# 1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Alice Marble defeated Kay Stammers in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships. Helen Moody was the defending champion, but did not compete.

## Seeds

    01. Alice Marble (champion)
    02. Helen Jacobs (quarterfinals)
    03. Hilde Sperling (semifinals)
    04. Simonne Mathieu (quarterfinals)
    05. Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (quarterfinals)
    06. Kay Stammers (final)
    07. Mary Hardwick (quarterfinals)
    08. Sarah Fabyan (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 |
| 2 | Helen Jacobs | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kay Stammers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kay Stammers | 6 | 6 | 6 | Kay Stammers | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Sarah Fabyan | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | Simonne Mathieu | 4 | 2 | 8 | Sarah Fabyan | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Sarah Fabyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sarah Fabyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | Kay Stammers | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Mary Hardwick | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hilde Sperling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Hilde Sperling | 6 | 6 | 3 | Hilde Sperling | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 1 | 4 | 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 2 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elsa Haylock | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H Jacobs | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | J Curry | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Penny Durlac | 4 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Joan Curry | 6 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Jacobs | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Lumb | 2 | 5 |
| | Margot Lumb | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alicia Florian | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Lumb | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Cooke | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Betty Cooke | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joan Ingram | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 6 | Kay Stammers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Edith Middleton | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | K Stammers | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | N Brown | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Madzy Couquerque | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nina Brown | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 6 | K Stammers | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | S Henrotin | 5 | 2 |
| Q | Peggy Brace | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Wally San Donnino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | W San Donnino | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | S Henrotin | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Thilde Dietz | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sylvie Henrotin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| 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 | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 4 | Simonne Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eva Poráková | 4 | 1 | 4 | S Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Audrey Roberts | 5 | 1 | | P King | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Phyllis King | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Mathieu | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Betty Smith | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | K Somogyi | 0 | 8 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Klára Somogyi | 6 | 6 | | K Somogyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Phyllis Grover | 0 | 10 | | A Yorke | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Billie Yorke | 6 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Mathieu | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Q | Liesl Herbst | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | V Scott | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | Valerie Scott | 6 | 6 | | V Scott | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Freda Underwood | 2 | 5 | | E Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elsie Hamilton | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | V Scott | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Patience Thomson | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | S Noel | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Susan Noel | 6 | 6 | | S Noel | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Nancy Liebert | 5 | 5 | | I Schumann | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Inge Schumann | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| 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 | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 8 | Sarah Fabyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Norman | 2 | 2 | | 8 | S Fabyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Freda Hammersley | 6 | 6 | | | W Hammersley | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Batt | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | S Fabyan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Mary Sargeant | 4 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | D Huntbach | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | Mary Whitmarsh | 6 | 5 | 6 | | M Sargeant | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jean Nicoll | 8 | 4 | 2 | | D Huntbach | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Denise Huntbach | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Fabyan | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Madge Slaney | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Little | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | Nora Maingay | 3 | 1 | | | M Slaney | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rosemary Smith | 6 | 7 | | | R Smith | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Audrey Cardinall | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | M Slaney | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Joan Goss | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | D Little | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Dorothy Andrus | 6 | 7 | | | D Andrus | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dorothy Little | 6 | 8 | | | D Little | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Margot Stewart | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| 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 | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | Nancy Macpherson-Grant | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Muriel Harris | 4 | 1 | | | N Macpherson-Grant | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Valerie Cooper | 5 | 6 | 2 | | E Clements | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Clements | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | N Macpherson-Grant | 4 | 8 | 7 | | | | |
| | Elsie Pittman | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | R Jarvis | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Rita Jarvis | 6 | 7 | | | R Jarvis | 4 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Margaret Lewis | 4 | 5 | | | G Southwell | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gladys Southwell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Macpherson-Grant | 4 | 6 |
| | Alex McKelvie | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Hardwick | 6 | 8 |
| | Anita Ellis | 9 | 6 | | | A Ellis | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Grace Wheeler | 7 | 2 | 6 | | G Wheeler | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Nuthall | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | G Wheeler | 5 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Alice Weiwers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | M Hardwick | 7 | 9 | | | | | |
| | Yvonne Law | 1 | 0 | | | A Weiwers | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Rosemary Thomas | 8 | 4 | | 7 | M Hardwick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mary Hardwick | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 6

| 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 | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | Jean Saunders | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Sonia Mavrogordato | 2 | 1 | | | J Saunders | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mollie Trouncer | 6 | 6 | | | M Trouncer | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joan Strawson | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | J Saunders | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ermyntrude Harvey | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | P O'Connell | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Magda Berescu | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Berescu | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Evelyn Dearman | 4 | 6 | 4 | | P O'Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patsy O'Connell | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Saunders | 2 | 4 |
| | Molly James | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | H Sperling | 6 | 6 |
| | Diana Wood | 6 | 6 | | | D Wood | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Pamela Goodwyn | 6 | 0 | 3 | | S Pannetier | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Suzanne Pannetier | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Wood | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Effie Peters | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | H Sperling | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Gaby Curtis | 5 | 0 | | | E Peters | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gem Hoahing | 2 | 0 | | 3 | H Sperling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Hilde Sperling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | Thelma Jarvis | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Cartwright | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Cartwright | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Scriven | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Peggy Scriven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anneliese Ullstein | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Scriven | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Jędrzejowska | 6 | 6 |
| | Vittoria Tonolli | 2 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Hella Kovač | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | H Kovač | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | J Jędrzejowska | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Josane de Meulemeester | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | Arlette Halff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Doris Howard | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A Halff | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | N Glover | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Florence Smith | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nancy Glover | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | A Halff | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Marble | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Beryl Rodway | 7 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dora Beazley | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Beazley | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1 | A Marble | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ruth Kirk | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Alice Marble | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |