1947 Wimbledon Championships - Ladies' Singles

1947 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Reigning champion Pauline Betz did not defend her title. Margaret Osborne defeated Doris Hart 6–2 6–4 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

1.   Jack Kramer (Champion)
2.   John Bromwich
   John Bromwich
   John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand....
   
    (Fourth round)
3.   Thomas Brown (Finalist)
4.   Dinny Pails
   Dinny Pails
   Dennis "Dinny" Pails was a former Australian tennis champion.Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships tennis tournament in 1947. Pails, an Australian who was born in Great Britain, defeated John Bromwich in the final in five sets: 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6...
   
    (Semifinalist)
5.   Geoffrey Brown (Quarterfinalist)
6.   Jaroslav Drobný
   Jaroslav Drobný
   Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)
7.   Yvon Petra
   Yvon Petra
   Yvon Petra was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946, beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)
8.   Robert Falkenburg (Quarterfinalist)

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Final Eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

External links

• 1947 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw