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1952 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1952 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
Runners-upUnited States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
Score8–6, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1951 · Wimbledon Championships · 1953 →

Shirley Fry and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Louise Brough and Maureen Connolly in the final, 8–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.   United States Shirley Fry / United States Doris Hart (champions)
02.   United States Louise Brough / United States Maureen Connolly (final)
03.   Australia Thelma Long / United States Pat Todd (semifinals)
04.   United Kingdom Susan Partridge / United Kingdom Jean Rinkel-Quertier (semifinals)

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

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 United States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
6 6
United Kingdom Mary Eyre
United Kingdom Viola White
1 3
2 United States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
5 6 6
3 Australia Thelma Long
United States Pat Todd
7 1 4
3 Australia Thelma Long
United States Pat Todd
6 8
United Kingdom Molly Blair
United Kingdom Mary Halford
2 6
2 United States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
6 3
1 United States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
8 6
United Kingdom Helen Fletcher
United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith
5 6 3
4 United Kingdom Susan Partridge
United Kingdom Jean Rinkel-Quertier
7 4 6
4 United Kingdom Susan Partridge
United Kingdom Jean Rinkel-Quertier
5 3
1 United States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
7 6
United Kingdom Rosemary Bulleid
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
3 1
1 United States Shirley Fry
United States Doris Hart
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 United States Louise Brough
United States Maureen Connolly
United Kingdom Joy Mottram
United Kingdom Pat Ward
w/o
2 United States L Brough
United States M Connolly
6 6
United Kingdom E Phillips
United Kingdom M Stone
2 1
United Kingdom Elsie Phillips
United Kingdom Molly Stone
United States Rita Anderson
United Kingdom Joan Curry
w/o
2 United States L Brough
United States M Connolly
6 6
United Kingdom M Eyre
United Kingdom V White
1 3
United Kingdom Mary Eyre
United Kingdom Viola White
6 7
United Kingdom Audrey Bates
United Kingdom Ada Ernest
1 5
United Kingdom M Eyre
United Kingdom V White
6 6
France M Bourbonnais
France A Passet
2 0
Q United Kingdom Joyce Coles
United Kingdom Mary Wavish
8 2
France Michelle Bourbonnais
France Annie Passet
10 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Australia Thelma Long
United States Pat Todd
6 6
United Kingdom Nancy Glover
United Kingdom Freda Hammersley
0 0 3 Australia T Long
United States P Todd
6 6
United States Gloria Butler
Czechoslovakia Helena Matouš
4 7 1 United Kingdom BM Goodman
United Kingdom M Knott
0 3
Q United Kingdom BM Goodman
United Kingdom Margaret Knott
6 5 6 3 Australia T Long
United States P Todd
4 6 6
United Kingdom Susan Billington
United Kingdom Margot Parker
6 2 South Africa B Bartlett
South Africa H Redick-Smith
6 2 4
South Africa Beryl Bartlett
South Africa Hazel Redick-Smith
8 6 South Africa B Bartlett
South Africa H Redick-Smith
6 6
United Kingdom Pat Gotla
United Kingdom Barbara Knapp
6 1 6 United Kingdom P Gotla
United Kingdom B Knapp
4 2
United Kingdom Patsy Rodgers
South Africa Doreen Wedderburn
0 6 3 3 Australia T Long
United States P Todd
6 8
Q United Kingdom Joan MacLeod
United Kingdom Edna Mercer
4 4 United Kingdom M Blair
United Kingdom M Halford
2 6
United Kingdom Valerie Gardner
United Kingdom Janet Morgan
6 6 United Kingdom V Gardner
United Kingdom J Morgan
1r
United Kingdom Sheila Speight
United Kingdom Rosemary Walsh
6 2 4 Q Egypt B Abbas
United Kingdom D Spiers
3
Q Egypt Betsy Abbas
United Kingdom Doreen Spiers
4 6 6 Q Egypt B Abbas
United Kingdom D Spiers
5 3
France Jacqueline Kermina
Switzerland Violette Rigollet
6 4 3 United Kingdom M Blair
United Kingdom M Halford
7 6
Q United Kingdom Margaret Grace
United Kingdom Judy Wallace
4 6 6 Q United Kingdom M Grace
United Kingdom J Wallace
4 2
United Kingdom Molly Blair
United Kingdom Mary Halford
6 6 United Kingdom M Blair
United Kingdom M Halford
6 6
United Kingdom Pat Lewis
United Kingdom Elaine Watson
2 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Netherlands Nel Hermsen
Netherlands Joopy Roos-Van der Wal
7 5
United Kingdom Gem Hoahing
United Kingdom Georgie Woodgate
9 7 United Kingdom C Hoahing
United Kingdom G Woodgate
6 6
United Kingdom Louise Dick
United Kingdom Heather Macfarlane
3 4 United Kingdom V Thomas
United Kingdom R Woodgate
2 2
United Kingdom Vera Thomas
United Kingdom Billie Woodgate
6 6 United Kingdom C Hoahing
United Kingdom G Woodgate
0 3
Austria Elizabeth Broz
Austria Helga Strecker
3 1 United Kingdom H Fletcher
United Kingdom J Walker-Smith
6 6
United Kingdom Helen Fletcher
United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith
6 6 United Kingdom H Fletcher
United Kingdom J Walker-Smith
7 4 6
South Africa Gwendolyn Love
Australia Beryl Penrose
6 6 South Africa G Love
Australia B Penrose
5 6 3
United Kingdom Margaret Carlisle
United Kingdom Lorna White
1 2 United Kingdom H Fletcher
United Kingdom J Walker-Smith
5 6 3
United Kingdom Effie Peters
United Kingdom Bea Walter
3 1 4 United Kingdom S Partridge
United Kingdom J Rinkel-Quertier
7 4 6
United Kingdom Anne Shilcock
South Africa Julia Wipplinger
6 6 United Kingdom A Shilcock
South Africa J Wipplinger
6 6 5
United Kingdom Molly Mackay
United Kingdom Helen Proudfoot
1 6 6 United Kingdom M Mackay
United Kingdom H Proudfoot
2 8 7
United Kingdom Peggy Knight
United Kingdom Enid Sutton
6 4 4 United Kingdom M Mackay
United Kingdom H Proudfoot
1 2
Republic of Ireland Roguie Bain
Republic of Ireland Betty Lombard
10 6 4 United Kingdom S Partridge
United Kingdom J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
United Kingdom Margaret Lewis
United Kingdom Gwen Scott
8 3 Republic of Ireland R Bain
Republic of Ireland E Lombard
3 0
United Kingdom Peggy Dawson-Scott
United Kingdom Betty Wilford
2 6 3 4 United Kingdom S Partridge
United Kingdom J Rinkel-Quertier
6 6
4 United Kingdom Susan Partridge
United Kingdom Jean Rinkel-Quertier
6 3 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States Dorothy Head
United States Arvilla McGuire
6 6
United Kingdom Lorna Byrne
United Kingdom Pearl Panton
1 1
United States D Head
United States A McGuire
4 5
United Kingdom R Bulleid
United Kingdom A Mortimer
6 7
United Kingdom Rosemary Bulleid
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United Kingdom Gay Chandler
United Kingdom Thelma Lister
w/o
United Kingdom R Bulleid
United Kingdom A Mortimer
3 1
1 United States S Fry
United States D Hart
6 6
France Nelly Adamson
Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss
w/o
Australia Nell Hopman
United States Baba Lewis
Australia E Hopman
United States B Lewis
0 2
1 United States S Fry
United States D Hart
6 6
United Kingdom Pat Harrison
United Kingdom Jean Trower
2 0
1 United States Shirley Fry
United States 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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