1947 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Margaret Osborne
Runner-up	Doris Hart
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Margaret Osborne defeated Doris Hart in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Pauline Betz was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.^[2]

Seeds[edit]

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

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Louise Brough	6	6
	5	Nancye Bolton	2	3
								2	Louise Brough	6	6	4
								3	Doris Hart	2	8	6
	3	Doris Hart	4	6	6
	8	Jean Bostock	6	1	2
															3	Doris Hart	2	4
															1	Margaret Osborne	6	6
	7	Sheila Summers	7	6
	4	Pat Todd	5	4
								7	Sheila Summers	1	2
								1	Margaret Osborne	6	6
	6	Kay Menzies	2	4
	1	Margaret Osborne	6	6

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								2	Louise Brough	6	6
									Nancy Glover	1	0
															2	L Brough	6	6
															Q	E Pool	1	0
									Jacqueline Fry	7	6	2
								Q	Edna Pool	5	8	6
																						2	L Brough	6	6
																							P Grover	0	1
									Joan Bathurst	3	6	6
									Susan Powell	6	2	1
																J Bathurst	3	6	3
																P Grover	6	4	6
									Viola White	3	3
									Phyllis Grover	6	6

Section 2[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	Nancye Bolton	6	6
									Joyce Coles	1	0
															5	N Bolton	6	6
																B Coutts	1	1
									Betty Coutts	6	6
								Q	Barbara Walton	1	2
																						5	N Bolton	6	6
																							W Stork	1	2
									Janet Morgan	6	1	6
									Margaret Carlisle	3	6	4
																J Morgan	0	1
																W Stork	6	6
									Wendy Stork	3	6	6
									Elsie Phillips	6	4	2

Section 3[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	Doris Hart	6	6
		Dorothy Muller	1	1				3	D Hart	6	7
		Vera Dace	2	1					M Halford	0	5
		Mary Halford	6	6											3	D Hart	6	6
		Birgit Gullbrandsson	6	7												B Gullbrandsson	3	0
		Pam Bocquet	1	5					B Gullbrandsson	6	6
		Madzy Couquerque	6	6					M Couquerque	3	4
		Monique Hamelin	4	4																		3	D Hart	6	8
		Magda Rurac	6	6																			M Rurac	4	6
		Alison Baker	4	0					M Rurac	6	9
	Q	Nancy Liebert	2	3					V Cooper	3	7
		Valerie Cooper	6	6												M Rurac	7	6
		Pearl Panton	1	3												P Dawson-Scott	5	2
		Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	6					P Dawson-Scott	4	6	6
		Molly Blair	6	1	8				B Carris	6	4	2
		Bea Carris	3	6	10

Section 4[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	Jean Bostock	6	6
		Zsuzsa Körmöczy	4	3				8	J Bostock	6	6
		Luzia Studer	1	3					T Lister	2	3
		Thelma Lister	6	6											8	J Bostock	6	6
		Gladys Lines	6	6												G Lines	3	1
		Betty Wilford	4	3					G Lines	6	7
		Patsy O'Connell	4	3r					A McKelvie	3	5
		Alex McKelvie	6	4																		8	J Bostock	6	6
		Madge Slaney	6	6																			J Curry	3	3
		Dorrit Herbst	1	2					M Slaney	4	3
		Joan Curry	6	6					J Curry	6	6
	Q	Pat Cowney	0	1												J Curry	6	3	6
	Q	Kay Tuckey	w/o													B Lombard	3	6	2
		Betty Lombard							B Lombard	6	0	6
		Phyllis King	6	6					P King	4	6	4
		Miriamme de Borman	2	4

Bottom half[edit]

Section 5[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Hilde Doleschell	6	8
		Barbara Knapp	1	6					H Doleschell	2	3
		Joan Strawson	4	0					A Weiwers	6	6
		Alice Weiwers	6	6												A Weiwers	5	6	4
		Rosemary Morris	1	1												A Osborne	7	2	6
		Audrey Osborne	6	6					A Osborne	8	7
		Margot Parker	6	3	7				B Yorke	6	5
		Billie Yorke	3	6	9																		A Osborne	5	1
	Q	Georgie Woodgate	6	6																		7	S Summers	7	6
		Enid Sutton	0	1				Q	G Woodgate	3	6	3
		Effie Peters	4	1					J Quertier	6	3	6
		Jean Quertier	6	6												J Quertier	9	1
		Edie Luxton	3	2											7	S Summers	11	6
		Elsie Hamilton	6	6					E Hamilton	0	0
	Q	Margaret Lewis	3	1				7	S Summers	6	6
	7	Sheila Summers	6	6

Section 6[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Jean Walker-Smith	4	3
		Betty Hilton	6	6					E Hilton	6	9
		Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	6					J Jędrzejowska	4	7
		Peggy Knight	2	3												E Hilton	7	6
		Joy Gannon														J Gannon	5	3
		Jacqueline Saladin	w/o						J Gannon	6	6
		Denise Pritchard	4	2					G Kornfeld	3	3
		Gertrude Kornfeld	6	6																			E Hilton	1	2
		Joey David	1	1																		4	P Todd	6	6
		Peggy Vivian	6	6					M Vivian	6	9
		Josane de Meulemeester	6	6					J de Meulemeester	4	7
	Q	Lalage Churcher	0	1												M Vivian	1	3
		Helena Straubeová	4	2											4	P Todd	6	6
		Anita Ellis	6	6					A Ellis	3	2
		Hilary Morgan	3	0				4	P Todd	6	6
	4	Pat Todd	6	6

Section 7[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Márta Peterdy	6	2
									Gem Hoahing	8	6
																C Hoahing	4	2
																E Hopman	6	6
									Katherine Keith-Steele	3	0
									Nell Hopman	6	6
																							E Hopman	2	2
																						6	K Menzies	6	6
									Edith Middleton	2	6
									Patience Chapman	6	8
																P Chapman	0	1
															6	K Menzies	6	6
									Milly Vagn-Nielsen	2	1
								6	Kay Menzies	6	6

Section 8[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Annelise Bossi	6	7
								Q	Patsy Rogers	3	5
																A Bossi	3	6	6
																C Boegner	6	3	3
									Joy Hibbert	6	2	1
									Colette Boegner	4	6	6
																							A Bossi	3	5
																						1	M Osborne	6	7
									Sheila Kenyon	5	2
									Penny Durlac	7	6
																P Durlac	3	0
															1	M Osborne	6	6
									Gay Chandler	3	2
								1	Margaret Osborne	6	6

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com