1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
# 1949 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Louise Brough and Margaret duPont successfully defended their title, defeating Gussie Moran and Pat Todd in the final, 8–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.

## Seeds

    01. Louise Brough / Margaret duPont (champions)
    02. Gussie Moran / Pat Todd (final)
    03. Molly Blair / Jean Quertier (quarterfinals)
    04. Joy Gannon / Betty Hilton (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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Louise Brough Margaret duPont | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sheila Summers Toots Watermeyer | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sheila Summers Toots Watermeyer | 1 | 2 | | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret duPont | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Joy Gannon Betty Hilton | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Joy Gannon Betty Hilton | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Joy Gannon Betty Hilton | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Nancy Glover Margot Gordon | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nancy Glover Margot Gordon | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Louise Brough Margaret duPont | 8 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 5 |
| | Shirley Fry Helen Rihbany | 6 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Molly Blair Jean Quertier | 3 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Molly Blair Jean Quertier | 3 | 7 | 9 | | Shirley Fry Helen Rihbany | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Patsy Rodgers Jean Walker-Smith | 2 | 2 | | 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Louise Brough Margaret duPont | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Halford Kay Menzies | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | L Brough M duPont | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | M Brennan P Hermsen | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Maeve Brennan Nel Hermsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jacqueline Boutin Anne-Marie Seghers | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | L Brough M duPont | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | S Summers E Watermeyer | 1 | 2 |
| | Valerie Miles Janet Morgan | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zsuzsa Körmöczy Márta Peterdy-Wolf | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | V Miles J Morgan | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | S Summers E Watermeyer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Gem Hoahing Margot Parker | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sheila Summers Toots Watermeyer | 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Joy Gannon Betty Hilton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Enid Andrews Kay Tuckey | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | J Gannon E Hilton | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Penny Durlac Barbara Knapp | 2 | 6 | 3 | | E Middleton B Walter | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Edith Middleton Bea Walter | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Gannon E Hilton | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Mary Eyre Viola White | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | P King W Stork | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Q | Margaret Carlisle Katie Johns | 8 | 7 | | Q | M Carlisle K Johns | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Phyllis King Wendy Stork | 7 | 6 | | | P King W Stork | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Joan Bathurst Sheila Dowdeswell | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Gannon E Hilton | 6 | 6 |
| | Birgit Gullbrandsson Mary Lagerborg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Glover M Gordon | 2 | 2 |
| Q | Lesley Fulton Nancy Liebert | 3 | 4 | | | B Gullbrandsson M Lagerborg | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nancy Glover Margot Gordon | 6 | 6 | | | N Glover M Gordon | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Butler Arvilla McGuire | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Glover M Gordon | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Mrs FG Downing Mrs EM Frost | 9 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | L Anderson Mrs M Guthrie | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Louise Anderson Mrs M Guthrie | 7 | 6 | 6 | | L Anderson Mrs M Guthrie | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Georgina Greiss Betsy Venter | 4 | 7 | 6 | | G Greiss B Venter | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Betty Cooke Margot Flowerdew | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The nationalities of Mrs FG Downing, Mrs EM Frost and Mrs M Guthrie are unknown.

### Bottom half

**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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gladys Lines Pat Ward | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Annelise Bossi Miriamme de Borman | 2 | 5 | | G Lines P Ward | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Peggy Knight Enid Sutton | 6 | 6 | Q | P Knight E Sutton | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Violette Rigollet Edith Sutz | 0 | 3 | | | | | | Q | P Knight E Sutton | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Rita Anderson Billie Woodgate | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | S Fry H Rihbany | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Joyce Fitch Thelma Long | 6 | 6 | | J Fitch T Long | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Shirley Fry Helen Rihbany | 6 | 6 | | S Fry H Rihbany | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jacqueline Marcellin Helena Straubeová | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Fry H Rihbany | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| | Patsy O'Connell Effie Peters | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Blair J Quertier | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| | Mrs MW Cooper Pat Cowney | 1 | 6 | | P O'Connell E Peters | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Andy Ross-Dilley Joey Ross-Dilley | 1 | 4 | | N Adamson C Boegner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nelly Adamson Colette Boegner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Adamson C Boegner | 0 | 9 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Hilde Doleschell Mary Terán de Weiss | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Blair J Quertier | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Cole Hilaire Newberry | 1 | 2 | | H Doleschell M Terán de Weiss | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Laila Schou Nilsen Gwen Simmers | 3 | 3 | 3 | M Blair J Quertier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Molly Blair Jean Quertier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Freda Hammersley Georgie Woodgate | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Fitzgibbon Betty Lombard | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | W Hammersley G Woodgate | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | P Rodgers J Walker-Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Natalie Gourlay Joy Hibbert | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Patsy Rodgers Jean Walker-Smith | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | P Rodgers J Walker-Smith | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Moran P Todd | 6 | 6 |
| | Betty Coutts Joey David | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginia Boyer Gay Chandler | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | E Coutts J David | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | G Moran P Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Peggy Dawson-Scott Betty Wilford | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Gussie Moran Pat Todd | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
