1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble were the defending champion, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Women's Doubles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
Runners-up Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
Final score6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Draw48
Seeds4

Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz and Doris Hart in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne (Champions)
02.   Pauline Betz / Doris Hart (Final)
03.   Jean Bostock / Kay Menzies (Semifinals)
04.   Dorothy Bundy / Pat Todd (Semifinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
6 6
Simonne Mathieu
Billie Yorke
4 2
2 Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
3 6 6
3 Jean Bostock
Kay Menzies
6 3 4
3 Jean Bostock
Kay Menzies
6 6
Simone Lafargue
Vera Dace
1 1
2 Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
3 6 3
1 Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
6 2 6
Betty Nuthall
Peggy Vivian
2 3
4 Dorothy Bundy
Pat Todd
6 6
4 Dorothy Bundy
Pat Todd
4 2
1 Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
6 6
Molly Lincoln
Betty Passingham
1 1
1 Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
6 6

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
2 Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
7 6
Joan Ingram
Jean Quertier
5 4
2 P Betz
D Hart
6 6
M James
N Liebert
4 0
Molly James
Nancy Liebert
6 6
Babs Lermitte
Patsy Rodgers
3 3
2 P Betz
D Hart
6 6
S Mathieu
B Yorke
4 2
Joy Gannon
Nancy Glover
w/o
Betty Coutts
Pearl Panton
B Coutts
P Panton
6 6 1
S Mathieu
B Yorke
8 4 6
Margaret Lewis
Eileen Porter
7 2
Simonne Mathieu
Billie Yorke
9 6

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Jean Bostock
Kay Stammers
7 6
Mary Halford
Patsy O'Connell
5 1 3 J Bostock
K Menzies
6 6
Gem Hoahing
Yvonne Law
3 7 4 G Chandler
B Couper
3 3
Gay Chandler
Betty Couper
6 5 6 2 J Bostock
K Menzies
6 6
Truid Blaisse
Madzy Couquerque
7 3 6 G Blaisse
M Couquerque
2 3
Bea Carris
Josane de Meulemeester
5 6 3 G Blaisse
M Couquerque
5 9 6
Dorrit Herbst
Liesl Herbst
3 3 V Cooper
M Parker
7 7 2
Valerie Cooper
Margot Parker
6 6 3 J Bostock
K Menzies
6 6
Audrey Osborne
Gertrude Valentine-Brown
6 7 S Lafargue
V Dace
1 1
Micheline Inglebert
Jacqueline Marcellin
2 5 A Osborne
G Valentine-Brown
6 6
Mary Belin
Katherine Winthrop
6 5 6 M Belin
K Winthrop
2 2
Gladys Lines
Audrey Roberts
3 7 2 A Osborne
G Valentine-Brown
6 2
Simone Lafargue
Vera Dace
6 6 S Lafargue
V Dace
8 6
Peggy Knight
Enid Sutton
3 4 S Lafargue
V Dace
6 6
Penny Durlac
Joan Strawson
6 6 P Durlac
J Strawson
4 3
Joey David
Joanna Russocki
3 1

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Colette Boegner
Nelly Landry
6 6
Nel Hermsen
Joopy van der Wal
3 2 C Boegner
N Landry
7 6
Edie Luxton
Nancy Macpherson-Grant
2 6 6 E Luxton
N Macpherson-Grant
5 2
Yvonne Vincart
Miriamme de Borman
6 0 3 C Boegner
N Landry
2 4
ID Edwards
Milly Vagn-Nielsen
w/o B Nuthall
M Vivian
6 6
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Effie Peters
J Jędrzejowska
E Peters
2 4
Freda Hammersley
Betty Hilton
w/o B Nuthall
M Vivian
6 6
Betty Nuthall
Peggy Vivian
B Nuthall
M Vivian
2 3
Ermyntrude Harvey
Susan Powell
4 4 4 D Bundy
P Todd
6 6
Alex McKelvie
Jean Poynder
6 6 A McKelvie
J Poynder
6 6
Doris Heppenstall
Mrs CH Wright
6 6 D Heppenstall
Mrs CH Wright
4 4
Janet Morgan
Wendy Stork
2 2 A McKelvie
J Poynder
3 3
Margaret Mellows
Rosemary Mobbs
6 6 4 D Bundy
P Todd
6 6
Sonia Mavrogordato
Madie Moss
3 3 M Mellows
R Mobbs
3 0
Suzanne Pannetier
Jacqueline Patorni
4 3 4 D Bundy
P Todd
6 6
4 Dorothy Bundy
Pat Todd
6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Billie Woodgate
Georgie Woodgate
3 3
Molly Lincoln
Betty Passingham
6 6
M Lincoln
E Passingham
6 4 6
P Dawson-Scott
T Jarvis
4 6 4
Peggy Dawson-Scott
Thelma Jarvis
6 6
Mildred Freeman
Gladys Southam
1 4
M Lincoln
E Passingham
1 1
1 L Brough
M Osborne
6 6 1
Sheila Kenyon
Sally Lister
6 6
A Massie
DL Mollison
2 1
S Kenyon
S Lister
0 0
1 L Brough
M Osborne
6 6
Elsa Haylock
Betty Uber
2 0
1 Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
6 6

The nationalities of Miss A Massie and Miss DL Mollison are unknown.

References

  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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