1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1946 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Pauline Betz USA 1912 Louise Brough 6–2, 6–4 96 8 1939 grand slam 1946 Wimbledon Championships Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Alice Marble was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Seeds 1 1 USA 1912 Pauline Betz (champion) 2 8 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne (semifinals) 3 6 USA 1912 Louise Brough (final) 4 3 GBR Kay Menzies (quarterfinals) 5 4 USA 1912 Dorothy Bundy (semifinals) 6 5 GBR Jean Bostock (quarterfinals) 7 7 USA 1912 Doris Hart (quarterfinals) 8 2 FRA Simone Lafargue (fourth round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA 1912 Pauline Betz 6 6 GBR Joan Curry 0 3 4 GBR Kay Menzies 6 1 3 5 USA 1912 Dorothy Bundy 4 6 6 6 GBR Jean Bostock 1 2 3 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 7 USA 1912 Doris Hart 7 4 4 2 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 5 6 6 1 USA 1912 Pauline Betz 6 6 5 USA 1912 Dorothy Bundy 2 3 3 USA 1912 Louise Brough 8 7 2 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 6 5 1 USA 1912 Pauline Betz 6 6 3 USA 1912 Louise Brough 2 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA 1912 Pauline Betz 6 6 BEL Josane de Meulemeester 3 1 GBR Joy Gannon 6 6 GBR Jean Poynder 2 2 GBR Valerie Cooper 6 8 GBR YL Webster 1 6 GBR Gay Chandler 5 4 GBR Alex McKelvie 7 6 1 USA 1912 P Betz 6 6 GBR J Gannon 1 0 GBR V Cooper 0 7 6 GBR A McKelvie 6 5 4 1 USA 1912 P Betz 6 6 GBR V Cooper 1 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 FRA Simone Lafargue 6 6 POL 1928 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 4 4 GBR Janet Morgan 5 9 6 GBR Sally Lister 7 7 3 NED Joopy van der Wal 6 5 4 TCH Helena Straubeová 1 7 6 GBR Joan Curry 6 6 POL 1928 Joanna Russocki 1 1 8 FRA S Lafargue 6 7 GBR J Morgan 1 5 TCH H Straubeová 0 2 GBR J Curry 6 6 8 FRA S Lafargue 3 3 GBR J Curry 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 GBR Kay Menzies 6 6 GBR Patsy O'Connell 1 1 GBR Yvonne Law 6 6 GBR Georgie Woodgate 1 3 GBR Billie Yorke 6 6 GBR Betty Wilford 2 2 GBR Freda Hammersley w/o NED Mrs LM Godefroy GBR Mary Chamberlain 1 4 GBR Nancy Macpherson-Grant 6 6 GBR Audrey Wenyon 6 5 6 IRL Pamela Goodwyn 1 7 4 GBR Dorrit Herbst 6 6 DEN Milly Vagn-Nielsen 3 2 GBR Eileen Porter 4 6 4 BEL Yvonne Vincart 6 3 6 4 GBR K Menzies 6 6 GBR Y Law 3 1 GBR B Yorke 6 6 NED Mrs LM Godefroy 2 2 GBR N Macpherson-Grant 6 2 6 GBR A Wenyon 3 6 1 GBR D Herbst 6 2 0 BEL Y Vincart 1 6 6 4 GBR K Menzies 6 6 GBR B Yorke 1 2 GBR N Macpherson-Grant 3 6 6 BEL Y Vincart 6 2 4 4 GBR K Menzies 6 6 GBR N Macpherson-Grant 0 2 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA 1912 Dorothy Bundy 6 6 GBR Evelyn Murdock 0 1 GBR Audrey Osborne 4 2 GBR Betty Passingham 6 6 GBR Betty Couper 1 1 NED Truid Blaisse 6 6 USA 1912 Katherine Winthrop 6 6 GBR Nora Maingay 0 1 GBR Doreen Litherland 3 4 GBR Molly Lincoln 6 6 GBR Sheila Kenyon 6 6 GBR Molly James 3 4 GBR Audrey Roberts 2 6 3 GBR Betty Coutts 6 3 6 FRA Simonne Mathieu 5 6 6 GBR Betty Nuthall 7 3 8 5 USA 1912 D Bundy 6 6 GBR E Passingham 4 1 NED G Blaisse 6 0 1 USA 1912 K Winthrop 2 6 6 GBR M Lincoln 2 6 6 GBR S Kenyon 6 2 3 GBR B Coutts 0 5 GBR B Nuthall 6 7 5 USA 1912 D Bundy 9 6 USA 1912 K Winthrop 7 0 GBR M Lincoln 1 6 1 GBR B Nuthall 6 4 6 5 USA 1912 D Bundy 6 6 GBR B Nuthall 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Nancy Glover 7 6 GBR Stella Mason 5 0 GBR Gladys Lines 6 6 GBR Doris Heppenstall 4 4 GBR Louise Anderson 1 1 GBR Peggy Vivian 6 6 FRA Jacqueline Marcellin 2 4 GBR Jean Quertier 6 6 GBR Peggy Knight 1 3 GBR Effie Peters 6 6 FRA Micheline Inglebert 6 6 GBR Nancy Liebert 4 2 GBR Billie Woodgate 4 7 6 GBR Peggy Dawson-Scott 6 5 4 TCH Edith Sutz 1 4 6 GBR Jean Bostock 6 6 GBR N Glover 7 0 3 GBR G Lines 5 6 6 GBR M Vivian 6 6 GBR J Quertier 0 3 GBR E Peters 5 6 4 FRA M Inglebert 7 2 6 GBR R Woodgate 0 3 6 GBR J Bostock 6 6 GBR G Lines 8 1 2 GBR M Vivian 6 6 6 FRA M Inglebert 2 2 6 GBR J Bostock 6 6 GBR M Vivian 0 1 6 GBR J Bostock 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Susan Powell 6 11 GBR Betty Uber 1 9 GBR Thelma Jarvis 1 3 GBR Mary Halford 6 6 GBR Edie Luxton 4 0 FRA Colette Boegner 6 6 JAM 1906 Jean MacNair 3 0 GBR Joan Strawson 6 6 USA 1912 Pat Todd 6 4 6 GBR Vera Dace 1 6 4 GBR Elsa Haylock 8 4 6 NED RM Mechel 6 6 1 FRA Nelly Landry 7 1 6 NED Madzy Couquerque 5 6 3 AUS Alison Burton w/o 3 USA 1912 Louise Brough GBR S Powell 6 3 2 GBR M Halford 3 6 6 FRA C Boegner 6 6 GBR J Strawson 0 1 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 GBR E Haylock 1 0 FRA N Landry 2 1 3 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 GBR M Halford 6 6 7 FRA C Boegner 8 4 5 USA 1912 P Todd 6 7 1 3 USA 1912 L Brough 2 9 6 GBR M Halford 1 3 3 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Patsy Rodgers 6 2 2 GBR Gem Hoahing 2 6 6 GBR Rosemary Mobbs 7 6 2 GBR Bea Carris 5 8 6 GBR Pearl Panton 7 6 USA 1912 Mary Belin 5 3 GBR Joan Ingram 0 1 7 USA 1912 Doris Hart 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 2 6 1 GBR B Carris 6 1 6 GBR P Panton 1 4 7 USA 1912 D Hart 6 6 GBR B Carris 8 2 2 7 USA 1912 D Hart 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA Jacqueline Patorni 6 6 NED Nel Hermsen 2 1 GBR Betty Hilton 6 6 GBR Margaret Lewis 3 2 FRA Suzanne Pannetier 6 6 BEL Miriamme de Borman 4 0 GBR Wendy Stork 2 0 2 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 6 6 FRA J Patorni 3 2 GBR E Hilton 6 6 FRA S Pannetier 0 0 2 USA 1912 M Osborne 6 6 GBR E Hilton 1 1 2 USA 1912 M Osborne 6 6 References External links 1946 LS 1946 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1946 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships