The 1938 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, in London from 2–7 February 1938.Margot Lumb won her fourth consecutive title by defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in a repeat of the 1937 final. This fourth win set a new record, surpassing the three wins of Joyce Cave, Nancy Cave, Cecily Fenwick and Susan Noel.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreMargot Lumb + bye Mrs Sheila McKechnie + bye Miss T King bye Miss S Wilson bye Mrs S M Green bye Miss Joyce Dudley-Cox bye Miss Olga Klingenberg bye Mrs H Langman bye Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + Mrs P Johnston 9–2 9–4 9–1 Miss Betty Cooke + Miss U N Harris 9–1 9–0 9–5 Lady Katharine Cairns Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick 9–4 9–1 9–1 Miss Elizabeth Knox Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9–4 9–6 9–1 Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss M Grant 9–4 9–4 9–3 Mrs Alice Teague Miss C Douglas 9–4 9–2 9–3 Miss I Leach Mrs Phyllis Philcox 6–9 6–9 9–3 10–8 9–6 Mrs E P Sewell Sylvia Huntsman 10–8 9–6 9–3 Mrs H J Stribling Mrs E A Barker 5–9 9–2 9–1 9–1 Miss M Riddell Miss Ursula Foljambe w/o Miss D C Wilcox Mrs E G Chalmers 9–5 9–1 9–3 Miss P L Hervey Miss S Link w/o Miss Berenice Lumb Miss Joan Huntsman 9–4 9–1 9–1 Mrs R W M Wetherell Miss D F Cearns 5–9 10–9 9–3 7–9 9–4 Mrs Penelope Durlac Miss M H Palmer 5–9 9–0 10–9 9–6 Mrs W D Porter Mrs Pratt 9–3 9–1 9–2 Miss N L Kelman Miss E Brett 9–6 9–6 10–8 Miss S P Brown Mrs Fielding-Johnson w/o Miss K Steele Miss K B Jackson 9–1 9–3 9–4 Mrs D M Sinclair Miss A Manning w/o Mrs A I Knox Miss B J Blanks 9–5 9–0 9–3 Miss Elizabeth Glascock Miss E I Caldwell 9–2 9–5 10–8 Mrs A Vickers Miss S C Palmer 9–1 9–3 3–9 9–5 Mrs L E Lefevre Miss M Burnell 9–6 9–6 9–2

+ denotes seed

Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb M Wilson 9–0 9–0 9–2 Lytton-M Lumb B 9–0 9–3 9–0 McKechnie Klingenberg 9–0 9–1 9–0 Cooke Wetherell 9–1 9–5 9–7 Cairns Durlac 10–9 9–3 9–4 Knox E Porter 9–4 9–3 9–0 Dawnay Kelman 9–5 9–7 9–5 Teague Brown 9–1 9–3 9–4 King Langman 9–1 9–4 9–0 Leach Steele 9–5 9–5 10–8 Sewell Sinclair w/o Stribling Knox A 9–1 9–4 9–5 Riddell Glascock 6–9 9–5 9–1 9–4 Wilcox Vickers 9–6 9–5 9–7 Hervey Lefevre 9–0 5–9 9–5 6–9 9–5 Green Dudley-Cox 9–3 9–1 9–0

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Green 9–6 9–2 9–0 McKechnie King 9–3 9–2 9–3 Lytton-M Stribling 9–2 9–1 9–1 Cooke Riddell 9–5 9–1 9–6 Knox Hervey 9–1 9–4 9–0 Teague Leach 9–5 9–0 9–0 Dawnay Sewell 9–5 9–7 9–4 Cairns Wilcox 9–6 9–7 9–1

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Knox 9–0 9–1 9–2 McKechnie Teague 9–4 6–9 9–6 9–3 Lytton-M Dawnay 9–0 9–3 9–5 Cooke Cairns 9–4 9–5– 9–0

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Cooke 9–1 9–4 6–9 9–3 McKechnie Lytton-M 9–4 6–9 9–3 9–0

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb McKechnie 9–3 9–2 9–1

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