# 1946 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble were the defending champion, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz and Doris Hart in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.

## Seeds

    01. Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne (champions)
    02. Pauline Betz / Doris Hart (final)
    03. Jean Bostock / Kay Menzies (semifinals)
    04. Dorothy Bundy / Pat Todd (semifinals)
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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Pauline Betz Doris Hart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke | 4 | 2 | 2 | Pauline Betz Doris Hart | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | Jean Bostock Kay Menzies | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Jean Bostock Kay Menzies | 6 | 6 | 3 | Jean Bostock Kay Menzies | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Simone Lafargue Vera Dace | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Simone Lafargue Vera Dace | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | Pauline Betz Doris Hart | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | Betty Nuthall Peggy Vivian | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd | 6 | 6 | 4 | Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Molly Lincoln Betty Passingham | 1 | 1 | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 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 |
| 2 | Pauline Betz Doris Hart | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joan Ingram Jean Quertier | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | P Betz D Hart | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | M James N Liebert | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Molly James Nancy Liebert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Babs Lermitte Patsy Rodgers | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Betz D Hart | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | S Mathieu B Yorke | 4 | 2 |
| | Joy Gannon Nancy Glover | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Coutts Pearl Panton | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | B Coutts P Panton | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | S Mathieu B Yorke | 8 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Margaret Lewis Eileen Porter | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke | 9 | 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 | Jean Bostock Kay Stammers | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Halford Patsy O'Connell | 5 | 1 | | 3 | J Bostock K Menzies | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gem Hoahing Yvonne Law | 3 | 7 | 4 | | G Chandler B Couper | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gay Chandler Betty Couper | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | J Bostock K Menzies | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Truid Blaisse Madzy Couquerque | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | G Blaisse M Couquerque | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Bea Carris Josane de Meulemeester | 5 | 6 | 3 | | G Blaisse M Couquerque | 5 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Dorrit Herbst Liesl Herbst | 3 | 3 | | | V Cooper M Parker | 7 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Valerie Cooper Margot Parker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Bostock K Menzies | 6 | 6 |
| | Audrey Osborne Gertrude Valentine-Brown | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Lafargue V Dace | 1 | 1 |
| | Micheline Inglebert Jacqueline Marcellin | 2 | 5 | | | A Osborne G Valentine-Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Belin Katherine Winthrop | 6 | 5 | 6 | | M Belin K Winthrop | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gladys Lines Audrey Roberts | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | A Osborne G Valentine-Brown | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Simone Lafargue Vera Dace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Lafargue V Dace | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| | Peggy Knight Enid Sutton | 3 | 4 | | | S Lafargue V Dace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Penny Durlac Joan Strawson | 6 | 6 | | | P Durlac J Strawson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joey David Joanna Russocki | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Colette Boegner Nelly Landry | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nel Hermsen Joopy van der Wal | 3 | 2 | | | C Boegner N Landry | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Edie Luxton Nancy Macpherson-Grant | 2 | 6 | 6 | | E Luxton N Macpherson-Grant | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Yvonne Vincart Miriamme de Borman | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | C Boegner N Landry | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | ID Edwards Milly Vagn-Nielsen | w/o | | | | | | | | B Nuthall M Vivian | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Effie Peters | | | | | J Jędrzejowska E Peters | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Freda Hammersley Betty Hilton | w/o | | | | B Nuthall M Vivian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Nuthall Peggy Vivian | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Nuthall M Vivian | 2 | 3 |
| | Ermyntrude Harvey Susan Powell | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Bundy P Todd | 6 | 6 |
| | Alex McKelvie Jean Poynder | 6 | 6 | | | A McKelvie J Poynder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Doris Heppenstall Mrs CH Wright | 6 | 6 | | | D Heppenstall Mrs CH Wright | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Janet Morgan Wendy Stork | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | A McKelvie J Poynder | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Margaret Mellows Rosemary Mobbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | D Bundy P Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sonia Mavrogordato Madie Moss | 3 | 3 | | | M Mellows R Mobbs | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Suzanne Pannetier Jacqueline Patorni | 4 | 3 | | 4 | D Bundy P Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Billie Woodgate Georgie Woodgate | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Molly Lincoln Betty Passingham | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Lincoln E Passingham | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | P Dawson-Scott T Jarvis | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Peggy Dawson-Scott Thelma Jarvis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mildred Freeman Gladys Southam | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Lincoln E Passingham | 1 | 1 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Brough M Osborne | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| | Sheila Kenyon Sally Lister | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Massie DL Mollison | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S Kenyon S Lister | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | L Brough M Osborne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Elsa Haylock Betty Uber | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Louise Brough Margaret Osborne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
The nationalities of Miss A Massie and Miss DL Mollison are unknown.