WIMBLEDON FINALS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1938, Page 7

WIMBLEDON FINALS

MRS WILLS=MOODV WINS WOMEN’S SINGLES « AMERICANS VICTORIOUS THROUGHOUT. ALL DOUBLES TITLES TAKEN. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Copyright. LONDON, July 2. In the final of the women’s singles Mrs H. Wills-Moody (U.S.A.) beat Miss Jacobs 1 (U.S.A.) 6—4, 6—o. Miss Jacobs’s ankle gave out in the second set and the match was a mere procession. In the final of the men’s doubles Budge and Mako (U.S.A.) retained their title by defeating Henkel and Metaxa (Germany). The holders of the women’s doubles, Mme. R. Mathieu (France) and Miss A. M. Yorke (Great Britain), lost their title to Mrs Fabyan and Miss Marble (U.S.A.). The final of the mixed doubles resulted in another win for America. Budge and Miss Marble beating Henkel and Mrs Fabyan. Results are:— Women's Singles. (Holder, Mrs D. Little, nee Miss D. E. Round.) i Final:—Mrs H. Wills-Moody (U.S.A.) beat Miss H. Jacobs (U.S.A.), 6—4, 6—o. Men’s Doubles. (Holders, J. D. Budge and C. G. Mako. U.S.A.) Final: —J. D. Budge and C. G. Mako (U.S.A.) beat H. Henkel and G. Metaxa (Germany), 6—4, 3 —6, 6 —3, B—6.8 —6. Women’s Doubles. (Holders, Mms. R. Mathieu, France, and Miss A. M. York, Great Britain.) Final:—Mrs S. Fabyan and Miss A. Marble (U.S.A.) beat Mme, R. Mathieu (France) and Miss A. M. York (Great Britain), 6 —2, 6—3. Mixed Doubles. (Holders, J. D. Budge and Miss A. Marble, U.S.A.) Final:—J. D. Budge and Miss A. Marble (U.S.A.) beat H. Henkel (Germany) and Mrs Fabyan (U.S.A.), 6 —l, 6—4. AUSTRALIAN EVENT. CRAWFORD BEATS McGRATH. SYDNEY, July 2. In the final of the Australian hard court tennis championships today, Crawford beat McGrath, 2 —6, 3 —6, 6/2, 6/2, 6/4. ■’ MLLE. LENGLEN CONDITION REPORTED WORSE. (Recd This Day, 9.10 a.m.) PARIS, July 3. Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen’s condition is worse. Injections are being given.