# 1955 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont were the defending champions but did not compete.
Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock defeated Shirley Bloomer and Pat Ward in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championships. To date it remains the last all-British women's doubles final.

## Seeds

    01. Barbara Davidson / Doris Hart (second round)
    02. Beverly Fleitz / Darlene Hard (semifinals)
    03. Shirley Bloomer / Pat Ward (final)
    04. Angela Mortimer / Anne Shilcock (champions)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Beverly Fleitz Darlene Hard | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Dora Kilian Hazel Redick-Smith | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Dora Kilian Hazel Redick-Smith | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Beverly Fleitz Darlene Hard | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward | 6 | 9 | | | | |
| 3 | Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward | 6 | 9 | | | | |
| | Zsuzsa Körmöczy Suzanne Schmitt | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zsuzsa Körmöczy Suzanne Schmitt | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward | 5 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 7 | 6 |
| | Rosemary Walsh Billie Woodgate | 1 | 8 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jenny Hoad Fay Muller | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Valerie Koortzen Hazel Pascoe | 2 | 1 | | | Jenny Hoad Fay Muller | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Jenny Hoad Fay Muller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Beverly Fleitz Darlene Hard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nicla Migliori Lea Pericoli | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | B Fleitz D Hard | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | E Hopman D Knode | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Betty Dawes Peggy Dawson-Scott | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nell Hopman Dorothy Knode | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Fleitz D Hard | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | D Kilian H Redick-Smith | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| | Mary Carter Beryl Penrose | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Heather Macfarlane Molly Mackay | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Carter B Penrose | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | D Kilian H Redick-Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Rosemary Bulleid Georgie Woodgate | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dora Kilian Hazel Redick-Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gem Gilbert Sue Waters | 2 | 1 | | 3 | S Bloomer P Ward | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Constance Ball Francesca Leland | 2 | 4 | | | G Butler C Mercelis | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gloria Butler Christiane Mercelis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | S Bloomer P Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Susan Billington Margot Parker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Billington M Parker | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Rita Bentley Pat Harrison | 2 | 4 | | | S Billington M Parker | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Wendy Morris Jenny Wagstaff | 6 | 6 | | Q | W Morris J Wagstaff | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Poucette Coessens Ida Wrede-Holm | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Bloomer P Ward | 6 | 6 |
| Q | SM Colebrooke Lorna White | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Z Körmöczy S Schmitt | 3 | 1 |
| | Jean Bee Annie Haillet | 7 | 4 | 7 | | J Bee A Haillet | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Grace Kelleher Mary Terán de Weiss | 5 | 3 | | | I Pohmann E Vollmer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Inge Pohmann Erika Vollmer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Pohmann E Vollmer | 5 | 7 | | | | |
| | Zsuzsa Körmöczy Suzanne Schmitt | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Z Körmöczy S Schmitt | 7 | 9 | | | | |
| | Joan Curry Rita Drobný | 6 | 4 | 3 | | Z Körmöczy S Schmitt | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | Lois Felix Kay Hubbell | 6 | 6 | | | L Felix K Hubbell | 8 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Barbara Knapp Valerie Pitt | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Leonie Brighton Joan Quelch | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ruth Kaufmann Fenny ten Bosch | 7 | 4 | | | L Brighton J Quelch | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rosemary Walsh Billie Woodgate | 6 | 2 | 6 | | R Walsh R Woodgate | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Janet Morgan Sheila Speight | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | R Walsh R Woodgate | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Valerie Lewis Evelyn Moeller | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | V Lewis E Moeller | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | Sidney Brock Pauline Titchener | 2 | 5 | | | V Lewis E Moeller | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Eyre Viola White | 6 | 6 | | | M Eyre V White | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ginette Bucaille Susan Chatrier | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Walsh R Woodgate | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén María Josefa de Riba | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Mortimer A Shilcock | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | Loris Nichols Daphne Seeney | 5 | 6 | 6 | | L Nichols D Seeney | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Angela Buxton Pat Hird | 6 | 6 | | | A Buxton P Hird | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hazel Cheadle Gem Hoahing | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Buxton P Hird | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Heather Brewer Arvilla McGuire | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | A Mortimer A Shilcock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Lorna Cawthorn Elaine Watson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | L Cawthorn E Watson | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alison Baker Doris Popple | 0 | 2 | | 4 | A Mortimer A Shilcock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Angela Mortimer Anne Shilcock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Valerie Koortzen Hazel Pascoe | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Q | Lesley Fulton Mrs FB Webb | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | V Koortzen H Pascoe | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | M Halford P Panton | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | Elizabeth Broz Ilse Schuh-Proxauf | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | Mary Halford Pearl Panton | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | V Koortzen H Pascoe | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | J Hoad F Muller | 6 | 6 |
| | Vera Thomas Bea Walter | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Jenny Hoad Fay Muller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | J Hoad F Muller | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | J Middleton D Spiers | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | Jennifer Middleton Doreen Spiers | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Barbara Davidson Doris Hart | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |