1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1952 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Maureen Connolly USA 1912 Louise Brough 7–5, 6–3 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam 1952 Wimbledon Championships Maureen Connolly defeated Louise Brough in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Doris Hart was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Pat Todd. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Doris Hart (quarterfinals) 2 1 USA 1912 Maureen Connolly (champion) 3 3 USA 1912 Shirley Fry (semifinals) 4 6 USA 1912 Louise Brough (final) 5 7 USA 1912 Pat Todd (semifinals) 6 4 GBR Jean Walker-Smith (quarterfinals) 7 2 AUS Thelma Long (quarterfinals) 8 5 GBR Jean Rinkel-Quertier (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 USA 1912 Maureen Connolly 5 6 6 7 AUS Thelma Long 7 2 0 3 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 6 GBR Jean Walker-Smith 3 3 8 GBR Jean Rinkel-Quertier 1 7 4 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 9 5 USA 1912 Pat Todd 6 7 6 1 USA 1912 Doris Hart 8 5 4 2 USA 1912 Maureen Connolly 6 6 3 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 4 3 4 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 3 6 5 USA 1912 Pat Todd 3 6 1 2 USA 1912 Maureen Connolly 7 6 4 USA 1912 Louise Brough 5 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 USA 1912 Maureen Connolly 6 6 GBR Evelyn Moeller 2 0 USA 1912 Rita Anderson 2 2 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 GBR Barbara Knapp 6 4 6 GBR Lorna Cornell 3 6 3 FRA Jacqueline Kermina 6 2 GBR Susan Partridge 8 6 2 USA 1912 M Connolly 6 6 GBR A Mortimer 4 3 GBR B Knapp 4 7 GBR S Partridge 6 9 2 USA 1912 M Connolly 6 5 7 GBR S Partridge 3 7 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 AUS Thelma Long 6 6 GBR Helen Proudfoot 1 0 SUI Violette Rigollet 6 6 GBR Betty Wilford 3 4 GBR Meriel Morgan 2 2 ARG Mary Terán de Weiss 6 6 GBR Viola White 6 6 USA 1912 Charlotte Decker 2 4 7 AUS Long 6 6 SUI V Rigollet 1 4 ARG M Terán de Weiss 4 1r GBR V White 6 4 7 AUS T Long 6 6 GBR V White 2 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 GBR Mary Halford 0 0 Q GBR Jacqueline Beswick 2 2 NZL Evelyn Attwood 6 6 GBR Janet Morgan 6 6 GBR Shirley Bloomer 1 4 IRL Betty Lombard 6 6 BEL Janine de Ridder 2 2 GBR Jean Trower 6 6 GBR Pat Gotla 3 3 AUT Helga Strecker 6 2 3 Q GBR Elaine Watson 2 6 6 GBR Norma Potts 1 7 7 GBR Jenny Wagstaff 6 5 5 GBR Pearl Panton 4 3 FRA Michelle Bourbonnais 6 6 3 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 NZL E Attwood 2 2 GBR J Morgan 2 2 IRL E Lombard 6 6 GBR J Trower 5 2 Q GBR E Watson 7 6 GBR N Potts 2 1 FRA M Bourbonnais 6 6 3 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 IRL E Lombard 2 1 Q GBR E Watson 3 4 FRA M Bourbonnais 6 6 3 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 FRA M Bourbonnais 4 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 GBR Jean Walker-Smith 6 6 FRA Suzanne Schmitt 3 4 GBR Laura Morgan 1 2 SAF 1928 Hazel Redick-Smith 6 6 GBR Rosemary Bulleid 6 1 2 GBR Pat Harrison 3 6 6 SAF 1928 Doreen Wedderburn 3 4 Q EGY 1922 Betsy Abbas 6 6 GBR Edie Luxton 1 2 NED Joopy Roos-Van der Wal 6 6 GBR Pat Ward 6 6 TCH Helena Matouš 2 3 GBR Georgie Woodgate 6 6 GBR Noelle Knight 4 0 GBR Valerie Lewis 3 6 6 LL GBR Angela Buxton 6 3 3 6 GBR J Walker-Smith 6 6 SAF 1928 H Redick-Smith 1 4 GBR P Harrison 6 5 6 Q EGY 1922 B Abbas 4 7 4 NED J Roos-Van der Wal 6 2 GBR P Ward 8 6 GBR G Woodgate 6 6 GBR V Lewis 3 4 6 GBR J Walker-Smith 6 6 GBR P Harrison 1 3 GBR P Ward 5 6 1 GBR G Woodgate 7 4 6 GBR G Woodgate 6 6 6 GBR J Walker-Smith 1 1 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRG Inge Pohmann 4 6 1 GBR Peggy Dawson-Scott 6 3 6 GBR Margaret Knott 2 6 4 GBR Elsie Phillips 6 2 6 GBR Billie Woodgate 6 4 6 AUT Elizabeth Broz 3 6 1 AUS Nell Hopman 6 6 Q GBR Margaret Carlisle 0 0 Q GBR Joan MacLeod 2 4 GBR Helen Fletcher 6 6 GBR Wendy Morris 2 1 SAF 1928 Beryl Bartlett 6 6 GBR Gwen Scott 1 2 Q GBR Bobbie Wilson 6 6 GBR Dorothy Cooper 1 3 8 GBR Jean Rinkel-Quertier 6 6 GBR P Dawson-Scott 6 6 GBR E Phillips 3 2 GBR R Woodgate 3 0 AUS E Hopman 6 6 GBR H Fletcher 4 6 6 SAF 1928 B Bartlett 6 3 0 Q GBR B Wilson 1 3 8 GBR J Rinkel-Quertier 6 6 GBR P Dawson-Scott 6 3 6 AUS E Hopman 2 6 2 GBR H Fletcher 0 4 8 GBR J Rinkel-Quertier 6 6 GBR P Dawson-Scott 1 2 8 GBR J Rinkel-Quertier 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Vera Thomas 6 6 NED Nel Hermsen 3 1 GBR Effie Peters 6 5 3 Q GBR Sheila Speight 2 7 6 GBR Margot Parker 4 6 6 GBR Audrey Bates 6 3 1 GBR Gem Hoahing 3 2 FRA Nelly Adamson 6 6 GBR Jean Petchell 5 3 SAF 1928 Gwendolyn Love 7 6 GBR Rosemary Walsh 4 2 AUS B Penrose 6 6 GBR Gay Chandler 4 6 5 GBR Thelma Lister 6 4 3r GBR Pat Lewis 1 0 4 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 GBR V Thomas 4 8 6 Q GBR S Speight 6 6 2 GBR M Parker 4 1 FRA N Adamson 6 6 SAF 1928 G Love 2 1 AUS B Penrose 6 6 GBR G Chandler 0 0 4 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 GBR V Thomas 6 3 FRA N Adamson 8 6 AUS B Penrose 2 1 4 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 FRA N Adamson 6 1 2 4 USA 1912 L Brough 1 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Frances Walthew 6 3 Q GBR Enid Kerr 4 0r USA 1912 Dorothy Head 6 6 FIN Thelma Salo 3 2 GBR Gladys Lines 1 1 GBR Joan Curry 6 6 USA 1912 Arvilla McGuire 0 2 5 USA 1912 Pat Todd 6 6 Q GBR F Walthew 0 0 USA 1912 D Head 6 6 GBR J Curry 3 3 5 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 USA 1912 D Head 4 3 5 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Mary Harris 5 3 GBR Leonie Brighton 7 6 SAF 1928 Julia Wipplinger 4 6 7 BEL Christiane Mercelis 6 4 5 USA 1912 Baba Lewis 6 6 ARG Elena Lehmann 3 1 LL GBR SI Odling 1 0 1 USA 1912 Doris Hart 6 6 GBR L Brighton 4 1 SAF 1928 J Wipplinger 6 6 USA 1912 B Lewis 1 6 1 1 USA 1912 D Hart 6 2 6 SAF 1928 J Wipplinger 4 6 3 1 USA 1912 D Hart 6 4 6 References External links 1952 LS 1952 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1952 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships