1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1949 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Louise Brough USA 1912 Margaret duPont 10–8, 1–6, 10–8 96 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles grand slam 1949 Wimbledon Championships Louise Brough successfully defended her title, defeating Margaret duPont in the final, 10–8, 1–6, 10–8 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough (champion) 2 8 USA 1912 Margaret duPont (final) 3 3 USA 1912 Pat Todd (semifinals) 4 6 USA 1912 Gussie Moran (third round) 5 7 USA 1912 Shirley Fry (fourth round) 6 5 GBR Jean Quertier (second round) 7 2 FRA Nelly Adamson (third round) 8 4 GBR Joan Curry (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 GBR Molly Blair 2 3 3 USA 1912 Pat Todd 3 6 6 GBR Jean Walker-Smith 6 4 3 GBR Peggy Dawson-Scott 5 5 USA 1912 Helen Rihbany 7 7 GBR Betty Hilton 1 3 2 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 6 6 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 3 USA 1912 Pat Todd 3 0 USA 1912 Helen Rihbany 2 2 2 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 6 6 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 10 1 10 2 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 8 6 8 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 6 6 GBR Edith Middleton 1 1 GBR Betty Coutts 3 7 GBR Mary Halford 6 9 GBR Margot Flowerdrew 6 2 3 Q GBR Enid Sutton 3 6 6 Q GBR Rosemary Walsh 6 3 10 Q EGY 1922 Meg Buxton-Knight 4 6 8 1 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 GBR M Halford 1 0 Q GBR E Sutton 4 4 Q GBR R Walsh 6 6 1 USA 1912 L Brough 6 6 Q GBR R Walsh 1 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 FRA Nelly Adamson 6 6 NOR Laila Schou Nilsen 1 4 GBR Barbara Knapp 6 5 1 GBR Molly Blair 3 7 6 TCH Edith Sutz 4 6 5 GBR Erica Percival 6 2 7 GBR Hilary Stoodley-Morgan 5 3 GBR Freda Hammersley 7 6 7 FRA N Adamson 2 5 GBR M Blair 6 7 GBR E Percival 5 2 GBR W Hammersley 7 6 GBR M Blair 6 6 GBR W Hammersley 3 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Pat Todd 6 6 Q GBR Norma Potts 0 1 USA 1912 Virginia Boyer 4 7 2 GBR Billie Woodgate 6 5 6 AUT Hilde Doleschell 6 3 4 USA 1912 Rita Anderson 2 6 6 LL GBR Zena Lusty w/o KEN colonial Sheila Dowdeswell FRA Jacqueline Marcellin 6 3 6 GBR Lesley Fulton 3 6 4 GBR Margot Parker 6 2 6 IRL Mary Fitzgibbon 2 6 4 GBR Natalie Gourlay 10 2 6 LL GBR Leonie Brighton 8 6 2 GBR Viola White 6 6 6 SUI Violette Rigollet 4 8 3 3 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 GBR R Woodgate 1 2 USA 1912 R Anderson 3 6 2 KEN colonial S Dowdeswell 6 2 6 FRA J Marcellin 6 6 GBR M Parker 4 2 GBR N Gourlay 7 3 2 GBR V White 5 6 6 3 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 KEN colonial S Dowdeswell 1 0 FRA J Marcellin 4 6 6 GBR V White 6 3 4 3 USA 1912 P Todd 6 6 FRA J Marcellin 2 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 GBR Joan Curry 6 6 GBR Phyllis King 1 4 ITA Annelise Bossi 5 3 SAF 1928 Sheila Summers 7 6 GBR Jean Walker-Smith 6 6 Q GBR Jacqueline Beswick 3 3 Q GBR Mary Stephens 1 3 SWE Birgit Gullbrandsson 6 6 ARG Mary Terán de Weiss 11 6 SAF 1928 Betsy Venter 9 0 GBR Margot Gordon 6 6 GBR Patsy Rogers 0 2 AUS Thelma Long 6 6 GBR Penny Durlac 1 1 BEL Miriamme de Borman 9 6 USA 1912 Gloria Butler 7 2 8 GBR J Curry 3 5 SAF 1928 S Summers 6 7 GBR J Walker-Smith 6 6 SWE B Gullbrandsson 1 3 ARG M Terán de Weiss 5 8 6 GBR M Gordon 7 6 2 AUS T Long 6 6 BEL M de Borman 0 2 SAF 1928 S Summers 2 2 GBR J Walker-Smith 6 6 ARG M Terán de Weiss 6 5 3 AUS T Long 3 7 6 GBR J Walker-Smith 6 6 AUS T Long 1 3 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round TCH Helena Straubeová 6 6 Q GBR Lorna Byrne 1 3 GBR Joey David 6 3 4 GBR Janet Morgan 3 6 6 SAF 1928 Toots Watermeyer 6 6 Q GBR Joan Quelch 3 0 DEN Eva Fog 6 3 GBR Elsie Phillips 8 6 GBR Pat Cowney 4 6 2 Q GBR Beryl Parker 6 3 6 FRA Colette Boegner 6 6 GBR Pat Ward 0 0 GBR Peggy Dawson-Scott 6 6 GBR Audrey Bates 3 1 GBR Margaret Knott 2 2 6 GBR Jean Quertier 6 6 TCH H Straubeová 7 2 7 GBR J Morgan 5 6 5 SAF 1928 T Watermeyer 6 6 GBR E Phillips 1 2 Q GBR B Parker 1 0 FRA C Boegner 6 6 GBR P Dawson-Scott 6 6 6 GBR J Quertier 4 4 TCH H Straubeová 1 2 SAF 1928 T Watermeyer 6 6 FRA C Boegner 9 6 5 GBR P Dawson-Scott 11 0 7 SAF 1928 T Watermeyer 4 5 GBR P Dawson-Scott 6 7 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Helen Rihbany 6 6 GBR Molly Stone 1 2 GBR Joy Hibbert 1 3 GBR Kay Tuckey 6 6 AUS Joan Bathurst 0 4 GBR Joy Gannon 6 6 GBR Noelle Knight 3 2 GBR Georgie Woodgate 6 6 GBR Gem Hoahing 2 6 6 GBR Wendy Stork 6 4 2 FRA Jacqueline Boutin 6 6 GBR Effie Peters 2 4 GBR Betty Wilford 6 5 6 LL GBR Audrey Mothersole 2 7 1 GBR Bea Walter 6 2 3 4 USA 1912 Gussie Moran 3 6 6 USA 1912 H Rihbany 6 3 8 GBR K Tuckey 3 6 6 GBR J Gannon 6 6 GBR G Woodgate 3 0 GBR C Hoahing 6 6 FRA J Boutin 4 0 GBR E Wilford 1 4 4 USA 1912 G Moran 6 6 USA 1912 H Rihbany 7 7 GBR J Gannon 5 5 GBR C Hoahing 6 5 6 4 USA 1912 G Moran 2 7 3 USA 1912 H Rihbany 6 6 GBR C Hoahing 4 4 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA Anne-Marie Seghers 5 2 GBR Betty Hilton 7 6 GBR Katherine Keith-Steele 3 2 GBR Enid Andrews 6 6 USA 1912 Arvilla McGuire 6 6 Q GBR Nathalie Feiron 2 2 SWE Mary Lagerborg 0 2 5 USA 1912 Shirley Fry 6 6 GBR E Hilton 6 3 6 GBR E Andrews 1 6 3 USA 1912 A McGuire 3 4 5 USA 1912 S Fry 6 6 GBR E Hilton 4 6 6 5 USA 1912 S Fry 6 1 4 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round NED Nel Hermsen 6 6 IRL Betty Lombard 3 2 AUS Joyce Fitch 4 6 6 GBR Patsy O'Connell 6 0 1 GBR Betty Cooke 1 7 GBR Gay Chandler 6 9 GBR Gladys Lines 2 1 2 USA 1912 Margaret duPont 6 6 NED N Hermsen 1 1 AUS J Fitch 6 6 GBR G Chandler 1 1 2 USA 1912 M duPont 6 6 AUS J Fitch 0 1 2 USA 1912 M duPont 6 6 References External links 1949 LS 1949 French Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1949 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – 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