1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1958 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Althea Gibson GBR Angela Mortimer 8–6, 6–2 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam thumb|upright=1.2|Althea Gibson, 1958 champion 1958 Wimbledon Championships Defending champion Althea Gibson defeated Angela Mortimer in the final, 8–6, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Althea Gibson (champion) 2 1 GBR Christine Truman (fourth round) 3 3 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode (second round) 4 6 BRA 1889 Maria Bueno (quarterfinals) 5 7 GBR Shirley Bloomer (quarterfinals) 6 2 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy (semifinals) 7 4 USA 1912 Janet Hopps (second round) 8 5 USA 1912 Karol Fageros (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 USA 1912 Mimi Arnold 1 7 6 6 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 5 8 GBR Angela Mortimer 4 6 10 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 6 3 8 GBR Ann Haydon 6 7 4 BRA 1889 Maria Bueno 3 5 5 GBR Shirley Bloomer 3 8 2 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 6 6 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 0 1 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 GBR Ann Haydon 2 0 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 2 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 8 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 GBR Christine Truman 6 6 GBR Rosemary Deloford 0 1 NZL Pat Nettleton 4 6 GBR Jill Rook 6 8 USA 1912 Mimi Arnold 2 6 6 GBR Pat Wheeler 6 3 0 FRG Erika Vollmer 6 6 SUI Veronika Studer 4 4 2 GBR C Truman 6 6 GBR J Rook 3 1 USA 1912 M Arnold 6 8 FRG E Vollmer 2 6 2 GBR C Truman 8 3 USA 1912 M Arnold 10 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 HUN Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6 6 FRA Florence de la Courtie 4 2 AUT Sonja Pachta 4 1 SAF 1928 Heather Segal 6 6 ARG 1945 Mary Terán de Weiss 6 6 KEN colonial Fran Marshall 2 4 AUS Mary Hawton 6 6 NED Joopy Roos-Van der Wal 2 0 6 HUN Z Körmöczy 6 6 SAF 1928 H Segal 2 3 ESP 1945 M Terán de Weiss 4 1 AUS M Hawton 6 6 6 HUN Z Körmöczy 6 6 AUS M Hawton 2 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Dorothy Knode 7 6 Q GBR Pauline Roberts 5 2 BEL Christiane Mercelis 6 6 GBR Sue Waters 2 1 Q GBR Anthea Warwick FRA Susan Chatrier w/o GBR Gill Worrall 6 6 1 GBR Sonia Cox 8 2 6 GBR Gem Hoahing 0 1 FRG Edda Buding 6 6 GBR Vera Thomas 1 9 6 FRG Ingeborg Vogler 6 7 2 ESP 1945 Mercedes Solsona 0 2 SAF 1928 Sandra Reynolds 6 6 GBR Angela Mortimer 6 6 CHI Carmen Ibarra 0 2 3 USA 1912 D Knode 3 5 BEL C Mercelis 6 7 Q GBR A Warwick 6 1 6 GBR S Cox 4 6 2 FRG E Buding 6 6 GBR V Thomas 3 1 SAF 1928 S Reynolds 8 2 0 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 6 BEL C Mercelis 6 6 Q GBR A Warwick 0 2 FRG E Buding 2 4 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 BEL C Mercelis 3 4 GBR A Mortimer 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 USA 1912 Janet Hopps 6 6 GBR Jean Bostock 3 3 FRA Marie-Odile Bouchet 2 2 AUS Norma Marsh 6 6 IRL June Fitzpatrick 2 2 GBR Joyce Fulton 6 6 GBR Pearl Panton 3 0 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 6 6 Q GBR Caroline Leather 8 7 Q GBR Shirley Hannah 6 5 GBR Rita Bentley 1 6 0 MEX 1934 Rosie Reyes 6 4 6 USA 1912 Wilma Smith 4 5 NZL Sonia Cox 6 7 AUS Fay Muller 6 6 GBR Jean Knight 0 1 7 USA 1912 J Hopps 5 7 AUS N Marsh 7 9 GBR J Fulton 1 0 USA 1912 M duPont 6 6 Q GBR C Leather 1 8 MEX 1934 R Reyes 6 10 NZL S Cox 5 3 AUS F Muller 7 6 AUS N Marsh 3 6 6 USA 1912 M duPont 6 3 8 MEX 1934 R Reyes 3 5 AUS F Muller 6 7 USA 1912 M duPont 6 6 AUS F Muller 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Jenny Young 1 1 GBR Ann Haydon 6 6 FRG Ilse Buding 5 4 USA 1912 Margaret Varner 7 6 Q GBR Margaret Grace 6 0 1 ESP 1945 Pilar Barril 3 6 6 GBR Gill Evans 1 4 SAF 1928 Jean Forbes 6 6 GBR Pat Hird 3 2 GBR Pat Ward 6 6 GBR Thelma Lister 6 7 7 Q GBR Bobbie Wilson 4 9 5 BEL Poucette Bernheim 1 2 ITA Silvana Lazzarino 6 6 USA 1912 Sally Moore 3 5 8 USA 1912 Karol Fageros 6 7 GBR A Haydon 6 1 6 USA 1912 M Varner 3 6 2 ESP 1945 P Barril 1 7 3 SAF 1928 J Forbes 6 5 6 GBR P Ward 6 7 GBR T Lister 3 5 ITA S Lazzarino 1 5 8 USA 1912 K Fageros 6 7 GBR A Haydon 3 6 7 SAF 1928 J Forbes 6 2 5 GBR P Ward 2 6 6 8 USA 1912 K Fageros 6 4 4 GBR A Haydon 1 6 6 GBR P Ward 6 3 1 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Viola White 6 2 6 AUS Margaret Carter 3 6 4 AUS Thelma Long 6 5 6 GBR Anne Shilcock 1 7 2 NZL Ruia Morrison 11 6 USA 1912 Louise Snow 9 3 USA 1912 Isabel Troccole 1 7 GBR Sheila Armstrong 6 9 FRA Maud Galtier NOR Ida Wrede-Holm w/o Q GBR Pauline Drew 3 2 GBR Joan Curry 6 6 Q GBR Jane Rushton 4 6 SAF 1928 Renée Schuurman 6 8 GBR Hazel Cheadle 1 2 4 BRA 1889 Maria Bueno 6 6 GBR V White 3 2 AUS T Long 6 6 NZL R Morrison 2 6 6 GBR S Armstrong 6 3 3 FRA M Galtier 4 2 GBR J Curry 6 6 SAF 1928 R Schuurman 0 2 4 BRA 1889 M Bueno 6 6 AUS T Long 6 6 NZL R Morrison 4 3 GBR J Curry 0 2 4 BRA 1889 M Bueno 6 6 AUS T Long 2 3 4 BRA 1889 M Bueno 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SUI Ruth Kaufmann 5 8 6 GBR Deidre Catt 7 6 2 NED Fredy Marinkelle 1 7 SAF 1928 Bernice Carr 6 9 FRG Margot Dittmeyer 6 8 Q GBR Jenny Wagstaff 4 6 ESP 1945 Alicia Guri 1 2 5 GBR Shirley Bloomer 6 6 SUI R Kaufmann 4 4 SAF 1928 B Carr 6 6 FRG M Dittmeyer 1 2 5 GBR S Bloomer 6 6 SAF 1928 B Carr 3 4 5 GBR S Bloomer 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUT Elizabeth Broz 8 3 2 FRA Paule Courteix 6 6 6 USA 1912 Geraldine Carter 0 3 AUS Lorraine Coghlan 6 6 GBR Jenny Trewby 0 2 MEX 1934 Yola Ramírez 6 6 AUS Margaret Hellyer 0 2 1 USA 1912 Althea Gibson 6 6 FRA P Courteix 0 3 AUS L Coghlan 6 6 MEX 1934 Y Ramírez 7 2 1 USA 1912 A Gibson 9 6 AUS L Coghlan 0 2 1 USA 1912 A Gibson 6 6 References External links 1958 LS 1958 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships