1924 Wimbledon Championships – 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
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Main article: 1924 Wimbledon Championships

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

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	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

Section 1

	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

	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

Section 3

	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

	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

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.
2. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
3. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN   9-781909-534230.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com