Women's singles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Pauline Betz
Runner-up	Louise Brough
Score	6–2, 6–4
Draw	96
Seeds	8

Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Alice Marble was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Seeds

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

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Pauline Betz	6	6
		Joan Curry	0	3
								1	Pauline Betz	6	6
								5	Dorothy Bundy	2	3
	4	Kay Menzies	6	1	3
	5	Dorothy Bundy	4	6	6
															1	Pauline Betz	6	6
															3	Louise Brough	2	4
	6	Jean Bostock	1	2
	3	Louise Brough	6	6
								3	Louise Brough	8	7
								2	Margaret Osborne	6	5
	7	Doris Hart	7	4	4
	2	Margaret Osborne	5	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	Pauline Betz	6	6
									Josane de Meulemeester	3	1
															1	P Betz	6	6
																J Gannon	1	0
									Joy Gannon	6	6
									Jean Poynder	2	2
																						1	P Betz	6	6
																							V Cooper	1	0
									Valerie Cooper	6	8
									YL Webster	1	6
																V Cooper	0	7	6
																A McKelvie	6	5	4
									Gay Chandler	5	4
									Alex McKelvie	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	Simone Lafargue	6	6
									Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	4	4
															8	S Lafargue	6	7
																J Morgan	1	5
									Janet Morgan	5	9	6
									Sally Lister	7	7	3
																						8	S Lafargue	3	3
																							J Curry	6	6
									Joopy van der Wal	6	5	4
									Helena Straubeová	1	7	6
																H Straubeová	0	2
																J Curry	6	6
									Joan Curry	6	6
									Joanna Russocki	1	1

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	Kay Menzies	6	6
		Patsy O'Connell	1	1				4	K Menzies	6	6
		Yvonne Law	6	6					Y Law	3	1
		Georgie Woodgate	1	3											4	K Menzies	6	6
		Billie Yorke	6	6												B Yorke	1	2
		Betty Wilford	2	2					B Yorke	6	6
		Freda Hammersley	w/o						Mrs LM Godefroy	2	2
		Mrs LM Godefroy																				4	K Menzies	6	6
		Mary Chamberlain	1	4																			N Macpherson-Grant	0	2
		Nancy Macpherson-Grant	6	6					N Macpherson-Grant	6	2	6
		Audrey Wenyon	6	5	6				A Wenyon	3	6	1
		Pamela Goodwyn	1	7	4											N Macpherson-Grant	3	6	6
		Dorrit Herbst	6	6												Y Vincart	6	2	4
		Milly Vagn-Nielsen	3	2					D Herbst	6	2	0
		Eileen Porter	4	6	4				Y Vincart	1	6	6
		Yvonne Vincart	6	3	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	Dorothy Bundy	6	6
		Evelyn Murdock	0	1				5	D Bundy	6	6
		Audrey Osborne	4	2					E Passingham	4	1
		Betty Passingham	6	6											5	D Bundy	9	6
		Betty Couper	1	1												K Winthrop	7	0
		Truid Blaisse	6	6					G Blaisse	6	0	1
		Katherine Winthrop	6	6					K Winthrop	2	6	6
		Nora Maingay	0	1																		5	D Bundy	6	6
		Doreen Litherland	3	4																			B Nuthall	3	2
		Molly Lincoln	6	6					M Lincoln	2	6	6
		Sheila Kenyon	6	6					S Kenyon	6	2	3
		Molly James	3	4												M Lincoln	1	6	1
		Betty Coutts	6	3	6											B Nuthall	6	4	6
		Audrey Roberts	2	6	3				B Coutts	0	5
		Simonne Mathieu	5	6	6				B Nuthall	6	7
		Betty Nuthall	7	3	8

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Nancy Glover	7	6
		Stella Mason	5	0					N Glover	7	0	3
		Gladys Lines	6	6					G Lines	5	6	6
		Doris Heppenstall	4	4												G Lines	8	1	2
		Louise Anderson	1	1												M Vivian	6	6	6
		Peggy Vivian	6	6					M Vivian	6	6
		Jacqueline Marcellin	2	4					J Quertier	0	3
		Jean Quertier	6	6																			M Vivian	0	1
		Peggy Knight	1	3																		6	J Bostock	6	6
		Effie Peters	6	6					E Peters	5	6	4
		Micheline Inglebert	6	6					M Inglebert	7	2	6
		Nancy Liebert	4	2												M Inglebert	2	2
		Billie Woodgate	4	7	6										6	J Bostock	6	6
		Peggy Dawson-Scott	6	5	4				R Woodgate	0	3
		Edith Sutz	1	4				6	J Bostock	6	6
	6	Jean Bostock	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
		Susan Powell	6	11
		Betty Uber	1	9					S Powell	6	3	2
		Thelma Jarvis	1	3					M Halford	3	6	6
		Mary Halford	6	6												M Halford	6	6	7
		Edie Luxton	4	0												C Boegner	8	4	5
		Colette Boegner	6	6					C Boegner	6	6
		Jean MacNair	3	0					J Strawson	0	1
		Joan Strawson	6	6																			M Halford	1	3
		Pat Todd	6	4	6																	3	L Brough	6	6
		Vera Dace	1	6	4				P Todd	6	6
		Elsa Haylock	8	4	6				E Haylock	1	0
		RM Mechel	6	6	1											P Todd	6	7	1
		Nelly Landry	7	1	6										3	L Brough	2	9	6
		Madzy Couquerque	5	6	3				N Landry	2	1
		Alison Burton	w/o					3	L Brough	6	6
	3	Louise Brough

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Patsy Rodgers	6	2	2
									Gem Hoahing	2	6	6
																C Hoahing	2	6	1
																B Carris	6	1	6
									Rosemary Mobbs	7	6	2
									Bea Carris	5	8	6
																							B Carris	8	2	2
																						7	D Hart	6	6	6
									Pearl Panton	7	6
									Mary Belin	5	3
																P Panton	1	4
															7	D Hart	6	6
									Joan Ingram	0	1
								7	Doris Hart	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
									Jacqueline Patorni	6	6
									Nel Hermsen	2	1
																J Patorni	3	2
																E Hilton	6	6
									Betty Hilton	6	6
									Margaret Lewis	3	2
																							E Hilton	1	1
																						2	M Osborne	6	6
									Suzanne Pannetier	6	6
									Miriamme de Borman	4	0
																S Pannetier	0	0
															2	M Osborne	6	6
									Wendy Stork	2	0
								2	Margaret Osborne	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com