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1958 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1958 Wimbledon Championships
Champion United States Althea Gibson
Runner-up United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
Final score 8–6, 6–2
Details
Draw 96 (10Q)
Seeds 8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
Legends men women seniors
WC Doubles men women
← 1957 · Wimbledon Championships · 1959 →

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.

The seeded players are listed below. Althea Gibson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


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