1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Dorothy Round
Runner-up	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Score	6–2, 2–6, 7-5
Details
Draw	97 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Dorothy Round defeated Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Helen Jacobs was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Round.

Seeds

1.

Helen Jacobs (quarterfinals)

2.

Hilde Sperling (quarterfinals)

3.

Anita Lizana (quarterfinals)

4.

Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (final)

5.

Alice Marble (semifinals)

6.

Simonne Mathieu (semifinals)

7.

Dorothy Round (champion)

8.

Kay Stammers (fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

2	Hilde Sperling	5	6	3

5	Alice Marble	7	2	6
					5	Alice Marble	6	2

					4	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	8	6
4	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6

	Peggy Scriven	1	2
									4	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2	6	5

									7	Dorothy Round	6	2	7
6	Simonne Mathieu	6	6

3	Anita Lizana	3	3
					6	Simonne Mathieu	4	0

					7	Dorothy Round	6	6
7	Dorothy Round	6	6

1	Helen Jacobs	4	2

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	2	Hilde Sperling	6	6
		Magda Baumgarten	2	0
						2	H Sperling	6	6
							M Horn	2	0
		Marie Horn	6	7	7
		Mary Burrows	1	9	5
										2	H Sperling	6	6
											G Curtis	4	4
		Edie Luxton	6	5	3
		Denise Huntbach	3	7	6
							D Huntbach	4	6
							G Curtis	6	8
		Gertrude Valentine-Brown	3	3
		Gaby Curtis	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					5	Alice Marble	9	6	6
						Mary Hardwick	11	4	3
										5	A Marble	6	6
											M Lincoln	1	0
						Molly Lincoln	6	6
						Rosl Kraus	4	3
														5	A Marble	6	6
															M Couquerque	0	2
						Sylvie Henrotin	1	1
						Madzy Couquerque	6	6
											M Couquerque	6	6
											E Haylock	4	4
					Q	Edith Middleton	2	1
	Elsa Haylock	6	6	6		E Haylock	6	6
	Sheila Chuter	8	2	3

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

4	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Susan Noel	2	0		4	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Betty Couper	3	5			D Beazley	1	1
	Dora Beazley	6	7						4	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Gladys Southwell	3	6	6						G Southwell	1	1
	Mary Whitmarsh	6	3	1		G Southwell	6	6
	Mie Trentham	4	10	6		M Trentham	2	2
Q	Alva Samuelsson	6	8	3									4	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Madie Moss	1	1											D Andrus	0	2
	Florence Ford	6	6			F Ford	6	6
	Winifred Bower	5	2			J Goss	4	4
	Joan Goss	7	6							F Ford	4	1
	Billie Yorke	6	6							D Andrus	6	6
	Thelma Jarvis	2	3			A Yorke	3	4
	Nancy Dickin	4	3			D Andrus	6	6
	Dorothy Andrus	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

8	Kay Stammers	6	6
	Nancy Lyle	2	2		8	K Stammers	9	6
Q	Betty Uber	4	6	6	Q	E Uber	7	2
Q	Mary Norman	6	4	4						8	K Stammers	6	6
	Katherine Winthrop	7	6								K Winthrop	3	3
	Betty Hobson	5	4			K Winthrop	4	8	6
Q	Gem Hoahing	6	4			P O'Connell	6	6	1
	Patsy O'Connell	8	6											8	K Stammers	5	3
	Joan Ingram	1	1												M Scriven	7	6
	Effie Peters	6	6			E Peters	6	4	6
	Freda Underwood	5	4			J Strawson	4	6	2
	Joan Strawson	7	6								E Peters	2	1
	Josephine Harman	0	2								M Scriven	6	6
	Peggy Scriven	6	6			M Scriven	6	6
	Sheila Paterson	2	2			V Scott	2	2
	Valerie Scott	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

Q	Olga Haycraft	2	4
	Mrs J Selwyn James	6	6			Mrs J Selwyn James	5	4
	Vere King	3	3			E Pittman	7	6
	Elsie Pittman	6	6							E Pittman	1	4
	Betty Batt	0	1							P King	6	6
	Phyllis King	6	6			P King	6	6
	Mary Bowden	6	6			M Bowden	0	0
	Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie	4	3											P King	6	2	0
	Olga MacInnes	6	2	6									6	S Mathieu	1	6	6
	Joan Marquis	3	6	4		O MacInnes	3	5
	Evelyn Dearman	6	6			E Dearman	6	7
Q	Phyllis Grover	2	2							E Dearman	0	3
LL	Audrey Cardinall	3	3						6	S Mathieu	6	6
	Hella Kovač	6	6			H Kovač	2	3
	Colette Boegner	1	0		6	S Mathieu	6	6
6	Simonne Mathieu	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Madge Slaney	4	3
	Pamela Morison	6	6			P Morison	2	1
	Yvonne Law	6	6			Y Law	6	6
Q	Margaret Lewis	3	3								Y Law	6	4	2
	Patience Thomson	6	7								B Nuthall	2	6	6
Q	Katherine Keith-Steele	2	5			P Thomson	1	2
	Betty Nuthall	6	6	6		B Nuthall	6	6
	Mollie Trouncer	8	0	2												B Nuthall	3	2
	Jean Saunders	6	6												3	A Lizana	6	6
	Margot Stewart	1	4			J Saunders	8	6
	Mona Riddell	6	6			M Riddell	6	4
Q	Catherine Fenwick	2	3								J Saunders	4	1
	Margot Lumb	6	4	6						3	A Lizana	6	6
	Nina Brown	4	6	3		M Lumb	6	1	2
	Gladys Osborne	2	2		3	A Lizana	1	6	6
3	Anita Lizana	6	6

Section 7

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Joy Myerscough	1	2
		Alex McOstrich	6	6
							A McOstrich	4	2
							E de la Valdène	6	6
		Lilí de la Valdène	6	6
		Freda James	4	0
											E de la Valdène	1	0
										7	D Round	6	6
		Truid Terwindt	2	7	6
		Else Hollis	6	5	4
							G Terwindt	2	0
						7	D Round	6	6
		Cristobel Wheatcroft	1	1
	7	Dorothy Round	6	6

Section 8

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

		Rita Jarvis	7	2
		Rosemary Smith	9	6
						R Smith	4	6	5
						A Wright	6	3	7
		Audrey Wright	7	6
		Phyllis Xydis	5	1
											A Wright	0	3
										1	H Jacobs	6	6
		Mary Heeley	6	6
		Ruth Kirk	2	1
						M Heeley	3	1
					1	H Jacobs	6	6
		Ermyntrude Harvey	2	1
	1	Helen Jacobs	6	6

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1937 French Championships	Grand Slams Women's Singles	Succeeded by 1937 U.S. National Championships

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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