1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1938 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Helen Moody USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 6–4, 6–0 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1938 Wimbledon Championships 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.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Dorothy Round was the defending champion, but did not compete. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Helen Moody (champion) 2 1 USA 1912 Alice Marble (semifinals) 3 3 POL 1928 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals) 4 6 DEN Hilde Sperling (semifinals) 5 2 FRA Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals) 6 7 GBR Kay Stammers (quarterfinals) 7 5 USA Sarah Fabyan (quarterfinals) 8 4 GBR Peggy Scriven (fourth round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 190 2 USA 1912 Alice Marble 6 6 5 FRA Simonne Mathieu 2 3 3 POL 1928 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 2 3 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 6 6 7 USA 1912 Sarah Fabyan 6 4 4 4 DEN Hilde Sperling 4 6 6 6 GBR Kay Stammers 2 1 1 USA 1912 Helen Moody 6 6 2 USA 1912 Alice Marble 4 4 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 6 6 4 DEN Hilde Sperling 10 4 1 USA 1912 Helen Moody 12 6 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 4 0 1 USA 1912 Helen Moody 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 USA 1912 Alice Marble 6 6 USA 1912 Mary Cootes 0 2 DEN Else Hollis 4 5 SAF 1928 Sheila Piercey 6 7 GBR Mary Hardwick 6 6 AUS Joan Hartigan 4 2 GBR Alex McKelvie 6 6 TCH Greta Deutschová 0 2 2 USA 1912 A Marble 6 6 SAF 1928 S Piercey 4 0 GBR M Hardwick 6 6 GBR A McKelvie 3 3 2 USA 1912 A Marble 7 6 GBR M Hardwick 5 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 FRA Simonne Mathieu 6 6 CHI Anita Lizana 4 4 Q GBR Eileen Porter 7 2 3 GBR Gaby Curtis 5 6 6 GER Nazi Rosl Kraus 6 1 6 GBR Patsy O'Connell 3 6 3 GBR Elsie Pittman 3 0 AUS Nancye Wynne 6 6 5 FRA S Mathieu 6 6 Q GBR G Curtis 0 3 AUT R Kraus 3 5 AUS N Wynne 6 7 5 FRA S Mathieu 1 6 6 AUS N Wynne 6 2 0 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 POL 1928 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6 3 6 AUS Dorothy Stevenson 1 6 3 GBR Denise Huntbach 4 2 GBR Phyllis King 6 6 Q GBR Nora Maingay 5 2 Q GBR Betty Cooke 7 6 GBR Penny Durlac 6 6 GBR Olga MacInnes 4 4 SAF 1928 Margaret Morphew 3 6 6 GBR Rosemary Smith 6 2 0 GBR Yvonne Law 5 6 2 GBR Ermyntrude Harvey 7 2 6 AUS Margaret Wilson 2 3 GBR Susan Noel 6 6 CAN 1921 Jean Milne 2 5 HUN 1920 Margit Paksy 6 7 3 POL 1928 J Jędrzejowska 6 4 6 GBR P King 2 6 4 Q GBR B Cooke 6 1 4 GBR P Durlac 2 6 6 SAF 1928 M Morphew 6 9 GBR E Harvey 3 7 GBR S Noel 7 6 HUN 1920 M Paksy 5 3 3 POL 1928 J Jędrzejowska 6 6 GBR P Durlac 1 3 SAF 1928 M Morphew 3 6 6 GBR S Noel 6 2 3 3 POL 1928 J Jędrzejowska 6 6 SAF 1928 M Morphew 3 2 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 GBR Peggy Scriven 6 6 GBR Thelma Jarvis 2 4 GBR Madge Slaney 3 4 GBR Valerie Scott 6 6 GBR Mona Riddell 6 3 6 GBR Betty Batt 4 6 4 NED Madzy Couquerque 6 6 NZL Marjorie MacFarlane 2 2 GBR Mary Whitmarsh 0 1 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 6 6 GBR Joan Ingram 6 6 GBR Ruth Kirk 4 2 GBR Evelyn Dearman 2 6 GBR Freda James 6 8 GBR Dora Beazley 0 2 BEL Josane de Meulemeester 6 6 8 GBR M Scriven 6 6 GBR V Scott 3 4 GBR M Riddell 3 10 3 NED M Couquerque 6 8 6 USA 1912 H Jacobs 9 6 GBR J Ingram 7 3 GBR W James 6 6 7 BEL J de Meulemeester 0 8 5 8 GBR M Scriven 6 6 NED M Couquerque 2 3 USA 1912 H Jacobs 6 6 GBR W James 4 2 8 GBR M Scriven 3 0 USA 1912 H Jacobs 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Patience Thomson 3 6 3 GBR Jean Saunders 6 4 6 GBR Rosemary Thomas 10 7 Q GBR JM Lacy 8 5 GBR Pamela Morison 2 2 USA 1912 Dorothy Bundy 6 6 IRL Joy Myerscough 2 0 GBR Florence Ford 6 6 GBR Mary Norman 7 4 2 Q GBR Gladys Southwell 5 6 6 ITA 1861 Lucia Valerio 3 3 Q GBR Mollie Trouncer 6 6 GBR Rita Jarvis 4 6 0 GBR Elsa Haylock 6 0 6 GER Nazi Gisela Enger 2 3 7 USA 1912 Sarah Fabyan 6 6 GBR J Saunders 6 6 GBR R Thomas 3 3 USA 1912 D Bundy 6 6 GBR F Ford 2 2 Q GBR G Southwell 6 1 7 Q GBR M Trouncer 3 6 5 GBR E Haylock 2 4 7 USA 1912 S Fabyan 6 6 GBR J Saunders 4 2 USA 1912 D Bundy 6 6 Q GBR G Southwell 1 0 7 USA 1912 S Fabyan 6 6 USA 1912 D Bundy 6 3 4 7 USA 1912 S Fabyan 3 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Margot Lumb 6 6 SAF 1928 Olive Craze 0 3 GBR Betty Smith 3 2 GBR Mary Heeley 6 6 GBR Elsie Hamilton 2 7 6 Q GBR Evelyn Curtis 6 5 3 GBR Vere Thompson 2 2 GBR Sheila Chuter 6 6 AUS Thelma Coyne 7 6 GBR Billie Yorke 5 1 Q GBR Edith Middleton 2 6 1 GBR Gem Hoahing 6 3 6 USA 1912 Grace Wheeler 6 6 GBR Mary Burrows 3 0 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hella Kovač 2 2 4 DEN Hilde Sperling 6 6 GBR M Lumb 7 6 GBR M Heeley 5 3 GBR E Hamilton 3 4 GBR S Chuter 6 6 AUS T Coyne 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 3 0 USA 1912 G Wheeler 0 0 4 DEN H Sperling 6 6 GBR M Lumb 6 6 GBR S Chuter 2 2 AUS T Coyne 4 2 4 DEN H Sperling 6 6 GBR M Lumb 5 1 4 DEN H Sperling 7 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Betty Nuthall 2 6 6 USA 1912 Dorothy Andrus 6 4 2 GBR Nancy Macpherson-Grant 4 6 6 GBR Effie Peters 6 1 2 GBR Margot Stewart 6 7 GBR Nina Brown 1 5 GBR Peggy Michell 3 2 6 GBR Kay Stammers 6 6 GBR B Nuthall 6 2 6 GBR N Macpherson-Grant 2 6 4 GBR M Stewart 4 1 6 GBR K Stammers 6 6 GBR B Nuthall 3 0 6 GBR K Stammers 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round HUN 1920 Magda Baumgarten 8 5 GBR Peggy Knight 10 7 SAF 1928 Dulcie Kitson 1 2 SAF 1928 Bobbie Heine Miller 6 6 GBR Nancy Glover 3 6 6 FRA Sylvie Henrotin 6 4 4 AUS Nell Hopman 3 4 1 USA 1912 Helen Moody 6 6 GBR P Knight 0 2 SAF 1928 E Heine Miller 6 6 GBR N Glover 4 5 1 USA 1912 H Moody 6 7 SAF 1928 E Heine Miller 6 4 1 USA 1912 H Moody 8 6 References External links 1938 LS 1938 French Championships Grand SlamsWomen's Singles 1938 U.S. National Championships Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships - singles Wimbledon Championships - singles