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.
- {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Bundy (champion)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Nancye Wynne (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Thelma Coyne (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Joan Hartigan (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Nell Hopman (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} May Hardcastle (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Stevenson (finalist)
- {{flagicon|USA}} Do Workman (quarterfinals)
Draw
=Key=
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- r = Retired
=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
}}
References
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External links
- {{Australianopendraws|year=1938|type=LS}}
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