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Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Louise Brough ; Margaret Osborne
Runners-up	Pauline Betz ; Doris Hart
Score	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	48
Seeds	4
Events

Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble were the defending champion, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne defeated Pauline Betz and Doris Hart in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

Louise Brough /

Margaret Osborne (champions)

2.

Doris Hart (final)

3.

Kay Menzies (semifinals)

4.

Pat Todd (semifinals)

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

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

2	Pauline Betz Doris Hart	6	6

	Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	4	2
				2	Pauline Betz Doris Hart	3	6	6

				3	Jean Bostock Kay Menzies	6	3	4
3	Jean Bostock Kay Menzies	6	6

	Simone Lafargue Vera Dace	1	1
									2	Pauline Betz Doris Hart	3	6	3

									1	Louise Brough Margaret Osborne	6	2	6
	Betty Nuthall Peggy Vivian	2	3

4	Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd	6	6
				4	Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd	4	2

				1	Louise Brough Margaret Osborne	6	6
	Molly Lincoln Betty Passingham	1	1

1	Louise Brough Margaret Osborne	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

	2	Pauline Betz Doris Hart	7	6
		Joan Ingram Jean Quertier	5	4
					2	P Betz D Hart	6	6
						M James N Liebert	4	0
		Molly James Nancy Liebert	6	6
		Babs Lermitte Patsy Rodgers	3	3
										2	P Betz D Hart	6	6
											S Mathieu B Yorke	4	2
		Joy Gannon Nancy Glover	w/o
		Betty Coutts Pearl Panton
						B Coutts P Panton	6	6	1
						S Mathieu B Yorke	8	4	6
		Margaret Lewis Eileen Porter	7	2
		Simonne Mathieu Billie Yorke	9	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

3	Jean Bostock Kay Stammers	7	6
	Mary Halford Patsy O'Connell	5	1		3	J Bostock K Menzies	6	6
	Gem Hoahing Yvonne Law	3	7	4		G Chandler B Couper	3	3
	Gay Chandler Betty Couper	6	5	6						2	J Bostock K Menzies	6	6
	Truid Blaisse Madzy Couquerque	7	3	6							G Blaisse M Couquerque	2	3
	Bea Carris Josane de Meulemeester	5	6	3		G Blaisse M Couquerque	5	9	6
	Dorrit Herbst Liesl Herbst	3	3			V Cooper M Parker	7	7	2
	Valerie Cooper Margot Parker	6	6											3	J Bostock K Menzies	6	6
	Audrey Osborne Gertrude Valentine-Brown	6	7												S Lafargue V Dace	1	1
	Micheline Inglebert Jacqueline Marcellin	2	5			A Osborne G Valentine-Brown	6	6
	Mary Belin Katherine Winthrop	6	5	6		M Belin K Winthrop	2	2
	Gladys Lines Audrey Roberts	3	7	2							A Osborne G Valentine-Brown	6	2
	Simone Lafargue Vera Dace	6	6								S Lafargue V Dace	8	6
	Peggy Knight Enid Sutton	3	4			S Lafargue V Dace	6	6
	Penny Durlac Joan Strawson	6	6			P Durlac J Strawson	4	3
	Joey David Joanna Russocki	3	1

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

	Colette Boegner Nelly Landry	6	6
	Nel Hermsen Joopy van der Wal	3	2			C Boegner N Landry	7	6
	Edie Luxton Nancy Macpherson-Grant	2	6	6		E Luxton N Macpherson-Grant	5	2
	Yvonne Vincart Miriamme de Borman	6	0	3						C Boegner N Landry	2	4
	ID Edwards Milly Vagn-Nielsen	w/o								B Nuthall M Vivian	6	6
	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Effie Peters					J Jędrzejowska E Peters	2	4
	Freda Hammersley Betty Hilton	w/o				B Nuthall M Vivian	6	6
	Betty Nuthall Peggy Vivian													B Nuthall M Vivian	2	3
	Ermyntrude Harvey Susan Powell	4	4										4	D Bundy P Todd	6	6
	Alex McKelvie Jean Poynder	6	6			A McKelvie J Poynder	6	6
	Doris Heppenstall Mrs CH Wright	6	6			D Heppenstall Mrs CH Wright	4	4
	Janet Morgan Wendy Stork	2	2							A McKelvie J Poynder	3	3
	Margaret Mellows Rosemary Mobbs	6	6						4	D Bundy P Todd	6	6
	Sonia Mavrogordato Madie Moss	3	3			M Mellows R Mobbs	3	0
	Suzanne Pannetier Jacqueline Patorni	4	3		4	D Bundy P Todd	6	6
4	Dorothy Bundy Pat Todd	6	6

First round	Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

		Billie Woodgate Georgie Woodgate	3	3
		Molly Lincoln Betty Passingham	6	6
						M Lincoln E Passingham	6	4	6
						P Dawson-Scott T Jarvis	4	6	4
		Peggy Dawson-Scott Thelma Jarvis	6	6
		Mildred Freeman Gladys Southam	1	4
											M Lincoln E Passingham	1	1
										1	L Brough M Osborne	6	6	1
		Sheila Kenyon Sally Lister	6	6
		A Massie DL Mollison	2	1
						S Kenyon S Lister	0	0
					1	L Brough M Osborne	6	6
		Elsa Haylock Betty Uber	2	0
	1	Louise Brough Margaret Osborne	6	6

The nationalities of Miss A Massie and Miss DL Mollison are unknown.

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.