Women's singles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
ChampionUnited States Helen Moody
Runner-upUnited States Helen Jacobs
Score6–4, 6–0
Draw96 (10 Q )
Seeds8

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

01.   United States Helen Moody (champion)
02.   United States Alice Marble (semifinals)
03.   Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals)
04.   Denmark Hilde Sperling (semifinals)
05.   France Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals)
06.   United Kingdom Kay Stammers (quarterfinals)
07.   United States Sarah Fabyan (quarterfinals)
08.   United Kingdom Peggy Scriven (fourth round)

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Draw

Key

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2 United States Alice Marble 6 6
United States Mary Cootes 0 2
2 United States A Marble 6 6
South Africa S Piercey 4 0
Denmark Else Hollis 4 5
South Africa Sheila Piercey 6 7
2 United States A Marble 7 6
United Kingdom M Hardwick 5 4
United Kingdom Mary Hardwick 6 6
Australia Joan Hartigan 4 2
United Kingdom M Hardwick 6 6
United Kingdom A McKelvie 3 3
United Kingdom Alex McKelvie 6 6
Czechoslovakia Greta Deutschová 0 2

Section 2

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

Section 3

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

Section 4

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

Bottom half

Section 5

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

Section 6

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

Section 7

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

Section 8

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

References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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