1938 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Helen Moody
Runner-up	Helen Jacobs
Final score	6–4, 6-0

Main article: 1938 Wimbledon Championships

Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs 6–4, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships.

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
2	Alice Marble	6	6
5	Simonne Mathieu	2	3				2	Alice Marble	4	4
3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	2	3					Helen Jacobs	6	6
	Helen Jacobs	6	6												Helen Jacobs	4	0
7	Sarah Fabyan	6	4	4										1	Helen Moody	6	6
4	Hilde Sperling	4	6	6			4	Hilde Sperling	10	4
6	Kay Stammers	2	1				1	Helen Moody	12	6
1	Helen Moody	6	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	2	Alice Marble
		bye						2	A Marble	6	6
	Q	Mary Cootes						Q	ME Cootes	0	2
		bye													2	A Marble	6	6
		Else Hollis														SA Piercy	4	0
		bye							Mrs. E Hollis	4	5
		Sheila Piercy							SA Piercy	6	7
		bye																				2	A Marble	7	6
		Mary Hardwick																					RM Hardwick	5	4
		bye							RM Hardwick	6	6
		Joan Hartigan							J Hartigan	4	2
		bye														RM Hardwick	6	6
		Mrs. Alex McKelvie														Mrs. RD McKelvie	3	3
		bye							Mrs. RD McKelvie	6	6
		Greta Deutschová							Mrs. G Deutschová	0	2
		bye

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	5	Simonne Mathieu
		bye						5	Mme. R Mathieu	6	6
		Anita Lizana							A Lizana	4	4
		bye													5	Mme. R Mathieu	6	6
	Q	Eileen Porter													Q	AG Curtis	0	3
		bye						Q	Mrs. WD Porter	7	2	3
	Q	Gaby Curtis							AG Curtis	5	6	6
		bye																				5	Mme. R Mathieu	1	6	6
		Rosl Kraus																					NM Wynne	6	2	0
		bye							R Kraus	6	1	6
		Patsy O'Connell							PA O'Connell	3	6	3
		bye														R Kraus	3	5
		Elsie Goldsack Pittman														NM Wynne	6	7
		bye							EG Pittman	3	0
		Nancye Wynne							NM Wynne	6	6
		bye

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6	3	6
		Dorothy Stevenson	1	6	3			3	J Jędrzejowska	6	4	6
		Denise Huntbach	4	2					Mrs. MR King	2	6	4
		Phyllis King	6	6											3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
		Nora Maingay	5	2											Q	Mrs. WH Durlac	1	3
	Q	Betty Cooke	7	6				Q	Betty Cooke	6	1	4
	Q	Penny Durlac	6	6				Q	Mrs. WH Durlac	2	6	6
		Olga MacInnes	4	4																		3	J Jędrzejowska	6	6
		Margaret Morphew	3	6	6																		M Morphew	3	2
		Rosemary Smith	6	2	0				M Morphew	6	9
		Yvonne Law	5	6	2				EH Harvey	3	7
		Ermyntrude Harvey	7	2	6											M Morphew	3	6	6
		Margaret Wilson	2	3												S Noel	6	2	3
		Susan Noel	6	6					S Noel	7	6
		Jean Milne	2	5					Mrs. J Paksy	5	3
		Margit Paksy	6	7

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	8	Peggy Scriven	6	6
		Thelma Jarvis	2	4				8	MC Scriven	6	6
		Madge Slaney	3	4					VE Scott	3	4
		Valerie Scott	6	6											8	MC Scriven	6	6
		Mona Riddell	6	3	6											MCR Couquerque	2	3
		Betty Batt	4	6	4				M Riddell	3	10	3
		Rollin Couquerque	6	6					MCR Couquerque	6	8	6
		Marjorie Macfarlane	2	2																		8	MC Scriven	3	0
		Mary Whitmarsh	0	1																			HH Jacobs	6	6
		Helen Jacobs	6	6					HH Jacobs	9	6
		Jeri Ingram	6	6					J Ingram	7	3
		Ruth Kirk	4	2												HH Jacobs	6	6
		Evelyn Dearman	2	6												WA James	4	2
		Freda James	6	8					WA James	6	6	7
		Dora Beazley	0	2					Mrs. J de Meulemeester	0	8	5
		Josane de Meulemeester	6	6

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	Q	Patience Thomson	3	6	3
		Jean Saunders	6	4	6				J Saunders	6	6
		Rosemary Thomas	10	7					R Thomas	3	3
	Q	JM Lacy	8	5												J Saunders	4	2
		Pamela Morison	2	2												D Bundy	6	6
		Dodo Bundy	6	6					D Bundy	6	6
		Joy Myerscough	2	0					FS Ford	2	2
		Florence Ford	6	6																			D Bundy	6	3	4
		Mary Norman	7	4	2																	7	Mrs. M Fabyan	3	6	6
	Q	Gladys Southwell	5	6	6			Q	GM Southwell	6	1	7
		Lucia Valerio	3	3				Q	M Trouncer	3	6	5
	Q	Mollie Trouncer	6	6											Q	GM Southwell	1	0
		Rita Jarvis	4	6	0										7	Mrs. M Fabyan	6	6
		Elsa Haylock	6	0	6				Mrs. RE Haylock	2	4
		Gisela Enger	2	3				7	Mrs. M Fabyan	6	6
	7	Sarah Fabyan	6	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
		Margot Lumb	6	6
		Olive Craze	0	3					ME Lumb	7	6
		Betty Smith	3	2					GM Heeley	5	3
		Mary Heeley	6	6												ME Lumb	6	6
		Elsie Hamilton	2	7	6											S Chuter	2	2
		Evelyn Curtis	6	5	3				EM Hamilton	3	4
		Mrs. Vere Thompson	2	2					SG Chuter	6	6
		Sheila Chuter	6	6																			ME Lumb	5	1
		Thelma Coyne	7	6																		4	Mrs. S Sperling	7	6
		Billie Yorke	5	1					T Coyne	6	6
	Q	Edith Middleton	2	6	1				GC Hoahing	3	0
		Gem Hoahing	6	3	6											T Coyne	4	2
		Grace Wheeler	6	6											4	Mrs. S Sperling	6	6
		Mary Burrows	3	0					G Wheeler	0	0
		Hella Kovac	2	2				4	Mrs. S Sperling	6	6
	4	Hilde Sperling	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
		bye
		Betty Nuthall							B Nuthall	2	6	6
		bye							Mrs. DB Andrus	6	4	2
		Dorothy Andrus														B Nuthall	6	2	6
		bye														Mrs. EG Macpherson-Grant	2	6	4
		Nancy Macpherson-Grant							Mrs. EG Macpherson-Grant	4	6	6
		bye							Mrs. EC Peters	6	1	2
		Effie Peters																					B Nuthall	3	0
		bye																				6	KE Stammers	6	6
		Margot Stewart							M Stewart	6	7
		bye							NB Brown	1	5
		Nina Brown														M Stewart	4	1
		bye													6	KE Stammers	6	6
		Peggy Michell							Mrs. LRC Michell	3	2
		bye						6	KE Stammers	6	6
	6	Kay Stammers

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
		bye
		Magda Baumgarten							Magda Baumgarten	8	5
		bye							Mrs. PG Knight	10	7
		Peggy Knight														Mrs. PG Knight	0	2
		bye														Mrs. JHK Heine Miller	6	6
		Dulcie Kitson							D Kitson	1	2
		bye							Mrs. JHK Heine Miller	6	6
		Bobbie Heine Miller																					Mrs. JHK Heine Miller	6	4
		bye																				1	Mrs. FS Moody	8	6
		Nancy Glover							PF Glover	3	6	6
		bye							Mme. CF Henrotin	6	4	4
		Silvia Henrotin														PF Glover	4	5
		bye													1	Mrs. FS Moody	6	7
		Nell Hopman							Mrs. HC Hopman	3	4
		bye						1	Mrs. FS Moody	6	6
	1	Helen Moody