Women's singles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Helen Moody
Runner-up	Helen Jacobs
Score	6–4, 6–0
Draw	96 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships. This was Moody's 19th and last grand slam title, which would remain an all-time record until Margaret Court won her 20th major at the 1970 US Open.^[1] Dorothy Round was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Seeds

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

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Alice Marble	6	6
	5	Simonne Mathieu	2	3
								2	Alice Marble	4	4
									Helen Jacobs	6	6
	3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2	3
		Helen Jacobs	6	6
																Helen Jacobs	4	0
															1	Helen Moody	6	6
	7	Sarah Fabyan	6	4	4
	4	Hilde Sperling	4	6	6
								4	Hilde Sperling	10	4
								1	Helen Moody	12	6
	6	Kay Stammers	2	1
	1	Helen Moody	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								2	Alice Marble	6	6
									Mary Cootes	0	2
															2	A Marble	6	6
																S Piercey	4	0
									Else Hollis	4	5
									Sheila Piercey	6	7
																						2	A Marble	7	6
																							M Hardwick	5	4
									Mary Hardwick	6	6
									Joan Hartigan	4	2
																M Hardwick	6	6
																A McKelvie	3	3
									Alex McKelvie	6	6
									Greta Deutschová	0	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	Simonne Mathieu	6	6
									Anita Lizana	4	4
															5	S Mathieu	6	6
															Q	G Curtis	0	3
								Q	Eileen Porter	7	2	3
									Gaby Curtis	5	6	6
																						5	S Mathieu	1	6	6
																							N Wynne	6	2	0
									Rosl Kraus	6	1	6
									Patsy O'Connell	3	6	3
																R Kraus	3	5
																N Wynne	6	7
									Elsie Pittman	3	0
									Nancye Wynne	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	3	6
		Dorothy Stevenson	1	6	3			3	J Jędrzejowska	6	4	6
		Denise Huntbach	4	2					P King	2	6	4
		Phyllis King	6	6											3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
	Q	Nora Maingay	5	2												P Durlac	1	3
	Q	Betty Cooke	7	6				Q	B Cooke	6	1	4
		Penny Durlac	6	6					P Durlac	2	6	6
		Olga MacInnes	4	4																		3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
		Margaret Morphew	3	6	6																		M Morphew	3	2
		Rosemary Smith	6	2	0				M Morphew	6	9
		Yvonne Law	5	6	2				E Harvey	3	7
		Ermyntrude Harvey	7	2	6											M Morphew	3	6	6
		Margaret Wilson	2	3												S Noel	6	2	3
		Susan Noel	6	6					S Noel	7	6
		Jean Milne	2	5					M Paksy	5	3
		Margit Paksy	6	7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	Peggy Scriven	6	6
		Thelma Jarvis	2	4				8	M Scriven	6	6
		Madge Slaney	3	4					V Scott	3	4
		Valerie Scott	6	6											8	M Scriven	6	6
		Mona Riddell	6	3	6											M Couquerque	2	3
		Betty Batt	4	6	4				M Riddell	3	10	3
		Madzy Couquerque	6	6					M Couquerque	6	8	6
		Marjorie MacFarlane	2	2																		8	M Scriven	3	0
		Mary Whitmarsh	0	1																			H Jacobs	6	6
		Helen Jacobs	6	6					H Jacobs	9	6
		Joan Ingram	6	6					J Ingram	7	3
		Ruth Kirk	4	2												H Jacobs	6	6
		Evelyn Dearman	2	6												W James	4	2
		Freda James	6	8					W James	6	6	7
		Dora Beazley	0	2					J de Meulemeester	0	8	5
		Josane de Meulemeester	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	Q	Patience Thomson	3	6	3
		Jean Saunders	6	4	6				J Saunders	6	6
		Rosemary Thomas	10	7					R Thomas	3	3
	Q	JM Lacy	8	5												J Saunders	4	2
		Pamela Morison	2	2												D Bundy	6	6
		Dorothy Bundy	6	6					D Bundy	6	6
		Joy Myerscough	2	0					F Ford	2	2
		Florence Ford	6	6																			D Bundy	6	3	4
		Mary Norman	7	4	2																	7	S Fabyan	3	6	6
	Q	Gladys Southwell	5	6	6			Q	G Southwell	6	1	7
		Lucia Valerio	3	3				Q	M Trouncer	3	6	5
	Q	Mollie Trouncer	6	6											Q	G Southwell	1	0
		Rita Jarvis	4	6	0										7	S Fabyan	6	6
		Elsa Haylock	6	0	6				E Haylock	2	4
		Gisela Enger	2	3				7	S Fabyan	6	6
	7	Sarah Fabyan	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Margot Lumb	6	6
		Olive Craze	0	3					M Lumb	7	6
		Betty Smith	3	2					M Heeley	5	3
		Mary Heeley	6	6												M Lumb	6	6
		Elsie Hamilton	2	7	6											S Chuter	2	2
	Q	Evelyn Curtis	6	5	3				E Hamilton	3	4
		Vere Thompson	2	2					S Chuter	6	6
		Sheila Chuter	6	6																			M Lumb	5	1
		Thelma Coyne	7	6																		4	H Sperling	7	6
		Billie Yorke	5	1					T Coyne	6	6
	Q	Edith Middleton	2	6	1				C Hoahing	3	0
		Gem Hoahing	6	3	6											T Coyne	4	2
		Grace Wheeler	6	6											4	H Sperling	6	6
		Mary Burrows	3	0					G Wheeler	0	0
		Hella Kovač	2	2				4	H Sperling	6	6
	4	Hilde Sperling	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Betty Nuthall	2	6	6
									Dorothy Andrus	6	4	2
																B Nuthall	6	2	6
																N Macpherson-Grant	2	6	4
									Nancy Macpherson-Grant	4	6	6
									Effie Peters	6	1	2
																							B Nuthall	3	0
																						6	K Stammers	6	6
									Margot Stewart	6	7
									Nina Brown	1	5
																M Stewart	4	1
															6	K Stammers	6	6
									Peggy Michell	3	2
								6	Kay Stammers	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Magda Baumgarten	8	5
									Peggy Knight	10	7
																P Knight	0	2
																E Heine Miller	6	6
									Dulcie Kitson	1	2
									Bobbie Heine Miller	6	6
																							E Heine Miller	6	4
																						1	H Moody	8	6
									Nancy Glover	3	6	6
									Sylvie Henrotin	6	4	4
																N Glover	4	5
															1	H Moody	6	7
									Nell Hopman	3	4
								1	Helen Moody	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com