1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1924 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Hazel Wightman ; Helen Wills
Runners-up	Phyllis Covell ; Kitty McKane
Score	6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	40
Seeds	–
Events

Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but Lenglen was forced to withdraw from their quarterfinal match due to health problems.^[1]

Hazel Wightman and Helen Wills defeated Phyllis Covell and Kitty McKane in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1924 Wimbledon Championships.^[2]^[3]

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Sylvia Lumley-Ellis Agnes Tuckey	3	6

Dorothea Lambert Chambers Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	8
				Dorothea Lambert Chambers Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	4	6	4

				Phyllis Covell Kitty McKane	6	3	6
Phyllis Covell Kitty McKane	7	6

Winifred Beamish Marie Hazel	5	1
								Phyllis Covell Kitty McKane	4	4

								Hazel Wightman Helen Wills	6	6
Dorothy Hill Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie	2	6	7

Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	6	2	9
				Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	6	4

				Hazel Wightman Helen Wills	8	6
Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan	w/o

Hazel Wightman Helen Wills

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round	Second round				Third round			Quarterfinals

	Phoebe Holcroft Naomi Jackson-Fielden	4	1
	Mildred Coles Joan Ridley	6	6
					M Coles J Ridley	2	4
					S Lumley-Ellis A Tuckey	6	6
	Sylvia Lumley-Ellis Agnes Tuckey	6	8
	Claire Beckingham EM Beckingham	3	6
								S Lumley-Ellis A Tuckey	3	6
								D Lambert Chambers D Shepherd-Barron	6	8
	M Hasler Mrs J O'Neill	6	0	4
	Irene Maltby Eleanor Rose	3	6	6
					I Maltby E Rose	2	4
					D Lambert Chambers D Shepherd-Barron	6	6
	Mrs Saunders-Taylor Eleonora Sears	1	0
	Dorothea Lambert Chambers Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	6

Section 2 edit

First round				Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

				Lilian Scharman Edith Sigourney	3	1
				Kea Bouman Elizabeth Macready	6	6
							K Bouman E Macready	3	3
							P Covell K McKane	6	6
				Kathleen Lidderdale Mary McIlquham	4	2
				Phyllis Covell Kitty McKane	6	6
										P Covell K McKane	7	6
Joan Barrett Joyce Brown	6	2	2							W Beamish M Hazel	5	1
Mrs Bruce-May Mrs van Praagh	3	6	6	Mrs Bruce-May Mrs van Praagh	0	2
Winifred Beamish Marie Hazel				W Beamish M Hazel	6	6
HL Eddis Mrs Gregson	w/o						W Beamish M Hazel	6	6
Mrs E Bousfield CI Kalber	6	1	4				P Dransfield H Hogarth	3	1
Mrs WL Hollick Cecily Marriott	1	6	6	Mrs WL Hollick C Marriott	3	1
KM Marriott OM Walker	3	6	2	P Dransfield H Hogarth	6	6
Peggy Dransfield Hazel Hogarth	6	2	6

The nationalities of Mrs van Praagh and Mrs Gregson are unknown.

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round				Second round				Third round			Quarterfinals

NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe	4	6	4
Mrs IFL Elliot Hilda Wallis	6	1	6	Mrs IFL Elliot H Wallis	6	4	2
WM Haughton Mrs RRW Jackson	6	4	3	D Hill M Pleydell-Bouverie	4	6	6
Dorothy Hill Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie	4	6	6					D Hill M Pleydell-Bouverie	6	9
Ariadne Rodocanachi MK Taylor	4	8	4					W McNair R Watson	3	7
Joy Coote Mrs HV Parbury	6	6	6	J Coote Mrs HV Parbury	6	3	3
Winifred McNair R Watson	6	7		W McNair R Watson	4	6	6
Mary Burgess-Smith Mrs MB Reckitt	2	5									D Hill M Pleydell-Bouverie	2	6	7
											E Goss M Jessup	6	2	9
				Ermyntrude Harvey Phyllis Satterthwaite	6	6
				Norah Middleton Molly Welsh	0	3
								E Harvey P Satterthwaite	7	10
								E Goss M Jessup	9	12
				JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell	4	3
				Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round	Second round			Third round			Quarterfinals

	Joan Reid-Thomas Mrs HB Weston	6	7
	Mrs BL Bisgood Mrs AK Guyer	1	5
				J Reid-Thomas Mrs HB Weston	3	1
				S Lenglen E Ryan	6	6
	Enid Clarke Enid Head	0	3
	Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
							S Lenglen E Ryan	w/o
							H Wightman H Wills
	Violet Pinckney Hilary Stebbing	1	2
	Joan Austin Evelyn Colyer	6	6
				J Austin E Colyer	2	4
				H Wightman H Wills	6	6
	Doris Craddock Mabel Parton	4	0
	Hazel Wightman Helen Wills	6	6

The nationality of Mrs BL Bisgood is unknown.

References edit

^ "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.
^ 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.

External links edit

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[1] "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.

[Tingay-2] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-3] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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