Champion Althea Gibson Final score 8–6, 6–2 Seeds 8 | Runner-up Angela Mortimer Draw 96 (10Q) Singles men | |
First-seeded Althea Gibson (USA) defeated unseeded Angela Mortimer (GBR) 8–6, 6–2 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. It was Gibson's second successive Wimbledon singles title.
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Althea Gibson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Althea Gibson (Champion)
- Christine Truman (Fourth round)
- Dorothy Knode (Second round)
- Maria Bueno (Quarterfinalist)
- Shirley Bloomer (Quarterfinalist)
- Zsuzsa Körmöczy (Semifinalist)
- Janet Hopps (Second round)
- Karol Fageros (Third round)
Key
References
1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA