 4 United Kingdom E Dearman
United Kingdom J Ingram
6 4 7
United Kingdom Nancy Fontes
United Kingdom Rosemary Smith
2 4 United Kingdom N Lyle
United Kingdom B Nuthall
0 6 5
United Kingdom Cecily Marriott
United Kingdom Madge Slaney
6 6 United Kingdom C Marriott
United Kingdom M Slaney
2 2
United Kingdom Nancy Lyle
United Kingdom Betty Nuthall
6 6 United Kingdom N Lyle
United Kingdom B Nuthall
6 6
E Homan
United Kingdom Olga MacInnes
0 3 4 United Kingdom E Dearman
United Kingdom J Ingram
9 7
United Kingdom Joan Marquis
United Kingdom Mona Riddell
0 4 United Kingdom M Heeley
United Kingdom D Round
7 5
France Colette Boegner
France Lilí de la Valdène
6 6 France C Boegner
France E de la Valdène
6 6
Q United Kingdom Muriel Bray
United Kingdom Audrey Cardinall
9 5 2 Denmark E Hollis
Netherlands G Terwindt
2 2
Denmark Else Hollis
Netherlands Truid Terwindt
7 7 6 France C Boegner
France E de la Valdène
7 1 5
United Kingdom Patsy O'Connell
United Kingdom Effie Peters
6 2 5 United Kingdom M Heeley
United Kingdom D Round
5 6 7
United Kingdom Bernice Lumb
United Kingdom Margot Lumb
1 6 7 United Kingdom B Lumb
United Kingdom M Lumb
1 1
United Kingdom Gaby Curtis
United Kingdom Nancy Dickin
1 4 United Kingdom M Heeley
United Kingdom D Round
6 6
United Kingdom Mary Heeley
United Kingdom Dorothy Round
6 6

The nationality of Miss E Homan is unknown.

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Valerie Scott
United Kingdom Mary Whitmarsh
1 4
United Kingdom Elsa Haylock
United Kingdom Ruth Kirk
6 6 United Kingdom E Haylock
United Kingdom R Kirk
3 6 9
Q United Kingdom Betty Smith
United Kingdom Mollie Trouncer
1 6 4 United Kingdom N Brown
United Kingdom R Jarvis
6 2 11
United Kingdom Nina Brown
United Kingdom Rita Jarvis
6 3 6 United Kingdom N Brown
United Kingdom R Jarvis
6 1 5
Q United Kingdom FM Burton
United Kingdom Edith Middleton
1 3 United Kingdom A McOstrich
United Kingdom J Saunders
2 6 7
United Kingdom Alex McOstrich
United Kingdom Jean Saunders
6 6 United Kingdom A McOstrich
United Kingdom J Saunders
4 6 6
Netherlands Madzy Couquerque
Germany Marie Horn
6 6 Netherlands M Couquerque
Germany M Horn
6 1 4
Q United Kingdom Joan Goss
Mrs AL Semmence
2 2 United Kingdom A McOstrich
United Kingdom J Saunders
2 5
United Kingdom Betty Batt
United Kingdom Mary Bowden
6 3 3 United States D Andrus
France S Henrotin
6 7
United Kingdom Mrs CP Brutton
United Kingdom Sheila Chuter
3 6 6 United Kingdom Mrs CP Brutton
United Kingdom S Chuter
0 5
Chile Anita Lizana
United Kingdom Peggy Scriven
2 7 United States D Andrus
France S Henrotin
6 7
United States Dorothy Andrus
France Sylvie Henrotin
6 9 United States D Andrus
France S Henrotin
7 6 6
Hungary Magda Baumgarten
United Kingdom Mrs W Merricks
6 6 3 United States H Jacobs
Denmark H Sperling
5 8 2
Q Mrs GA Myers
Audrey Richardson
3 2 Hungary A Baumgarten
United Kingdom Mrs W Merricks
1 7 5
United Kingdom Margaret Mellows
United Kingdom Freda Underwood
6 2 3 United States H Jacobs
Denmark H Sperling
6 5 7
3 United States Helen Jacobs
Denmark Hilde Sperling
8 6

The nationalities of Mrs AL Semmence, Mrs GA Myers and Audrey Richardson are unknown.

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Republic of Ireland Josephine Harman
Republic of Ireland Joy Myerscough
6 2 3
United Kingdom Joan Strawson
United Kingdom Betty Uber
2 6 6
United Kingdom J Strawson
United Kingdom E Uber
6 6 1
United Kingdom P King
United Kingdom E Pittman
8 4 6
United Kingdom Phyllis King
United Kingdom Elsie Pittman
6 6
United Kingdom Betty Couper
United Kingdom Pamela Morison
1 3
United Kingdom P King
United Kingdom E Pittman
6 7
1 United Kingdom W James
United Kingdom K Stammers
1 5
United Kingdom Mary Hardwick
United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey
6 10
United Kingdom Sonia Mavrogordato
United Kingdom Madie Moss
4 8
United Kingdom M Hardwick
United Kingdom E Harvey
3 4
1 United Kingdom W James
United Kingdom K Stammers
6 6
United Kingdom Dora Beazley
United Kingdom Molly Hargreaves
3 1
1 United Kingdom Freda James
United Kingdom Kay Stammers
6 6

References

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  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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