1948 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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]

Women's doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Louise Brough
United States Margaret Osborne[1]
Runners-upUnited States Doris Hart
United States Pat Todd[1]
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw40 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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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)

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Draw

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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