1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke
Runners-up	Phyllis King Elsie Pittman
Final score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	48 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Freda James and Kay Stammers were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Phyllis King and Elsie Pittman.

Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke defeated King and Pittman in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Seeds

0 1.   Freda James / Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)

0 2.   Simonne Mathieu / Billie Yorke (champions)

0 3.   Helen Jacobs / Hilde Sperling (third round)

0 4.   Evelyn Dearman / Joan Ingram (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	3	6	8
		Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Susan Noel	6	2	6
								2	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	7	6
								4	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram	5	3
	4	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram	9	7
		Mary Heeley Dorothy Round	7	5
															2	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	6	6
																Phyllis King Elsie Pittman	3	3
		Alex McOstrich Jean Saunders	2	5
		Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	6	7
									Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	3	4
									Phyllis King Elsie Pittman	6	6
		Phyllis King Elsie Pittman	6	7
	1	Freda James Kay Stammers	1	5

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								2	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	6	6
									Alice Marble Katherine Winthrop	2	4
															2	S Mathieu A Yorke	3	6	6
																H Burr Y Law	6	3	3
									Rosl Kraus Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	3	2
									Helen Burr Yvonne Law	6	6
																						2	S Mathieu A Yorke	3	6	8
																							J Jędrzejowska S Noel	6	2	6
									Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Susan Noel	6	6
									Betty Hobson Audrey Wright	3	4
																J Jędrzejowska S Noel	6	8
																V King P Weekes	3	6
									Thelma Jarvis Gladys Southwell	3	4
									Vere King Penny Weekes	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	Evelyn Dearman Joan Ingram	6	6
		Lucy Pennycuick Mie Trentham	2	4				4	E Dearman J Ingram	6	6
		Margot Stewart Patience Thomson	3	3					M Freeman G Southam	3	2
		Mildred Freeman Gladys Southam	6	6											4	E Dearman J Ingram	6	4	7
		Nancy Fontes Rosemary Smith	2	4												N Lyle B Nuthall	0	6	5
		Cecily Marriott Madge Slaney	6	6					C Marriott M Slaney	2	2
		Nancy Lyle Betty Nuthall	6	6					N Lyle B Nuthall	6	6
		E Homan Olga MacInnes	0	3																		4	E Dearman J Ingram	9	7
		Joan Marquis Mona Riddell	0	4																			M Heeley D Round	7	5
		Colette Boegner Lilí de la Valdène	6	6					C Boegner E de la Valdène	6	6
	Q	Muriel Bray Audrey Cardinall	9	5	2				E Hollis G Terwindt	2	2
		Else Hollis Truid Terwindt	7	7	6											C Boegner E de la Valdène	7	1	5
		Patsy O'Connell Effie Peters	6	2	5											M Heeley D Round	5	6	7
		Bernice Lumb Margot Lumb	1	6	7				B Lumb M Lumb	1	1
		Gaby Curtis Nancy Dickin	1	4					M Heeley D Round	6	6
		Mary Heeley Dorothy Round	6	6

The nationality of Miss E Homan is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Valerie Scott Mary Whitmarsh	1	4
		Elsa Haylock Ruth Kirk	6	6					E Haylock R Kirk	3	6	9
	Q	Betty Smith Mollie Trouncer	1	6	4				N Brown R Jarvis	6	2	11
		Nina Brown Rita Jarvis	6	3	6											N Brown R Jarvis	6	1	5
	Q	FM Burton Edith Middleton	1	3												A McOstrich J Saunders	2	6	7
		Alex McOstrich Jean Saunders	6	6					A McOstrich J Saunders	4	6	6
		Madzy Couquerque Marie Horn	6	6					M Couquerque M Horn	6	1	4
	Q	Joan Goss Mrs AL Semmence	2	2																			A McOstrich J Saunders	2	5
		Betty Batt Mary Bowden	6	3	3																		D Andrus S Henrotin	6	7
		Mrs CP Brutton Sheila Chuter	3	6	6				Mrs CP Brutton S Chuter	0	5
		Anita Lizana Peggy Scriven	2	7					D Andrus S Henrotin	6	7
		Dorothy Andrus Sylvie Henrotin	6	9												D Andrus S Henrotin	7	6	6
		Magda Baumgarten Mrs W Merricks	6	6											3	H Jacobs H Sperling	5	8	2
	Q	Mrs GA Myers Audrey Richardson	3	2					A Baumgarten Mrs W Merricks	1	7	5
		Margaret Mellows Freda Underwood	6	2				3	H Jacobs H Sperling	6	5	7
	3	Helen Jacobs Hilde Sperling	8	6

The nationalities of Mrs AL Semmence, Mrs GA Myers and Audrey Richardson are unknown.

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									Josephine Harman Joy Myerscough	6	2	3
									Joan Strawson Betty Uber	2	6	6
																J Strawson E Uber	6	6	1
																P King E Pittman	8	4	6
									Phyllis King Elsie Pittman	6	6
									Betty Couper Pamela Morison	1	3
																							P King E Pittman	6	7
																						1	W James K Stammers	1	5
									Mary Hardwick Ermyntrude Harvey	6	10
									Sonia Mavrogordato Madie Moss	4	8
																M Hardwick E Harvey	3	4
															1	W James K Stammers	6	6
									Dora Beazley Molly Hargreaves	3	1
								1	Freda James Kay Stammers	6	6

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN   9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com