1938 Australian Championships – Women's singles

{{GrandSlamEvents|1938|Australian Championships||

| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy

| runner = {{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson

| score = 6–3, 6–2

| draw = 24

| seeds = 8

| before_name = Australian Championships – Women's singles

| after_name = Australian Championships – Women's singles

| type = grand slam

}}

First-seeded Dorothy Bundy defeated Dorothy Stevenson 6–3, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1938 Australian Championships.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206755469 |title=Americans invincible |newspaper=The Age |issue=25,831 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=31 January 1938 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Seeds

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

  1. {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy (champion)
  2. {{flagicon|AUS}} Nancye Wynne (semifinals)
  3. {{flagicon|AUS}} Thelma Coyne (quarterfinals)
  4. {{flagicon|AUS}} Joan Hartigan (quarterfinals)
  5. {{flagicon|AUS}} Nell Hopman (semifinals)
  6. {{flagicon|AUS}} May Hardcastle (quarterfinals)
  7. {{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson (finalist)
  8. {{flagicon|USA}} Do Workman (quarterfinals)

Draw

=Key=

=Finals=

{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3

| team-width=175

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson

| RD3-seed2=7

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score2-1=3

| RD3-score1-2=6

| RD3-score2-2=2

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} Nell Hopman

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score2-1=2

| RD2-score1-2=6

| RD2-score2-2=3

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Nancye Wynne

| RD2-seed3=2

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson

| RD2-seed4=7

| RD2-score3-1=3

| RD2-score4-1=6

| RD2-score3-2=3

| RD2-score4-2=6

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|AUS}} May Hardcastle

| RD1-seed2=6

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score2-1=3

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score2-2=4

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|AUS}} Thelma Coyne

| RD1-seed3=3

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} Nell Hopman

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-score3-1=4

| RD1-score4-1=6

| RD1-score3-2=2

| RD1-score4-2=6

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|AUS}} Nancye Wynne

| RD1-seed5=2

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Workman

| RD1-seed6=8

| RD1-score5-1=6

| RD1-score6-1=4

| RD1-score5-2=6

| RD1-score6-2=3

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|AUS}} Joan Hartigan

| RD1-seed7=4

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson

| RD1-seed8=7

| RD1-score7-1=3

| RD1-score8-1=6

| RD1-score7-2=6

| RD1-score8-2=1

| RD1-score7-3=1

| RD1-score8-3=6

}}

=Earlier rounds=

==Section 1==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bundy

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman

| RD4-seed02=5

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=2

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=3

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bundy

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Hardcastle

| RD3-seed02=6

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Coyne

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman

| RD3-seed04=5

| RD3-score03-1=4

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=2

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bundy

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Walters

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=8

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Hardcastle

| RD2-seed03=6

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Blick

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score04-1=w/o

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Coyne

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} O'Halloran

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=4

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman

| RD2-seed07=5

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Mauger

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=2

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score08-2=1

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} Coyne

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|AUS}} Woods

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score09-1=6

| RD1-score10-1=2

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score10-2=0

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|AUS}} O'Halloran

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|AUS}} Cox

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score12-1=w/o

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman

| RD1-seed13=5

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} Stern

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score14-1=1

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=2

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|AUS}} Mauger

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} Coate

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-score15-1=6

| RD1-score16-1=1

| RD1-score15-2=0

| RD1-score16-2=6

| RD1-score15-3=6

| RD1-score16-3=4

}}

==Section 2==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Wynne

| RD4-seed01=2

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Stevenson

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-score01-1=3

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=3

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Wynne

| RD3-seed01=2

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Workman

| RD3-seed02=8

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Hartigan

| RD3-seed03=4

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Stevenson

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=1

| RD3-score03-3=1

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Wynne

| RD2-seed01=2

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Vickery

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=4

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=3

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Workman

| RD2-seed03=8

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Wilson

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=2

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=1

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Hartigan

| RD2-seed05=4

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Chitty

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=7

| RD2-score06-1=5

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Stevenson

| RD2-seed07=7

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Westacott

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=4

| RD2-score07-2=4

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=6

| RD2-score08-3=3

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Wynne

| RD1-seed01=2

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Weston

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-score01-1=6

| RD1-score02-1=2

| RD1-score01-2=6

| RD1-score02-2=1

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Vickery

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Bond

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score04-1=2

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score04-2=0

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Workman

| RD1-seed05=8

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Stevenson

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score06-1=1

| RD1-score05-2=6

| RD1-score06-2=3

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Wilson

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Skinner

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-score07-1=9

| RD1-score08-1=7

| RD1-score07-2=6

| RD1-score08-2=3

}}

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