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1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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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 →

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

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
United Kingdom Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey
3 6
United Kingdom Dorothea Lambert Chambers
United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6 8
United Kingdom Dorothea Lambert Chambers
United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
4 6 4
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
6 3 6
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
7 6
United Kingdom Winifred Beamish
United Kingdom Marie Hazel
5 1
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
4 4
United States Hazel Wightman
United States Helen Wills
6 6
United Kingdom Dorothy Hill
United Kingdom Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
2 6 7
United States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Jessup
6 2 9
United States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Jessup
6 4
United States Hazel Wightman
United States Helen Wills
8 6
France Suzanne Lenglen
United States Elizabeth Ryan
w/o
United States Hazel Wightman
United States Helen Wills

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States Lilian Scharman
United States Edith Sigourney
3 1
Netherlands Kea Bouman
France Elizabeth Macready
6 6
Netherlands K Bouman
France E Macready
3 3
United Kingdom P Covell
United Kingdom K McKane
6 6
United Kingdom Kathleen Lidderdale
United Kingdom Mary McIlquham
4 2
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
6 6
United Kingdom P Covell
United Kingdom K McKane
7 6
United Kingdom Joan Barrett
United Kingdom Joyce Brown
6 2 2 United Kingdom W Beamish
United Kingdom M Hazel
5 1
United Kingdom Mrs Bruce-May
Mrs van Praagh
3 6 6 United Kingdom Mrs Bruce-May
Mrs van Praagh
0 2
United Kingdom Winifred Beamish
United Kingdom Marie Hazel
United Kingdom W Beamish
United Kingdom M Hazel
6 6
United Kingdom HL Eddis
Mrs Gregson
w/o United Kingdom W Beamish
United Kingdom M Hazel
6 6
United Kingdom Mrs E Bousfield
United Kingdom CI Kalber
6 1 4 United Kingdom P Dransfield
United Kingdom H Hogarth
3 1
United Kingdom Mrs WL Hollick
United Kingdom Cecily Marriott
1 6 6 United Kingdom Mrs WL Hollick
United Kingdom C Marriott
3 1
United Kingdom KM Marriott
United Kingdom OM Walker
3 6 2 United Kingdom P Dransfield
United Kingdom H Hogarth
6 6
United Kingdom Peggy Dransfield
United Kingdom 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
United Kingdom NQ Radcliffe-Platt
United Kingdom PM Radcliffe
4 6 4
United Kingdom Mrs IFL Elliot
Republic of Ireland Hilda Wallis
6 1 6 United Kingdom Mrs IFL Elliot
Republic of Ireland H Wallis
6 4 2
Republic of Ireland WM Haughton
Republic of Ireland Mrs RRW Jackson
6 4 3 United Kingdom D Hill
United Kingdom M Pleydell-Bouverie
4 6 6
United Kingdom Dorothy Hill
United Kingdom Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
4 6 6 United Kingdom D Hill
United Kingdom M Pleydell-Bouverie
6 9
United Kingdom Ariadne Rodocanachi
United Kingdom MK Taylor
4 8 4 United Kingdom W McNair
United Kingdom R Watson
3 7
United Kingdom Joy Coote
United Kingdom Mrs HV Parbury
6 6 6 United Kingdom J Coote
United Kingdom Mrs HV Parbury
6 3 3
United Kingdom Winifred McNair
United Kingdom R Watson
6 7 United Kingdom W McNair
United Kingdom R Watson
4 6 6
United Kingdom Mary Burgess-Smith
United Kingdom Mrs MB Reckitt
2 5 United Kingdom D Hill
United Kingdom M Pleydell-Bouverie
2 6 7
United States E Goss
United States M Jessup
6 2 9
United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite
6 6
United Kingdom Norah Middleton
United Kingdom Molly Welsh
0 3
United Kingdom E Harvey
United Kingdom P Satterthwaite
7 10
United States E Goss
United States M Jessup
9 12
United Kingdom JL Colegate
United Kingdom CJ Tyrrell
4 3
United States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Jessup
6 6

Section 4

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