1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Helen Moody
Runner-up	Helen Jacobs
Score	6–4, 6–0
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships. This was Moody's 19th and last grand slam title, which would remain an all-time record until Margaret Court won her 20th major at the 1970 US Open.^[1] Dorothy Round was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Seeds

01.

Helen Moody (champion)

02.

Alice Marble (semifinals)

03.

Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals)

04.

Hilde Sperling (semifinals)

05.

Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals)

06.

Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)

07.

Sarah Fabyan (quarterfinals)

08.

Peggy Scriven (fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

2	Alice Marble	6	6

5	Simonne Mathieu	2	3
					2	Alice Marble	4	4

						Helen Jacobs	6	6
3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2	3

	Helen Jacobs	6	6
										Helen Jacobs	4	0

									1	Helen Moody	6	6
7	Sarah Fabyan	6	4	4

4	Hilde Sperling	4	6	6
					4	Hilde Sperling	10	4

					1	Helen Moody	12	6
6	Kay Stammers	2	1

1	Helen Moody	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	2	Alice Marble	6	6
		Mary Cootes	0	2
					2	A Marble	6	6
						S Piercey	4	0
		Else Hollis	4	5
		Sheila Piercey	6	7
									2	A Marble	7	6
										M Hardwick	5	4
		Mary Hardwick	6	6
		Joan Hartigan	4	2
						M Hardwick	6	6
						A McKelvie	3	3
		Alex McKelvie	6	6
		Greta Deutschová	0	2

Section 2

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	5	Simonne Mathieu	6	6
		Anita Lizana	4	4
						5	S Mathieu	6	6
						Q	G Curtis	0	3
	Q	Eileen Porter	7	2	3
		Gaby Curtis	5	6	6
										5	S Mathieu	1	6	6
											N Wynne	6	2	0
		Rosl Kraus	6	1	6
		Patsy O'Connell	3	6	3
							R Kraus	3	5
							N Wynne	6	7
		Elsie Pittman	3	0
		Nancye Wynne	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	3	6
	Dorothy Stevenson	1	6	3	3	J Jędrzejowska	6	4	6
	Denise Huntbach	4	2			P King	2	6	4
	Phyllis King	6	6							3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
Q	Nora Maingay	5	2								P Durlac	1	3
Q	Betty Cooke	7	6		Q	B Cooke	6	1	4
	Penny Durlac	6	6			P Durlac	2	6	6
	Olga MacInnes	4	4												3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Margaret Morphew	3	6	6												M Morphew	3	2
	Rosemary Smith	6	2	0		M Morphew	6	9
	Yvonne Law	5	6	2		E Harvey	3	7
	Ermyntrude Harvey	7	2	6							M Morphew	3	6	6
	Margaret Wilson	2	3								S Noel	6	2	3
	Susan Noel	6	6			S Noel	7	6
	Jean Milne	2	5			M Paksy	5	3
	Margit Paksy	6	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

8	Peggy Scriven	6	6
	Thelma Jarvis	2	4		8	M Scriven	6	6
	Madge Slaney	3	4			V Scott	3	4
	Valerie Scott	6	6							8	M Scriven	6	6
	Mona Riddell	6	3	6							M Couquerque	2	3
	Betty Batt	4	6	4		M Riddell	3	10	3
	Madzy Couquerque	6	6			M Couquerque	6	8	6
	Marjorie MacFarlane	2	2											8	M Scriven	3	0
	Mary Whitmarsh	0	1												H Jacobs	6	6
	Helen Jacobs	6	6			H Jacobs	9	6
	Joan Ingram	6	6			J Ingram	7	3
	Ruth Kirk	4	2								H Jacobs	6	6
	Evelyn Dearman	2	6								W James	4	2
	Freda James	6	8			W James	6	6	7
	Dora Beazley	0	2			J de Meulemeester	0	8	5
	Josane de Meulemeester	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

Q	Patience Thomson	3	6	3
	Jean Saunders	6	4	6		J Saunders	6	6
	Rosemary Thomas	10	7			R Thomas	3	3
Q	JM Lacy	8	5								J Saunders	4	2
	Pamela Morison	2	2								D Bundy	6	6
	Dorothy Bundy	6	6			D Bundy	6	6
	Joy Myerscough	2	0			F Ford	2	2
	Florence Ford	6	6												D Bundy	6	3	4
	Mary Norman	7	4	2										7	S Fabyan	3	6	6
Q	Gladys Southwell	5	6	6	Q	G Southwell	6	1	7
	Lucia Valerio	3	3		Q	M Trouncer	3	6	5
Q	Mollie Trouncer	6	6							Q	G Southwell	1	0
	Rita Jarvis	4	6	0						7	S Fabyan	6	6
	Elsa Haylock	6	0	6		E Haylock	2	4
	Gisela Enger	2	3		7	S Fabyan	6	6
7	Sarah Fabyan	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	Margot Lumb	6	6
	Olive Craze	0	3			M Lumb	7	6
	Betty Smith	3	2			M Heeley	5	3
	Mary Heeley	6	6							M Lumb	6	6
	Elsie Hamilton	2	7	6						S Chuter	2	2
Q	Evelyn Curtis	6	5	3		E Hamilton	3	4
	Vere Thompson	2	2			S Chuter	6	6
	Sheila Chuter	6	6											M Lumb	5	1
	Thelma Coyne	7	6										4	H Sperling	7	6
	Billie Yorke	5	1			T Coyne	6	6
Q	Edith Middleton	2	6	1		C Hoahing	3	0
	Gem Hoahing	6	3	6						T Coyne	4	2
	Grace Wheeler	6	6						4	H Sperling	6	6
	Mary Burrows	3	0			G Wheeler	0	0
	Hella Kovač	2	2		4	H Sperling	6	6
4	Hilde Sperling	6	6

Section 7

First round	Second round					Third round					Fourth round

		Betty Nuthall	2	6	6
		Dorothy Andrus	6	4	2
							B Nuthall	6	2	6
							N Macpherson-Grant	2	6	4
		Nancy Macpherson-Grant	4	6	6
		Effie Peters	6	1	2
												B Nuthall	3	0
											6	K Stammers	6	6
		Margot Stewart	6	7
		Nina Brown	1	5
							M Stewart	4	1
						6	K Stammers	6	6
		Peggy Michell	3	2
	6	Kay Stammers	6	6

Section 8

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Magda Baumgarten	8	5
		Peggy Knight	10	7
							P Knight	0	2
							E Heine Miller	6	6
		Dulcie Kitson	1	2
		Bobbie Heine Miller	6	6
											E Heine Miller	6	4
										1	H Moody	8	6
		Nancy Glover	3	6	6
		Sylvie Henrotin	6	4	4
							N Glover	4	5
						1	H Moody	6	7
		Nell Hopman	3	4
	1	Helen Moody	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 1938 French Championships	Grand Slams Women's Singles	Succeeded by 1938 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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