1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
	1958 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Althea Gibson
Runner-up	Angela Mortimer
Final score	8–6, 6–2
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8

First-seeded Althea Gibson successfully defended her title, defeating Angela Mortimer in the final, 8–6, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Althea Gibson, 1958 champion

Seeds

01.

Althea Gibson (Champion)

02.

Christine Truman (Fourth round)

03.

Dorothy Knode (Second round)

04.

Maria Bueno (Quarterfinals)

05.

Shirley Bloomer (Quarterfinals)

06.

Zsuzsa Körmöczy (Semifinals)

07.

Janet Hopps (Second round)

08.

Karol Fageros (Third round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final


	Mimi Arnold	1	7	6

6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	5	8
					6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	0	1

						Angela Mortimer	6	6
	Angela Mortimer	4	6	10

	Margaret duPont	6	3	8
										Angela Mortimer	6	2

									1	Althea Gibson	8	6
	Ann Haydon	6	7

4	Maria Bueno	3	5
						Ann Haydon	2	0

					1	Althea Gibson	6	6
5	Shirley Bloomer	3	8	2

1	Althea Gibson	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First Round	Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round


	2	Christine Truman	6	6
		Rosemary Deloford	0	1
						2	C Truman	6	6
							J Rook	3	1
		Pat Nettleton	4	6
		Jill Rook	6	8
										2	C Truman	8	3
											M Arnold	10	6
		Mimi Arnold	2	6	6
		Pat Wheeler	6	3	0
							M Arnold	6	8
							E Vollmer	2	6
		Erika Vollmer	6	6
		Veronika Studer	4	4

Section 2

First Round	Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round


	6	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6
		Florence de la Courtie	4	2
					6	Z Körmöczy	6	6
						H Segal	2	3
		Sonja Pachta	4	1
		Heather Segal	6	6
									6	Z Körmöczy	6	6
										M Hawton	2	1
		Mary Terán de Weiss	6	6
		Fran Marshall	2	4
						M Terán de Weiss	4	1
						M Hawton	6	6
		Mary Hawton	6	6
		Joopy Roos-Van der Wal	2	0

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

3	Dorothy Knode	7	6
Q	Pauline Roberts	5	2		3	D Knode	3	5
	Christiane Mercelis	6	6			C Mercelis	6	7
	Sue Waters	2	1								C Mercelis	6	6
Q	Anthea Warwick									Q	A Warwick	0	2
	Sue Chatrier	w/o			Q	A Warwick	6	1	6
	Gill Worrall	6	6	1		S Cox	4	6	2
	Sonia Cox	8	2	6											C Mercelis	3	4
	Gem Hoahing	0	1												A Mortimer	6	6
	Edda Buding	6	6			E Buding	6	6
	Vera Thomas	1	9	6		V Thomas	3	1
	Ingeborg Vogler	6	7	2							E Buding	2	4
	Mercedes Solsona	0	2								A Mortimer	6	6
	Sandra Reynolds	6	6			S Reynolds	8	2	0
	Angela Mortimer	6	6			A Mortimer	6	6	6
	Carmen Ibarra	0	2

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

7	Janet Hopps	6	6
	Jean Bostock	3	3		7	J Hopps	5	7
	Marie-Odile Bouchet	2	2			N Marsh	7	9
	Norma Marsh	6	6							N Marsh	3	6	6
	June Fitzpatrick	2	2							M duPont	6	3	8
	Joyce Fulton	6	6			J Fulton	1	0
	Pearl Panton	3	0			M duPont	6	6
	Margaret duPont	6	6												M duPont	6	6
Q	Caroline Leather	8	7												F Muller	3	2
Q	Shirley Hannah	6	5		Q	C Leather	1	8
	Rita Bentley	1	6	0		R Reyes	6	10
	Rosie Reyes	6	4	6						R Reyes	3	5
	Wilma Smith	4	5							F Muller	6	7
	Sonia Cox	6	7			S Cox	5	3
	Fay Muller	6	6			F Muller	7	6
	Jean Knight	0	1

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

Q	Jenny Young	1	1
	Ann Haydon	6	6			A Haydon	6	1	6
	Ilse Buding	5	4			M Varner	3	6	2
	Margaret Varner	7	6								A Haydon	3	6	7
Q	Margaret Grace	6	0	1							J Forbes	6	2	5
	Pilar Barril	3	6	6		P Barril	1	7	3
	Gill Evans	1	4			J Forbes	6	5	6
	Jean Forbes	6	6													A Haydon	1	6	6
	Pat Hird	3	2													P Ward	6	3	1
	Pat Ward	6	6			P Ward	6	7
	Thelma Lister	6	7	7		T Lister	3	5
Q	Bobbie Wilson	4	9	5							P Ward	2	6	6
	Poucette Bernheim	1	2							8	K Fageros	6	4	4
	Silvana Lazzarino	6	6			S Lazzarino	1	5
	Sally Moore	3	5		8	K Fageros	6	7
8	Karol Fageros	6	7

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

	Viola White	6	2	6
	Margaret Carter	3	6	4		V White	3	2
	Thelma Long	6	5	6		T Long	6	6
	Anne Shilcock	1	7	2							T Long	6	6
	Ruia Morrison	11	6								R Morrison	4	3
	Louise Snow	9	3			R Morrison	2	6	6
	Isabel Troccole	1	7			S Armstrong	6	3	3
	Sheila Armstrong	6	9												T Long	2	3
	Maud Galtier													4	M Bueno	6	6
	Ida Wrede-Holm	w/o				M Galtier	4	2
Q	Pauline Drew	3	2			J Curry	6	6
	Joan Curry	6	6								J Curry	0	2
Q	Jane Rushton	4	6							4	M Bueno	6	6
	Renée Schuurman	6	8			R Schuurman	0	2
	Hazel Cheadle	1	2		4	M Bueno	6	6
4	Maria Bueno	6	6

Section 7

First Round	Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round


		Ruth Kaufmann	5	8	6
		Deidre Catt	7	6	2
							R Kaufmann	4	4
							B Carr	6	6
		Fredy Marinkelle	1	7
		Bernice Carr	6	9
											B Carr	3	4
										5	S Bloomer	6	6
		Margot Dittmeyer	6	8
	Q	Jenny Wagstaff	4	6
							M Dittmeyer	1	2
						5	S Bloomer	6	6
		Alicia Guri	1	2
	5	Shirley Bloomer	6	6

Section 8

First Round	Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round


		Paule Courteix	6	6	6
		Elizabeth Broz	8	3	2
							P Courteix	0	3
							L Coghlan	6	6
		Geraldine Carter	0	3
		Lorraine Coghlan	6	6
											L Coghlan	0	2
										1	A Gibson	6	6
		Jenny Trewby	0	2
		Yola Ramírez	6	6
							Y Ramírez	7	2
						1	A Gibson	9	6
		Margaret Hellyer	0	2
	1	Althea Gibson	6	6

References

Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.