1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Champion United Kingdom Dorothy Round [1]
Runner-up Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska [1]
Final score 6–2, 2-6, 7-5

Dorothy Round defeated Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Main draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  2  Denmark Hilde Sperling 5 6 3  
5  United States Alice Marble 7 2 6  
  5  United States Alice Marble 6 2  
  4  Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 8 6  
4  Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6 6
   United Kingdom Peggy Scriven 1 2  
    4  Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 2 6 5
  7  United Kingdom Dorothy Round 6 2 7
  6  France Simonne Mathieu 6 6  
3  Chile Anita Lizana 3 3  
  6  France Simonne Mathieu 4 0
  7  United Kingdom Dorothy Round 6 6  
7  United Kingdom Dorothy Round 6 6
  1  United States Helen Jacobs 4 2  

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
2  Denmark Hilde Sperling    
 bye       2  Denmark Mrs. S Sperling 6 6  
 Hungary Magda Baumgarten        Hungary M Baumgarten 2 0  
 bye         2  Denmark Mrs. S Sperling 6 6  
 Germany Marie Horn          Germany M Horn 2 0  
 bye        Germany M Horn 6 7 7
 United Kingdom Mary Burrows      United Kingdom CM Burrows 1 9 5  
 bye       2  Denmark Mrs. S Sperling 6 6
 United Kingdom Edie Luxton          United Kingdom AG Curtis 4 4
 bye        United Kingdom Mrs. EWA Luxton 6 5 3  
 United Kingdom Denise Huntbach      United Kingdom DA Huntbach 3 7 6  
 bye        United Kingdom DA Huntbach 4 6
 United Kingdom Gertrude Valentine-Brown        United Kingdom AG Curtis 6 8  
 bye      United Kingdom VG Valentine-Brown 3 3
 United Kingdom Gaby Curtis      United Kingdom AG Curtis 6 6  
 bye  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
5  United States Alice Marble  
 bye     5  United States A Marble 9 6 6  
 United Kingdom Mary Hardwick        France RM Hardwick 11 4 3  
 bye         5  United States A Marble 6 6  
 United Kingdom Molly Lincoln        United Kingdom WM Lincoln 1 0  
 bye      United Kingdom WM Lincoln 6 6
 Austria Rosl Kraus        Austria R Kraus 4 3  
 bye         5  United States A Marble 6 6
 France Sylvie Henrotin        Netherlands MCR Couquerque 0 2
 bye      France Mme. CF Henrotin 1 1  
 Netherlands Rollin Couquerque      Netherlands MCR Couquerque 6 6  
 bye        Netherlands MCR Couquerque 6 6
Q  United Kingdom Edith Middleton        United Kingdom Mrs. RE Haylock 4 4  
 bye      United Kingdom Mrs. EA Middleton 2 1
 United Kingdom Elsa Haylock 6 6 6      United Kingdom Mrs. RE Haylock 6 6  
 United Kingdom Sheila Chuter 8 2 3  

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
4  Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6 6  
 United Kingdom Susan Noel 2 0     4  Poland J Jędrzejowska 6 6  
 United Kingdom Betty Couper 3 5      United Kingdom BG Beazley 1 1  
 United Kingdom Dora Beazley 6 7       4  Poland J Jędrzejowska 6 6  
 United Kingdom Gladys Southwell 3 6 6        United Kingdom GM Southwell 1 1  
 United Kingdom Mary Whitmarsh 6 3 1      United Kingdom GM Southwell 6 6
 United Kingdom Naomi Trentham 4 10 6      United Kingdom Mrs. D Trentham 2 2  
Q  Sweden Alva Samuelsson 6 8 3       4  Poland J Jędrzejowska 6 6
 United Kingdom Madie Moss 1 1        United States Dorothy Burke 0 2
 United Kingdom Florence Ford 6 6      United Kingdom FS Ford 6 6  
 United Kingdom Winifred Bower 5 2      United Kingdom J Goss 4 4  
 United Kingdom Joan Goss 7 6        United Kingdom FS Ford 4 1
 United Kingdom Billie Yorke 6 6        United States Dorothy Burke 6 6  
 United Kingdom Thelma Jarvis 2 3      United Kingdom AM Yorke 3 4
 United Kingdom Nancy Dickin 4 3      United States Dorothy Burke 6 6  
 United States Dorothy Burke 6 6  

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
8  United Kingdom Kay Stammers 6 6  
 United Kingdom Nancy Lyle 2 2     8  United Kingdom KE Stammers 9 6  
Q  United Kingdom Betty Uber 4 6 6     Q  United Kingdom Mrs. HS Uber 7 2  
Q  United Kingdom Mary Norman 6 4 4       8  United Kingdom KE Stammers 6 6  
 United States Kathryn Winthrop 7 6        United States K Winthrop 3 3  
 United Kingdom Betty Hobson 5 4      United States K Winthrop 4 8 6
Q  United Kingdom Gem Hoahing 6 4      United Kingdom PA O'Connell 6 6 1  
 United Kingdom Patsy O'Connell 8 6       8  United Kingdom KE Stammers 5 3
 United Kingdom Joan Ingram 1 1          United Kingdom MC Scriven 7 6
 United Kingdom Effie Peters 6 6        United Kingdom Mrs. EC Peters 6 4 6  
 United Kingdom Freda Underwood 5 4      United Kingdom Mrs. FM Strawson 4 6 2  
 United Kingdom Joan Strawson 7 6        United Kingdom Mrs. MC Peters 2 1
 Republic of Ireland Josephine Harman 0 2        United Kingdom MC Scriven 6 6  
 United Kingdom Peggy Scriven 6 6      United Kingdom MC Scriven 6 6
 United Kingdom Sheila Paterson 2 2      United Kingdom VE Scott 2 2  
 United Kingdom Valerie Scott 6 6  

Section 5

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
Q  United Kingdom Mrs. Olga Haycraft 2 4  
 United Kingdom Mrs. J Selwyn James 6 6      United Kingdom Mrs. J Selwyn James 5 4  
 United Kingdom Vere King 3 3        United Kingdom Mrs JB Pittman 7 6  
 United Kingdom Elsie Pittman 6 6          United Kingdom Mrs. JB Pittman 1 4  
 United Kingdom Betty Batt 0 1        United Kingdom Mrs. MR King 6 6  
 United Kingdom Phyllis King 6 6      United Kingdom Mrs. MR King 6 6
 United Kingdom Mary Bowden 6 6      United Kingdom Mrs. KAT Bowden 0 0  
 United Kingdom Peggy Pleydell Bouverie 4 3        United Kingdom Mrs. MR King 6 2 0
 United Kingdom Olga MacInnes 6 2 6       6  France Mme. R Mathieu 1 6 6
 United Kingdom Joan Marquis 3 6 4      United Kingdom Mrs. RG MacInnes 3 5  
 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman 6 6      United Kingdom EM Dearman 6 7  
Q  United Kingdom Phyllis Glover 2 2        United Kingdom EM Dearman 0 3
LL  United Kingdom Audrey Cardinall 3 3       6  France Mme. R Mathieu 6 6  
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac 6 6      Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia H Kovac 2 3
 France Colette Boegner 1 0     6  France Mme. R Mathieu 6 6  
6  France Simonne Mathieu 6 6  

Section 6

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
 United Kingdom Madge Slaney 4 3  
 United Kingdom Pamela Morison 6 6      United Kingdom PN Morison 2 1  
 United Kingdom Yvonne Law 6 6      United Kingdom Mrs. ES Law 6 6  
Q  United Kingdom Margaret Lewis 3 3        United Kingdom Mrs. ES Law 6 4 2  
 United Kingdom Patience Thomson 6 7        United Kingdom B Nuthall 2 6 6  
Q  United Kingdom K Keith-Steele 2 5      United Kingdom PLF Thomson 1 2
 United Kingdom Betty Nuthall 6 6 6      United Kingdom B Nuthall 6 6  
 United Kingdom Molly Trouncer 8 0 2        United Kingdom B Nuthall 3 2
 United Kingdom Jean Saunders 6 6       3  Chile A Lizana 6 6
 United Kingdom Margot Stewart 1 4      United Kingdom J Saunders 8 6  
 United Kingdom Mona Riddell 6 6      United Kingdom Mona Riddell 6 4  
Q  United Kingdom Catherine Fenwick 2 3        United Kingdom J Saunders 4 1
 United Kingdom Margot Lumb 6 4 6       3  Chile A Lizana 6 6  
 United Kingdom Nina Brown 4 6 3      United Kingdom ME Lumb 6 1 2
 United Kingdom Gladys Osborne 2 2     3  Chile A Lizana 1 6 6  
3  Chile Anita Lizana 6 6  

Section 7

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
 bye  
 Republic of Ireland Ivy Myerscough      Republic of Ireland Mrs. CF Myerscough 1 2  
 bye        United Kingdom AEL McOstrich 6 6  
 United Kingdom Alexandra McOstrich          United Kingdom AEL McOstrich 4 2  
 bye        France L de la Valdène 6 6  
 France Lili de la Valdène      France L de la Valdène 6 6
 bye      United Kingdom WA James 4 0  
 United Kingdom Freda James        France L de la Valdène 1 0
 bye       7  United Kingdom DE Round 6 6
 Netherlands Truid Terwindt      Netherlands GF Terwindt 2 7 6  
 bye        Denmark Mrs. E Hollis 6 5 4  
 Denmark Else Hollis          Netherlands GF Terwindt 2 0
 bye       7  United Kingdom DE Round 6 6  
 United Kingdom Cristobel Wheatcroft      United Kingdom Mrs. IH Wheatcroft 1 1
 bye       7  United Kingdom DE Round 6 6  
7  United Kingdom Dorothy Round    

Section 8

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Fourth Round
 bye  
 United Kingdom Rita Jarvis      United Kingdom R Jarvis 7 2  
 bye        United Kingdom RJM Smith 9 6  
 United Kingdom Rosemary Smith          United Kingdom RJM Smith 4 6 5  
 bye          United Kingdom AA Wright 6 3 7  
 United Kingdom Audrey Wright        United Kingdom AA Wright 7 6
 bye      Greece P Xydis 5 1  
 Greece Phyllis Xydis        United Kingdom AA Wright 0 3
 bye         1  United States HH Jacobs 6 6
 United Kingdom Mary Heeley        United Kingdom GM Heeley 6 6  
 bye        United Kingdom Mrs. JS Kirk 2 1  
 United Kingdom Ruth Kirk          United Kingdom GM Heeley 3 1
 bye       1  United States HH Jacobs 6 6  
 United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey      United Kingdom EH Harvey 2 1
 bye       1  United States HH Jacobs 6 6  
1  United States Helen Jacobs    

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 319. ISBN 0007117078. (the source of this draw)
Preceded by
1937 French Championships – Women's Singles
Grand Slams
Women's Singles
Succeeded by
1937 U.S. Championships – Women's Singles
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