1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles
1924 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Hazel Wightman
United States Helen Wills
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Phyllis Covell
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw40
Seeds
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1923 · Wimbledon Championships · 1925 →

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

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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  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.
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