1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Dorothy Round
Runner-up	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Score	6–2, 2–6, 7-5
Draw	97 (10Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1937 Wimbledon Championships

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

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

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

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Section 3

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

Section 4

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

Section 5

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

Section 6

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

Section 7

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

Section 8

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

External links

• The Championships 1937 – Ladies' Singles