1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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Kitty McKane defeated Helen Wills 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1924 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Women's singles

1924 Wimbledon Championships

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Score

4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Details

Draw

64

Seeds

–

Events

Singles	men	women		boys	girls
Doubles	men	women	mixed	boys	girls

← 1923 ·

Wimbledon Championships

· 1925 →

Suzanne Lenglen was the five-time defending champion, but withdrew from her semifinal match against Kitty McKane due to health problems.^[3]

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron		4	8

	Phyllis Satterthwaite		6	10
								Phyllis Satterthwaite		2	1

								Helen Wills		6	6
	Helen Wills		6	6

	Jessie Colegate		1	0
															Helen Wills		6	4	4

															Kitty McKane		4	6	6
	Marion Jessup		1	3

	Kitty McKane		6	6
								Kitty McKane

								Suzanne Lenglen		w/o
	Suzanne Lenglen		6	6	6

	Elizabeth Ryan		2	8	4

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

	R Watson		1	6	1
	Marie Hazel		6	4	6			M Hazel		1	1
	Eleanor Rose		6	6				E Rose		6	6
	Gladys Hutchings		3	0											E Rose		2	4
	Dorothy Hill		6	0											D Shepherd-Barron		6	6
	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron		8	6				D Shepherd-Barron		6	6
	Edith Sigourney		6	2	6			H Wallis		0	1
	Hilda Wallis		3	6	8																	D Shepherd-Barron		4	8
	Eleanor Goss		4	4																		P Satterthwaite		6	10
	Phyllis Satterthwaite		6	6				P Satterthwaite		6	6
	CJ Tyrrell		6	6				CJ Tyrrell		1	4
	Joy Coote		2	3											P Satterthwaite		6	6
	Kathleen Lidderdale		2	6	0										D Craddock		1	1
	Agnes Tuckey		6	4	0^r			K Lidderdale		1	3
	Joan Ridley		4	3				D Craddock		6	6
	Doris Craddock		6	6

Section 2 edit

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

	Helen Wills		6	6
	Lilian Scharman		1	0				H Wills		6	6
	Louise Bull		6	1	4			P Dransfield		0	2
	Peggy Dransfield		4	6	6										H Wills		6	6
	HL Eddis		6	6											A Edgington		2	2
	Mary McIlquham		1	2				M McIlquham		8	3	5
	Naomi Jackson-Fielden		3	1				A Edgington		6	6	7
	Aurea Edgington		6	6																		H Wills		6	6
	Mrs HB Weston		4	3																		JL Colegate		1	0
	JL Colegate		6	6				JL Colegate		6	6
	Ariadne Rodocanachi							A Rodocanachi		0	0
	CJ Walters		w/o												JL Colegate		6	6
	Evelyn Colyer		8	6											E Colyer		3	3
	Elizabeth Macready		6	1				E Colyer		6	6
	Norah Middleton		0	0				W Beamish		3	4
	Winifred Beamish		6	6

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Section 3 edit

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

	Marion Jessup		6	6
	M Hasler		1	2				M Jessup		6	6
	Mrs LC Pitman		1	3				J Barrett		0	2
	Joan Barrett		6	6											M Jessup		6	6
	MK Taylor		4	3											P Holcroft		1	3
	Phoebe Holcroft		6	6				P Holcroft		6	9
	Joan Austin		6	3	2			WM Haughton		1	7
	WM Haughton		2	6	6																	M Jessup		1	3
	Kitty McKane		6	4	6																	K McKane		6	6
	Blanche Colston		4	6	1			K McKane		6	6
	Molla Mallory		7	6				M Mallory		1	0
	Ermyntrude Harvey		5	3											K McKane		4	6	6
	Mrs M Monk		1	4											H Woolrych		6	0	0
	Honor Woolrych		6	6				H Woolrych		12	2	6
	Mildred Coles		6	6				M Coles		10	6	3
	Molly Welsh		3	2

Section 4 edit

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

	Eleanora Sears		1	2
	Enid Clarke		6	6				E Clarke		0	0
	Sylvia Lumley-Ellis		0	0				S Lenglen		6	6
	Suzanne Lenglen		6	6											S Lenglen		6	6
	Winifred McNair		2	5											H Wightman		0	0
	Hazel Wightman		6	7				H Wightman		6	6
	Mrs Saunders-Taylor		6	6				Mrs J Saunders-Taylor		0	2
	I Haselden		0	0																		S Lenglen		6	6	6
	Phyllis Covell		4	6	6																	E Ryan		2	8	4
	Dorothy Holman		6	4	0			P Covell		6	6
	Joan Reid-Thomas		9	6				J Reid-Thomas		1	1
	KM Marriott		7	4											P Covell		4	5
	Mabel Parton		6	2	8										E Ryan		6	7
	Kea Bouman		1	6	6			M Parton		4	6
	Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie		0	0				E Ryan		6	8
	Elizabeth Ryan		6	6

References edit

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ "Suzanne Lenglen: The original tennis diva of the 1920s who brought the women's game alive". The Daily Telegraph. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links edit

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1924 Australasian Championships – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1924 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

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