1937 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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

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

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	Hilde Sperling	5	6	3
5	Alice Marble	7	2	6			5	Alice Marble	6	2
4	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska	6	6				4	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska	8	6
	Peggy Scriven	1	2											4	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska	2	6	5
6	Simonne Mathieu	6	6											7	Dorothy Round	6	2	7
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 Jedrzejowska	6	6
	Susan Noel	2	0				4	J Jedrzejowska	6	6
	Betty Couper	3	5					BG Beazley	1	1
	Dora Beazley	6	7											4	J Jedrzejowska	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 Jedrzejowska	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

References

1. Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 319. ISBN 0007117078. (the source of this draw)