1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont successfully defended their title, defeating Gussie Moran and Pat Todd in the final, 8–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Louise Brough
United States Margaret Osborne
Runners-upUnited States Gussie Moran
United States Pat Todd
Score8–6, 7–5
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1948 · Wimbledon Championships · 1950 →

Seeds

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01.     Louise Brough /   Margaret duPont (champions)
02.     Gussie Moran /   Pat Todd (final)
03.     Molly Blair /   Jean Quertier (quarterfinals)
04.     Joy Gannon /   Betty Hilton (semifinals)

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

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
  Sheila Summers
  Toots Watermeyer
1 2
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
4   Joy Gannon
  Betty Hilton
2 2
4   Joy Gannon
  Betty Hilton
6 6
  Nancy Glover
  Margot Gordon
2 2
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
8 7
2   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 5
  Shirley Fry
  Helen Rihbany
6 5 11
3   Molly Blair
  Jean Quertier
3 7 9
  Shirley Fry
  Helen Rihbany
0 5
2   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 7
  Patsy Rodgers
  Jean Walker-Smith
2 2
2   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
  Mary Halford
  Kay Menzies
3 0
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  M Brennan
  P Hermsen
2 0
  Maeve Brennan
  Nel Hermsen
6 6
  Jacqueline Boutin
  Anne-Marie Seghers
3 2
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  S Summers
  E Watermeyer
1 2
  Valerie Miles
  Janet Morgan
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
  Márta Peterdy-Wolf
w/o
  V Miles
  J Morgan
2 3
  S Summers
  E Watermeyer
6 6
  Gem Hoahing
  Margot Parker
4 1
  Sheila Summers
  Toots Watermeyer
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Joy Gannon
  Betty Hilton
6 6 6
  Enid Andrews
  Kay Tuckey
8 2 1 4   J Gannon
  E Hilton
6 4 6
  Penny Durlac
  Barbara Knapp
2 6 3   E Middleton
  B Walter
4 6 2
  Edith Middleton
  Bea Walter
6 2 6 4   J Gannon
  E Hilton
3 6 6
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
6 5   P King
  W Stork
6 0 0
Q   Margaret Carlisle
  Katie Johns
8 7 Q   M Carlisle
  K Johns
4 3
  Phyllis King
  Wendy Stork
7 6   P King
  W Stork
6 6
  Joan Bathurst
  Sheila Dowdeswell
5 4 4   J Gannon
  E Hilton
6 6
  Birgit Gullbrandsson
  Mary Lagerborg
6 6   N Glover
  M Gordon
2 2
Q   Lesley Fulton
  Nancy Liebert
3 4   B Gullbrandsson
  M Lagerborg
7 2 3
  Nancy Glover
  Margot Gordon
6 6   N Glover
  M Gordon
5 6 6
  G Butler
  Arvilla McGuire
2 1   N Glover
  M Gordon
6 6
Q   Mrs FG Downing
  Mrs EM Frost
9 2 4   L Anderson
  Mrs M Guthrie
1 4
  Louise Anderson
  Mrs M Guthrie
7 6 6   L Anderson
  Mrs M Guthrie
9 6
  Georgina Greiss
  Betsy Venter
4 7 6   G Greiss
  B Venter
7 2
  Betty Cooke
  Margot Flowerdew
6 5 4

The nationalities of Mrs FG Downing, Mrs EM Frost and Mrs M Guthrie are unknown.

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Gladys Lines
  Pat Ward
6 7
  Annelise Bossi
  Miriamme de Borman
2 5   G Lines
  P Ward
6 3 2
Q   Peggy Knight
  Enid Sutton
6 6 Q   P Knight
  E Sutton
4 6 6
  Violette Rigollet
  Edith Sutz
0 3 Q   P Knight
  E Sutton
2 2
  Rita Anderson
  Billie Woodgate
0 0   S Fry
  H Rihbany
6 6
  Joyce Fitch
  Thelma Long
6 6   J Fitch
  T Long
7 5 4
  Shirley Fry
  Helen Rihbany
6 6   S Fry
  H Rihbany
5 7 6
  Jacqueline Marcellin
  Helena Straubeová
3 0   S Fry
  H Rihbany
6 5 11
  Patsy O'Connell
  Effie Peters
6 8 3   M Blair
  J Quertier
3 7 9
  Mrs MW Cooper
  Pat Cowney
1 6   P O'Connell
  E Peters
4 0
Q   Andy Ross-Dilley
  Joey Ross-Dilley
1 4   N Adamson
  C Boegner
6 6
  Nelly Adamson
  Colette Boegner
6 6   N Adamson
  C Boegner
0 9 2
  Hilde Doleschell
  Mary Terán de Weiss
6 6 3   M Blair
  J Quertier
6 7 6
  N Cole
  Hilaire Newberry
1 2   H Doleschell
  M Terán de Weiss
0 3
  Laila Schou Nilsen
  Gwen Simmers
3 3 3   M Blair
  J Quertier
6 6
3   Molly Blair
  Jean Quertier
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Freda Hammersley
  Georgie Woodgate
7 9
  Mary Fitzgibbon
  Betty Lombard
5 7
  W Hammersley
  G Woodgate
5 2
  P Rodgers
  J Walker-Smith
7 6
  Natalie Gourlay
  Joy Hibbert
7 2 1
  Patsy Rodgers
  Jean Walker-Smith
5 6 6
  P Rodgers
  J Walker-Smith
2 2
2   G Moran
  P Todd
6 6
  Betty Coutts
  Joey David
6 6
  Virginia Boyer
  Gay Chandler
2 4
  E Coutts
  J David
2 2
2   G Moran
  P Todd
6 6
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Betty Wilford
1 6 5
2   Gussie Moran
  Pat Todd
6 2 7

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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