title: 1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
text: # 1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
  
  Two-time defending champion Althea Gibson and her partner Maria Bueno defeated Margaret duPont and Margaret Varner in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships.
  
  Gibson and Darlene Hard were the reigning champions, but Hard did not compete.
  
  ## Seeds
  
      01. Maria Bueno / Althea Gibson (champions)
      02. Shirley Bloomer / Christine Truman (third round)
      03. Mary Hawton / Thelma Long (semifinals)
      04. Yola Ramírez / Rosie Reyes (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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Margaret duPont Margaret Varner | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Edda Buding Ilse Buding | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Edda Buding Ilse Buding | 6 | 1 | 4 | | Margaret duPont Margaret Varner | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | 4 | Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Gill Evans Pat Hird | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Gill Evans Pat Hird | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Margaret duPont Margaret Varner | 3 | 5 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 7 |
  | | Anne Shilcock Pat Ward | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 7 |
  | 3 | Mary Hawton Thelma Long | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Mary Hawton Thelma Long | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Mary Hawton Thelma Long | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Susan Chatrier Angela Mortimer | 0 | 0 | | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Shirley Bloomer Christine Truman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Ruth Kaufmann Veronika Studer | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 2 | S Bloomer C Truman | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | M duPont M Varner | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Mercedes Solsona Mary Terán de Weiss | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Margaret duPont Margaret Varner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | M duPont M Varner | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | E Buding I Buding | 6 | 1 | 4 |
  | Q | Bridget Chamberlain Jean Knight | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Edda Buding Ilse Buding | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | E Buding I Buding | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
  | | | | | | L Coghlan F Muller | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
  | | Lorraine Coghlan Fay Muller | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sonia Cox Ruia Morrison | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Yola Ramírez Rosie Reyes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Margaret Carter Silvana Lazzarino | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Y Ramírez R Reyes | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Paule Courteix Maud Galtier | 0 | 6 | 1 | | M Chamberlain V White | 9 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Mary Chamberlain Viola White | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | Y Ramírez R Reyes | 6 | 9 | | | | |
  | Q | Carole Levy D McCamley | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Rook C Yates-Bell | 1 | 7 | | | | |
  | | Elizabeth Broz Sonja Pachta | 7 | 2 | 1 | Q | C Levy D McCamley | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | MG Fry Gwen Scott | 5 | 1 | | | J Rook C Yates-Bell | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Jill Rook Caroline Yates-Bell | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Ramírez R Reyes | 6 | 6 |
  | | Gill Evans Pat Hird | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | G Evans P Hird | 3 | 4 |
  | | Pearl Panton Vera Thomas | 5 | 5 | | | G Evans P Hird | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Honor Durose Pat Nettleton | 6 | 5 | 4 | | M Boundy P Wheeler | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Marian Boundy Pat Wheeler | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | G Evans P Hird | | | | | | |
  | | Janet Hopps Sally Moore | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | J Hopps S Moore | w/o | | | | | |
  | | Deidre Catt Jenny Trewby | 1 | 6 | 2 | | J Hopps S Moore | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sheila Armstrong Ann Haydon | 6 | 3 | 6 | | S Armstrong A Haydon | 6 | $9^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Bernice Carr Jean Forbes | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Gem Hoahing Ida Wrede-Holm | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Marie-Odile Bouchet Florence de la Courtie | 6 | 7 | | | M-O Bouchet F de la Courtie | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Poucette Bernheim Jean Bostock | 4 | 6 | 6 | | P Bernheim J Bostock | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Evelyn Fulton Joyce Fulton | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | M-O Bouchet F de la Courtie | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Jenny Wagstaff Bobbie Wilson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Shilcock P Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | Fran Marshall Regina Thackray | 1 | 3 | | | J Wagstaff B Wilson | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Anne Shilcock Pat Ward | | | | | A Shilcock P Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Fredy Marinkelle Joopy Roos-Van der Wal | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | A Shilcock P Ward | 3 | 6 | 1 |
  | | Christiane Mercelis Heather Segal | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Hawton T Long | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | | Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman | 6 | 6 | | | S Reynolds R Schuurman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Louise Snow Ingeborg Vogler | 4 | 8 | 7 | | L Snow I Vogler | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Jennifer Chamberlain Sonia Cox | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | S Reynolds R Schuurman | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | Rosemary Deloford Billie Woodgate | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | M Hawton T Long | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Geraldine Carter Carmen Ibarra | 4 | 5 | | | R Deloford R Woodgate | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Margaret Hellyer Zsuzsa Körmöczy | 6 | 1 | | 3 | M Hawton T Long | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Mary Hawton Thelma Long | 8 | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Pilar Barril Alicia Guri | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Rita Bentley Sheila Bramley | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | R Bentley S Bramley | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | S Chatrier A Mortimer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Barbara Knapp Jenny Young | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Susan Chatrier Angela Mortimer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | S Chatrier A Mortimer | 0 | 0 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Bueno A Gibson | 6 | 6 |
  | Q | Anthea Warwick Sue Waters | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Karol Fageros Dorothy Knode | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | K Fageros D Knode | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 1 | M Bueno A Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Margot Dittmeyer Erika Vollmer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 1 | Maria Bueno Althea Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  