1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble defeated the defending champions Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Sarah Fabyan
United States Alice Marble
Runners-upFrance Simonne Mathieu
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
Score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Simonne Mathieu /   Billie Yorke (final)
02.     Sarah Fabyan /   Alice Marble (champions)
03.     Evelyn Dearman /   Joan Ingram (third round)
04.     Bobbie Heine Miller /   Margaret Morphew (semifinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
4 6 6
  Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 2 2
2   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
7 6
4   Bobbie Heine Miller
  Margaret Morphew
5 4
4   Bobbie Heine Miller
  Margaret Morphew
6 6
  Freda James
  Kay Stammers
4 2
2   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
6 6
1   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
2 3
  Jean Saunders
  Valerie Scott
0 2
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6 6
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6 3 4
1   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
3 6 6
  Anita Lizana
  Peggy Scriven
5 4
1   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
7 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
7 6
  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
  MA Thomas
5 3
2   S Fabyan
  A Marble
  P King
  E Pittman
w/o
  Sheila Chuter
  Betty Couper
2 4
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
6 6
2   S Fabyan
  A Marble
4 6 6
  T Coyne
  N Wynne
6 2 2
  Alex McKelvie
  Susan Noel
6 3 1
  Helen Burr
  Yvonne Law
0 6 6
  H Burr
  Y Law
1 6
  T Coyne
  N Wynne
6 8
  Nina Brown
  Rita Jarvis
4 6 2
  Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 3 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Bobbie Heine Miller
  Margaret Morphew
6 6
  Pamela Morison
  Betty Uber
1 1 4   E Heine Miller
  M Morphew
6 7
Q   Dora Beazley
  Barbara Tew
6 0   Mrs CP Brutton
  N Macpherson-Grant
3 5
  Mrs CP Brutton
  Nancy Macpherson-Grant
8 6 4   E Heine Miller
  M Morphew
6 6
  Mary Hardwick
  Mary Whitmarsh
6 6   M Hardwick
  M Whitmarsh
4 4
  Patsy O'Connell
  Effie Peters
3 0   M Hardwick
  M Whitmarsh
6 6
  Cecily Marriott
  Madge Slaney
6 1 3   E Batt
  P Thomson
4 4
  Betty Batt
  Patience Thomson
4 6 6 4   E Heine Miller
  M Morphew
6 6
  Gaby Curtis
  Andree Lucas
5 4   W James
  K Stammers
4 2
  Ermyntrude Harvey
  Mary Heeley
7 6   E Harvey
  M Heeley
6 1 6
  Nancy Glover
  Betty Nuthall
9 1   D Howard
  J de Meulemeester
1 6 8
  Doris Howard
  Josane de Meulemeester
11 6   D Howard
  J de Meulemeester
3 4
Q   Bernice Lumb
  Margot Lumb
3 4   W James
  K Stammers
6 6
  Freda James
  Kay Stammers
6 6   W James
  K Stammers
6 8
  Denise Huntbach
  Margot Stewart
3 9 6   D Huntbach
  M Stewart
3 6
  Elsa Haylock
  Ruth Kirk
6 7 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Peggy Michell
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6 6
  Else Hollis
  Mrs W Merricks
4 4   M Michell
  D Shepherd-Barron
4 5
  Olive Craze
  Sheila Piercey
6 6   O Craze
  S Piercey
6 7
  Joan Marquis
  Mona Riddell
1 1   O Craze
  S Piercey
1 1
  Dorothy Bundy
  Helen Jacobs
7 6   J Saunders
  V Scott
6 6
  Betty Hobson
  Thelma Jarvis
5 2   D Bundy
  H Jacobs
2 6
  Jean Saunders
  Valerie Scott
6 6   J Saunders
  V Scott
6 8
Q   Muriel Bray
  Audrey Cardinall
4 4   J Saunders
  V Scott
0 2
  Joan Hartigan
  Margaret Wilson
10 0 6   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
6 6
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
8 6 8   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
5 6 6
  Mary Burrows
  Rosemary Smith
6 6   M Burrows
  R Smith
7 4 2
  Dorothy Wightman
  Hazel Wightman
4 1   D Andrus
  S Henrotin
3 6 9
  Magda Baumgarten
  Hella Kovač
4 1 3   E Dearman
  J Ingram
6 1 7
  Gisela Enger
  Rosl Kraus
6 6   G Enger
  R Kraus
3 1
  Jean Milne
  Margit Paksy
3 1 3   E Dearman
  J Ingram
6 6
3   Evelyn Dearman
  Joan Ingram
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Penny Durlac
  Joan Strawson
6 3 2
  Joy Myerscough
  Freda Underwood
2 6 6
  J Myerscough
  F Underwood
6 0 1
  A Lizana
  M Scriven
1 6 6
Q   M MacTier
  Margaret Mellows
2 4
  Anita Lizana
  Peggy Scriven
6 6
  A Lizana
  M Scriven
5 4
1   S Mathieu
  A Yorke
7 6
Q   C Douglas
  BM Turner
6 5
  Nell Hopman
  Dorothy Stevenson
8 7
  E Hopman
  D Stevenson
4 4
1   S Mathieu
  A Yorke
6 6
  Madzy Couquerque
  Grace Wheeler
3 3
1   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
6 6

The nationality of Miss M MacTier is unknown.

References

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  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.
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