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
Champions Hazel Wightman
Helen Wills
Runners-up Phyllis Covell
Kitty McKane
Final score6–4, 6–4
Draw40
Seeds

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

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

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.

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.
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