The 1938 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington, in London from 2–7 February 1938.
Margot Lumb won her fourth consecutive title by defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in a repeat of the 1937 final. This fourth win set a new record, surpassing the three wins of Joyce Cave, Nancy Cave, Cecily Fenwick and Susan Noel.^[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Margot Lumb +		bye
Mrs Sheila McKechnie +		bye
Miss T King		bye
Miss S Wilson		bye
Mrs S M Green		bye
Miss Joyce Dudley-Cox		bye
Miss Olga Klingenberg		bye
Mrs H Langman		bye
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke +	Mrs P Johnston	9–2 9–4 9–1
Miss Betty Cooke +	Miss U N Harris	9–1 9–0 9–5
Lady Katharine Cairns	Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick	9–4 9–1 9–1
Miss Elizabeth Knox	Mrs Violet St Clair Morford	9–4 9–6 9–1
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss M Grant	9–4 9–4 9–3
Mrs Alice Teague	Miss C Douglas	9–4 9–2 9–3
Miss I Leach	Mrs Phyllis Philcox	6–9 6–9 9–3 10–8 9–6
Mrs E P Sewell	Sylvia Huntsman	10–8 9–6 9–3
Mrs H J Stribling	Mrs E A Barker	5–9 9–2 9–1 9–1
Miss M Riddell	Miss Ursula Foljambe	w/o
Miss D C Wilcox	Mrs E G Chalmers	9–5 9–1 9–3
Miss P L Hervey	Miss S Link	w/o
Miss Berenice Lumb	Miss Joan Huntsman	9–4 9–1 9–1
Mrs R W M Wetherell	Miss D F Cearns	5–9 10–9 9–3 7–9 9–4
Mrs Penelope Durlac	Miss M H Palmer	5–9 9–0 10–9 9–6
Mrs W D Porter	Mrs Pratt	9–3 9–1 9–2
Miss N L Kelman	Miss E Brett	9–6 9–6 10–8
Miss S P Brown	Mrs Fielding-Johnson	w/o
Miss K Steele	Miss K B Jackson	9–1 9–3 9–4
Mrs D M Sinclair	Miss A Manning	w/o
Mrs A I Knox	Miss B J Blanks	9–5 9–0 9–3
Miss Elizabeth Glascock	Miss E I Caldwell	9–2 9–5 10–8
Mrs A Vickers	Miss S C Palmer	9–1 9–3 3–9 9–5
Mrs L E Lefevre	Miss M Burnell	9–6 9–6 9–2

+ denotes seed

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb M	Wilson	9–0 9–0 9–2
Lytton-M	Lumb B	9–0 9–3 9–0
McKechnie	Klingenberg	9–0 9–1 9–0
Cooke	Wetherell	9–1 9–5 9–7
Cairns	Durlac	10–9 9–3 9–4
Knox E	Porter	9–4 9–3 9–0
Dawnay	Kelman	9–5 9–7 9–5
Teague	Brown	9–1 9–3 9–4
King	Langman	9–1 9–4 9–0
Leach	Steele	9–5 9–5 10–8
Sewell	Sinclair	w/o
Stribling	Knox A	9–1 9–4 9–5
Riddell	Glascock	6–9 9–5 9–1 9–4
Wilcox	Vickers	9–6 9–5 9–7
Hervey	Lefevre	9–0 5–9 9–5 6–9 9–5
Green	Dudley-Cox	9–3 9–1 9–0

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Green	9–6 9–2 9–0
McKechnie	King	9–3 9–2 9–3
Lytton-M	Stribling	9–2 9–1 9–1
Cooke	Riddell	9–5 9–1 9–6
Knox	Hervey	9–1 9–4 9–0
Teague	Leach	9–5 9–0 9–0
Dawnay	Sewell	9–5 9–7 9–4
Cairns	Wilcox	9–6 9–7 9–1

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Knox	9–0 9–1 9–2
McKechnie	Teague	9–4 6–9 9–6 9–3
Lytton-M	Dawnay	9–0 9–3 9–5
Cooke	Cairns	9–4 9–5– 9–0

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Cooke	9–1 9–4 6–9 9–3
McKechnie	Lytton-M	9–4 6–9 9–3 9–0

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	McKechnie	9–3 9–2 9–1

References