1951 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart defeated the defending champions Louise Brough and Margaret duPont in the final, 6–3, 13–11 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1951 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1951 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Runners-upUnited States Louise Brough
United States Margaret Osborne
Score6–3, 13–11
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1950 · Wimbledon Championships · 1952 →

Seeds

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01.     Louise Brough /   Margaret duPont (final)
02.     Shirley Fry /   Doris Hart (champions)
03.     Barbara Davidson /   Betty Rosenquest (semifinals)
04.     Beverly Baker /   Nancy Chaffee (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
  Joy Mottram
  Jean Walker-Smith
1 4
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6 6
3   Barbara Davidson
  Betty Rosenquest
1 3
3   Barbara Davidson
  Betty Rosenquest
8 6
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Betty Wilford
6 1
1   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
3 11
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 13
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
2 4
4   Beverly Baker
  Nancy Chaffee
6 6
4   Beverly Baker
  Nancy Chaffee
0 2
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6
  Jean Quertier
  Kay Tuckey
3 1
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
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
  Molly Blair
  Jean Trower
1 3
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  M Mackay
  H Proudfoot
1 2
  Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
  Helga Strecker
w/o
  Molly Mackay
  Helen Proudfoot
1   L Brough
  M duPont
6 6
  J Mottram
  J Walker-Smith
1 4
  Susan Billington
  Margot Parker
  Nelly Adamson
  Althea Gibson
w/o
  S Billington
  M Parker
5 5
  J Mottram
  J Walker-Smith
7 7
  Jacqueline Marcellin
  Suzanne Schmitt
3 0
  Joy Mottram
  Jean Walker-Smith
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Barbara Davidson
  Betty Rosenquest
6 6
  Valerie Gardner
  Janet Morgan
2 4 3   B Davidson
  E Rosenquest
6 8
  Nancye Bolton
  Thelma Long
w/o   P Gotla
  B Knapp
4 6
  Pat Gotla
  Barbara Knapp
3   B Davidson
  E Rosenquest
8 11
  Bea Walter
  Georgie Woodgate
7 7   B Walter
  G Woodgate
6 9
  Gloria Butler
  Helena Matouš
5 5   B Walter
  G Woodgate
6 8
  Margot Gordon
  Mary Halford
6 6   M Gordon
  M Halford
2 6
  Pat Harrison
  Anne Layfield
2 3 3   B Davidson
  E Rosenquest
8 6
  BM Goodman
  Rosemary Walsh
6 3   P Dawson-Scott
  E Wilford
6 1
  Margaret Carlisle
  Katie Johns
8 6   M Carlisle
  K Johns
1 1
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
  Betty Wilford
6 6   P Dawson-Scott
  E Wilford
6 6
  Gay Chandler
  Thelma Lister
1 4   P Dawson-Scott
  E Wilford
7 2 6
  Rita Anderson
  Joan Curry
  R Anderson
  J Curry
5 6 2
  Manuela Bologna
  Nicla Migliori
w/o   R Anderson
  J Curry
6 6
  Patsy O'Connell
  Effie Peters
6 8   P O'Connell
  E Peters
1 4
  Audrey Bates
  Ada Ernest
2 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs MJ Baker
  Margaret Knott
6 6
  Peggy Knight
  Enid Sutton
2 4   Mrs MJ Baker
  M Knott
4 6
Q   Andy Ross-Dilley
  Joey Ross-Dilley
6 3 3   M Eyre
  V White
6 8
  Mary Eyre
  Viola White
4 6 6   M Eyre
  V White
5 6 6
  Margaret Emerson
  Billie Woodgate
6 6   P Hermsen
  Mrs MA Schmier
7 1 2
  Ruth Haukenes
  Mary Terán de Weiss
4 4   M Emerson
  R Woodgate
1 2
  Sheila Dowdeswell
  Pearl Panton
6 1 3   P Hermsen
  Mrs MA Schmier
6 6
  Nel Hermsen
  Mrs MA Schmier
1 6 6   M Eyre
  V White
2 4
  Beryl Bartlett
  Clare Proctor
6 6 4   B Baker
  N Chaffee
6 6
  Enid Andrews
  Vera Thomas
1 2   B Bartlett
  C Proctor
6 6
Q   Lesley Fulton
  Evelyn Moeller
5 3   R Bulleid
  A Mortimer
0 3
  Rosemary Bulleid
  Angela Mortimer
7 6   B Bartlett
  C Proctor
6 2 12
Q   Doreen Spiers
  Lorna White
9 3 4   B Baker
  N Chaffee
4 6 14
  Joy Hibbert
  Gem Hoahing
11 6   J Hibbert
  C Hoahing
1 0
  Helen Fletcher
  Pat Ward
1 2 4   B Baker
  N Chaffee
6 6
4   Beverly Baker
  Nancy Chaffee
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Nancy Glover
  Freda Hammersley
6 2 2
  Susan Partridge
  Anne Shilcock
2 6 6
  S Partridge
  A Shilcock
3 2
  J Quertier
  K Tuckey
6 6
Q   Lorna Cornell
  Elaine Watson
0 0
  Jean Quertier
  Kay Tuckey
6 6
  J Quertier
  K Tuckey
3 1
2   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  Pam Bocquet
  Sheila Speight
2 6 5
Q   Margaret Lewis
  Gwen Scott
6 1 7
  M Lewis
  G Scott
1 2
2   S Fry
  D Hart
6 6
  Joey Lloyd
  Alex McKelvie
0 0
2   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6 6

References

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  1. ^ 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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