1926 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

Jean Borotra and Suzanne Lenglen were the defending champions, but withdrew before their second round match against Howard Kinsey and Mary Browne.

Mixed Doubles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
Runners-up Howard Kinsey
Mary Browne
Final score6–3, 6–4
Draw64 (4 Q )
Seeds

Leslie Godfree and Kitty Godfree defeated Kinsey and Browne in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2] They remain the only married couple to ever win the Mixed Doubles title at Wimbledon.[3]

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
6 6
RDN Pryce-Jones
Irene Maltby
4 0
Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
7 6
Vincent Richards
Elizabeth Ryan
5 4
Vincent Richards
Elizabeth Ryan
8 6
Brian Gilbert
Ermyntrude Harvey
6 3
Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
6 6
Howard Kinsey
Mary Browne
3 4
Béla von Kehrling
Lilí de Álvarez
8 4 2
Howard Kinsey
Mary Browne
6 6 6
Howard Kinsey
Mary Browne
5 6 6
Arthur Berger
Joan Strawson
7 4 0
Arthur Berger
Joan Strawson
6 4 6
Pat Hughes
Madge Valantine
3 6 4

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich
Marie Hazel
9 6 6
Ulysses Williams
Evelyn Dewhurst
11 1 3 E Ulrich
M Hazel
2 3
Donald Stralem
Dorothy Hill
1 0 L Godfree
K Godfree
6 6
Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
6 6 L Godfree
K Godfree
6 6
Sergei Rodzianko
Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
w/o C Aeschlimann
E Petchell
1 3
Royden Dash
CJ Tyrrell
R Dash
CJ Tyrrell
3 6 3
Jan Koželuh
Lilly von Ellissen
4 6 6 C Aeschlimann
E Petchell
6 1 6
Charles Aeschlimann
E Petchell
6 2 8 L Godfree
K Godfree
6 6
Douglas Watson
R Watson
6 6 RDN Pryce-Jones
I Maltby
4 0
Ignacio de la Borbolla
D Lee Mumford
0 4 D Watson
R Watson
4 6 3
RDN Pryce-Jones
Irene Maltby
6 6 RDN Pryce-Jones
I Maltby
6 3 6
Alfred Ingram
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
4 3 RDN Pryce-Jones
I Maltby
6 4 7
William Radcliffe
Eleanor Rose
6 6 W Radcliffe
E Rose
1 6 5
Laddie Wheatcroft
Cristobel Hardie
4 1 W Radcliffe
E Rose
5 6 6
Frank Jarvis
Joan Ridley
1 3 H Mayes
H Contostavlos
7 1 3
Henry Mayes
Helene Contostavlos
6 6

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Basil Lawrence
Elsa Haylock
7 7
Ladislav Žemla
Mrs RRW Jackson
9 9 L Žemla
Mrs RRW Jackson
2 6
WB Stott
Dorothy Alexander
8 2 G Crole-Rees
M Jessup
6 8
Gordon Crole-Rees
Marion Jessup
10 6 G Crole-Rees
M Jessup
3 4
Vincent Richards
Elizabeth Ryan
6 6 V Richards
E Ryan
6 6
Ernest Lamb
Enid Clarke
2 4 V Richards
E Ryan
6 6
Cornelis Bryan
Mrs A Clayton
2 1 B Meyer
D Shepherd-Barron
4 3
Bertie Meyer
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6 6 V Richards
E Ryan
8 6
Hendrik Timmer
Kea Bouman
6 6 B Gilbert
E Harvey
6 3
DJR Sumner
Elsie Goldsack
0 2 H Timmer
K Bouman
3 3
EL Jones
M Elliott
1 1 H Cochet
J Vlasto
6 6
Henri Cochet
Julie Vlasto
6 6 H Cochet
J Vlasto
3 7 4
Brian Gilbert
Ermyntrude Harvey
5 6 6 B Gilbert
E Harvey
6 5 6
Bunny Austin
Betty Nuthall
7 2 3 B Gilbert
E Harvey
6 6
Q Vincent Burr
Agnes Tuckey
3 6 M Summerson
P Holcroft Watson
4 0
Maurice Summerson
Phoebe Watson
6 8

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
George Thomas
Hazel Hogarth
3 2
Lewis Michell
Peggy Saunders
6 6 L Michell
M Saunders
1 3
Keats Lester
Gwen Sterry
7 6 K Lester
G Sterry
6 6
Colin Gregory
Betty Dix
5 4 K Lester
G Sterry
2 2
Béla von Kehrling
Lilí de Álvarez
6 6 B von Kehrling
E de Álvarez
6 6
Charles Kingsley
Eileen Bennett
3 3 B von Kehrling
E de Álvarez
3 6 6
Pat Spence
Evelyn Colyer
6 11 P Spence
E Colyer
6 4 4
Douglas Hodges
Joan Fry
2 9 B von Kehrling
E de Álvarez
8 4 2
St John Evers
Mabel Mavrogordato
6 0 4 H Kinsey
M Browne
6 6 6
Axel Petersen
Hilary Stebbing
4 6 6 StJ Evers
M Mavrogordato
9 5
Cyril Eames
Winifred Beamish
C Eames
W Beamish
11 7
Pan Papadopoulos
Domini Crosfield
w/o C Eames
W Beamish
6 5
Harold Aitken
Beatrice Brown
3 0 H Kinsey
M Browne
8 7
Jean Borotra
Suzanne Lenglen
6 6 J Borotra
S Lenglen
w/o
Francis Stowe
Enid Broadbridge
1 1 H Kinsey
M Browne
Howard Kinsey
Mary Browne
6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
GTC Watt
Mrs WE Hudleston
1 4
Arthur Berger
Joan Strawson
6 6 A Berger
J Strawson
2 7 6
Julian Lezard
Honor Woolrych
8 4 6 J Lezard
H Woolrych
6 5 2
Q John Pennycuick
Eileen Morle
6 6 3 A Berger
J Strawson
6 6
Gerald Sherwell
Claire Beckingham
9 5 4 R Knight
N Middleton
4 4
Fassett Burnett
Cecily Marriott
7 7 6 Q F Burnett
C Marriott
3 2
Bill Swinden
Mrs Bruce-May
4 6 R Knight
N Middleton
6 6
Reginald Knight
Norah Middleton
6 8 A Berger
J Strawson
6 4 6
Q Max Whitmore
Mrs P Wilkin
0 3 P Hughes
M Valantine
3 6 4
Henry Standring
E Phayre
6 6 H Standring
E Phayre
3 2
Ambrose Dudley
JL Colegate
6 4 4 P Hughes
M Valantine
6 6
Pat Hughes
Madge Valantine
2 6 6 P Hughes
M Valantine
6 1 8
Patrick Wheatley
Dorothea Lambert Chambers
6 3 6 P Wheatley
D Lambert Chambers
4 6 6
Teddy Higgs
Mary McIlquham
2 6 2 P Wheatley
D Lambert Chambers
6 6
Donald Greig
Molla Mallory
6 5 6 D Greig
M Mallory
4 2
Jacques Brugnon
Simonne Mathieu
2 7 1

The nationality of Mrs P Wilkin is unknown.

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  3. Lynch, Steven. "Has a married couple ever won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon? Or a brother and sister?". www.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
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