1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Louise Brough ; Margaret Osborne
Runners-up	Doris Hart ; Pat Todd
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	40 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont defeated the defending champions Doris Hart and Pat Todd in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

01.

Louise Brough /

Margaret duPont (champions)

02.

Doris Hart /

Pat Todd (final)

03.

Molly Blair /

Jean Bostock (semifinals)

04.

Betty Hilton /

Kay Menzies (third round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	6	6

	Colette Boegner Nelly Landry	0	1
					1	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	7	6

						Helen Rihbany Barbara Scofield	5	0
	Helen Rihbany Barbara Scofield	6	6

	Mary Halford Bea Walter	2	2
									1	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	6	3	6

									2	Doris Hart Pat Todd	3	6	3
	Gem Hoahing Audrey Osborne	1	6	2

3	Molly Blair Jean Bostock	6	2	6
					3	Molly Blair Jean Bostock	4	6

					2	Doris Hart Pat Todd	6	8
	Mary Fitzgibbon Betty Lombard	1	1

2	Doris Hart Pat Todd	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

	1	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	6	6
	Q	Joyce Coles Kay Tuckey	0	2
					1	L Brough M duPont	6	6
						D Muller S Summers	2	4
		Truid Blaisse-Terwindt Tineke Lubbers-Fischer	3	2
		Dorothy Muller Sheila Summers	6	6
										1	L Brough M duPont	6	6
											C Boegner N Landry	0	1
	Q	Valerie Cooper Margot Parker	4	1
		Colette Boegner Nelly Landry	6	6
						C Boegner N Landry	6	4	6
					Q	S Dowdeswell G Lines	3	6	3
		Hilde Doleschell Edith Sutz	4	6
	Q	Sheila Dowdeswell Gladys Lines	6	8

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	Betty Hilton Kay Menzies	6	6
						Penny Durlac Patsy O'Connell	2	2
										4	E Hilton K Menzies	4	7	6
											H Rihbany B Scofield	6	5	2
						Helen Rihbany Barbara Scofield	6	3	6
						Enid Andrews Patsy Rodgers	1	6	1
																H Rihbany B Scofield	6	6
	Effie Peters Billie Yorke	4	4													M Halford B Walter	2	2
	Mary Halford Bea Walter	6	6			M Halford B Walter	6	6
	Zsuzsa Körmöczy Márta Peterdy	6	6			Z Körmöczy M Peterdy	0	1
Q	Noelle Knight Nancy Liebert	4	4								M Halford B Walter	6	6
	Gloria Butler Argyll Rice	3	6	11							E Wilford G Woodgate	4	3
	Joey David Olga Mišková	6	3	9		G Butler A Rice	3	3
	Betty Wilford Georgie Woodgate	7	6			E Wilford G Woodgate	6	6
	Roguie Bain Maeve Brennan	5	2

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

	Ermyntrude Harvey Audrey Roberts	7	3	0
	Annelise Bossi Mary Terán de Weiss	5	6	6		A Bossi M Terán de Weiss	3	4
	Gem Hoahing Audrey Osborne	6	6			C Hoahing A Osborne	6	6
	Lisa Andersen Laila Schou Nilsen	0	3								C Hoahing A Osborne
	Madzy Couquerque Alice Weiwers	2	2								S Fry M Prentiss	w/o
	Joy Gannon Jean Quertier	6	6			J Gannon J Quertier	6	1	4
	Miriamme de Borman Josane de Meulemeester	0	2			S Fry M Prentiss	3	6	6
	Shirley Fry Mary Prentiss	6	6												C Hoahing A Osborne	1	6	2
														3	M Blair J Bostock	6	2	6
					Q	Valerie Miles Janet Morgan
						Margaret Cary Vera Thomas	w/o
										Q	V Miles J Morgan	5	6
										3	M Blair J Bostock	7	8
						Betty Passingham Jean Walker-Smith	2	6
					3	Molly Blair Jean Bostock	6	8

Section 4

First round	Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

		Enid Davey Pat Ward	4	6	4
		Mary Fitzgibbon Betty Lombard	6	4	6
							M Fitzgibbon E Lombard	3	6	6
							G Chandler T Lister	6	1	3
		Joy Hibbert Edith Middleton	6	3	3
		Gay Chandler Thelma Lister	2	6	6
												M Fitzgibbon E Lombard	1	1
											2	D Hart P Todd	6	6
		Pam Bocquet Wendy Stork	4	4
		Joan Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	6
							J Curry P Dawson-Scott	3	4
						2	D Hart P Todd	6	6
		Rita Anderson Billie Woodgate	0	3
	2	Doris Hart Pat Todd	6	6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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