The 1939 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 28 February – 6 March 1939. Margot Lumb won her fifth consecutive title by defeating Susan Noel in the final. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Margot Lumb was unable to defend her title and missed the opportunity to increase her number of victories over the next seven years.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player OnePlayer TwoScore Miss Margot Lumb + Miss D C Wilcox 9–0 9–2 9–0 Miss F J Russell Miss A Maclagan w/o Miss M Riddell Miss N L Kelman 5–9 9–3 9–6 9–3 Miss M Johnson Taylor Miss Berenice Lumb 9–7 0–9 4–9 9–3 9–7 Miss Helen Stone Mrs E G Chalmers 9–0 9–2 9–0 Miss Valerie Dalton-White Mrs D Whitehorn 9–3 9–1 9–6 Miss Barbara Williams + Mrs I A Knox 9–4 7–9 9–0 9–4 Miss Elizabeth Pearson + Miss M H Palmer 9–6 9–6 4–9 9–6 Miss F Berrill Miss P L Hervey 4–9 1–9 9–7 9–3 9–6 Miss Elizabeth Knox Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9–0 9–5 9–1 Mrs W D Porter Miss Ursula Foljambe 9–0 4–9 1–9 9–2 10–8 Miss E M Walker Mrs E M Jarrett 6–9 9–5 9–4 9–3 Miss E B Sandercock Mrs F M Traill 9–4 9–6 9–6 Lady Katharine Cairns Mrs Judith Backhouse 9–0 9–3 ret Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + Mrs Olga MacInnes 9–0 9–0 9–1 Mrs A H Luttrell Miss Betty Cooke + w/o Miss Margaret Bostwick Mrs H Langman 9–4 9–5 9–4 Miss Elizabeth Glascock Miss L Prest w/o Miss Joan Marquis Miss S Toyne 9–4 9–0 9–4 Miss J Howard Mrs D M Sinclair 10–8 9–4 9–7 Miss Frieda Scharman Miss Marianne Toyne 9–4 10–8 9–2 Miss Anne Page + Miss M Murdoch 9–0 9–5 9–0 Mrs A Vickers Miss W Peile 9–5 9–1 4–9 9–4 Miss E M Browning Miss B J Blanks w/o Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss A H Baker 9–4 9–2 9–0 Miss T King Miss B E M Brett 9–4 9–7 7–9 9–7 Miss Eleonora Sears + Miss Marjorie Raphael 9–5 8–10 7–9 9–5 9–5 Mrs E P Sewell Mrs Penelope Durlac 9–2 10–8 9–4 Mrs R C Riseley Miss I D Edwards 9–1 9–1 2–9 5–9 9–2 Miss R Berens Miss S C Palmer 9–3 7–9 1–9 9–2 10–8 Miss Margaret Trehearne Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 9–1 9–2 9–5 Miss Susan Noel + Mrs H J Stribling 9–1 9–2 9–3

+ denotes seed

Second round Player OnePlayer TwoScore Lumb Russell 9–4 9–5 9–2 Dalton-White B Williams 9–1 7–9 9–3 9–0 Pearson Berrill 9–5 9–1 9–2 Lytton-M Cairns 9–1 9–5 3–9 2–9 9–6 Page King 7–9 9–5 9–2 9–7 Vickers Sears 9–7 7–9 9–1 5–9 9–1 Noel Trehearne 9–1 9–7 6–9 9–6 Knox Porter 9–1 9–4 9–5 Walker Sandercock 9–4 9–2 5–9 9–0 Berens Riseley 9–5 9–2 9–4 Sewell Browning 9–2 9–2 9–0 Howard Scharman 9–7 9–4 9–2 Glascock Marquis 9–5 9–1 9–3 Bostwick Luttrell 9–7 9–1 9–0 Dawnay Riddell 9–0 9–4 9–1 Johnson–Taylor Stone 9–3 9–7 7–9 9–4

Third round Player OnePlayer TwoScore Lumb Dawnay 9–3 9–4 9–1 Dalton–White Johnson-Taylor 6–9 9–4 6–9 9–0 9–3 Knox Pearson 9–4 4–9 9–6 9–5 Lytton-M Walker 9–0 9–3 9–1 Glascock Bostwick 9–3 4–9 9–5 9–4 Page Howard 9–1 9–3 9–5 Sewell Vickers 10–8 10–9 4–9 9–4 Noel Berrens 9–0 9–3 9–3

Quarter-finals Player OnePlayer TwoScore Lumb Dalton-White 9–6 9–5 9–0 Lytton–M Knox 4–9 5–9 9–2 9–6 9–0 Page Glascock 10–9 9–3 4–9 9–6 Noel Sewell 9–0 9–0 9–3

Semi-finals Player OnePlayer TwoScore Lumb Lytton-M 9–6 5–9 9–5 9–2 Noel Page 9–0 9–4 9–2

Final Player OnePlayer TwoScore Lumb Noel 9–6 9–1 9–7

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