1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Alice Marble
Runner-up	Kay Stammers
Score	6–2, 6–0
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →

Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Helen Moody was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Helen Jacobs	2	2
	6	Kay Stammers	6	6
								6	Kay Stammers	7	2	6
								8	Sarah Fabyan	5	6	3
	4	Simonne Mathieu	4	2
	8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6
															6	Kay Stammers	2	0
															1	Alice Marble	6	6
	7	Mary Hardwick	4	0
	3	Hilde Sperling	6	6
								3	Hilde Sperling	0	0
								1	Alice Marble	6	6
	5	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	1	4
	1	Alice Marble	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								2	Helen Jacobs	6	6
									Elsa Haylock	0	2
															2	H Jacobs	6	6
															Q	J Curry	3	2
									Penny Durlac	4	7	8
								Q	Joan Curry	6	5	10
																						2	H Jacobs	6	7
																							M Lumb	2	5
									Margot Lumb	6	6
									Alicia Florian	1	2
																M Lumb	6	6
																B Cooke	3	3
									Betty Cooke	6	7
									Joan Ingram	4	5

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	Kay Stammers	6	6
								Q	Edith Middleton	0	2
															6	K Stammers	6	6
																N Brown	2	2
									Madzy Couquerque	5	3
									Nina Brown	7	6
																						6	K Stammers	7	6
																							S Henrotin	5	2
								Q	Peggy Brace	4	2
									Wally San Donnino	6	6
																W San Donnino	1	1
																S Henrotin	6	6
									Thilde Dietz	5	3
									Sylvie Henrotin	7	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Simonne Mathieu	6	6
		Eva Poráková	4	1				4	S Mathieu	6	6
		Audrey Roberts	5	1					P King	1	0
		Phyllis King	7	6											4	S Mathieu	6	6	6
		Betty Smith	4	4												K Somogyi	0	8	3
		Klára Somogyi	6	6					K Somogyi	6	6
		Phyllis Grover	0	10					A Yorke	2	4
		Billie Yorke	6	12																		4	S Mathieu	6	4	6
	Q	Liesl Herbst	2	0																			V Scott	3	6	2
		Valerie Scott	6	6					V Scott	3	6	6
		Freda Underwood	2	5					E Hamilton	6	0	1
		Elsie Hamilton	6	7												V Scott	6	3	6
		Patience Thomson	2	0												S Noel	3	6	0
		Susan Noel	6	6					S Noel	6	10
	Q	Nancy Liebert	5	5					I Schumann	4	8
		Inge Schumann	7	7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	Sarah Fabyan	6	6
		Mary Norman	2	2				8	S Fabyan	6	6
		Freda Hammersley	6	6					W Hammersley	2	3
		Betty Batt	3	2											8	S Fabyan	6	6
		Mary Sargeant	4	7	8											D Huntbach	2	3
		Mary Whitmarsh	6	5	6				M Sargeant	3	8
		Jean Nicoll	8	4	2				D Huntbach	6	10
		Denise Huntbach	6	6	6																	8	S Fabyan	6	3	6
		Madge Slaney	6	6																			D Little	1	6	2
		Nora Maingay	3	1					M Slaney	6	6
		Rosemary Smith	6	7					R Smith	3	3
		Audrey Cardinall	1	5												M Slaney	6	0	1
		Joan Goss	3	5												D Little	3	6	6
		Dorothy Andrus	6	7					D Andrus	3	0
		Dorothy Little	6	8					D Little	6	6
		Margot Stewart	1	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Nancy Macpherson-Grant	6	6
		Muriel Harris	4	1					N Macpherson-Grant	6	1	6
	Q	Valerie Cooper	5	6	2				E Clements	3	6	4
		Betty Clements	7	2	6											N Macpherson-Grant	4	8	7
		Elsie Pittman	1	5												R Jarvis	6	6	5
		Rita Jarvis	6	7					R Jarvis	4	8	6
	Q	Margaret Lewis	4	5					G Southwell	6	6	2
		Gladys Southwell	6	7																			N Macpherson-Grant	4	6
		Alex McKelvie	7	2																		7	M Hardwick	6	8
		Anita Ellis	9	6					A Ellis	3	5
		Grace Wheeler	7	2	6				G Wheeler	6	7
		Betty Nuthall	5	6	2											G Wheeler	5	7
		Alice Weiwers	6	6											7	M Hardwick	7	9
		Yvonne Law	1	0					A Weiwers	2	4
		Rosemary Thomas	8	4				7	M Hardwick	6	6
	7	Mary Hardwick	10	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Jean Saunders	6	6
	Q	Sonia Mavrogordato	2	1					J Saunders	8	7
		Mollie Trouncer	6	6					M Trouncer	6	5
		Joan Strawson	3	1												J Saunders	6	3	6
		Ermyntrude Harvey	6	1	4											P O'Connell	2	6	2
		Magda Berescu	2	6	6				M Berescu	3	2
		Evelyn Dearman	4	6	4				P O'Connell	6	6
		Patsy O'Connell	6	3	6																		J Saunders	2	4
		Molly James	1	2																		3	H Sperling	6	6
		Diana Wood	6	6					D Wood	7	4	6
	Q	Pamela Goodwyn	6	0	3				S Pannetier	5	6	1
		Suzanne Pannetier	0	6	6											D Wood	3	1
		Effie Peters	7	6											3	H Sperling	6	6
		Gaby Curtis	5	0					E Peters	3	0
		Gem Hoahing	2	0				3	H Sperling	6	6
	3	Hilde Sperling	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Thelma Jarvis	0	3
									Mary Cartwright	6	6
																M Cartwright	3	3
																M Scriven	6	6
									Peggy Scriven	6	6
									Anneliese Ullstein	3	3
																							M Scriven	3	2
																						5	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
									Vittoria Tonolli	2	8	1
									Hella Kovač	6	6	6
																H Kovač	4	3
															5	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
									Josane de Meulemeester	4	3
								5	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Arlette Halff	6	6
									Doris Howard	4	2
																A Halff	6	4	6
																N Glover	3	6	1
									Florence Smith	5	0
									Nancy Glover	7	6
																							A Halff	1	1
																						1	A Marble	6	6
								Q	Beryl Rodway	7	1	0
									Dora Beazley	5	6	6
																D Beazley	4	3
															1	A Marble	6	6
									Ruth Kirk	3	2
								1	Alice Marble	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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