1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Kitty McKane defeated Helen Wills 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1924 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's Singles
1924 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Kitty McKane
Runner-up Helen Wills
Final score4–6, 6-4, 6-4
Draw64
Seeds–
Main article: 1924 Wimbledon Championships

Suzanne Lenglen was the five-time defending champion, but withdrew from her semifinal match against Kitty McKane due to health problems.[3]

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 4 8
Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 10
Phyllis Satterthwaite 2 1
Helen Wills 6 6
Helen Wills 6 6
Jessie Colegate 1 0
Helen Wills 6 4 4
Kitty McKane 4 6 6
Marion Jessup 1 3
Kitty McKane 6 6
Kitty McKane
Suzanne Lenglen w/o
Suzanne Lenglen 6 6 6
Elizabeth Ryan 2 8 4

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
R Watson 1 6 1
Marie Hazel 6 4 6 M Hazel 1 1
Eleanor Rose 6 6 E Rose 6 6
Gladys Hutchings 3 0 E Rose 2 4
Dorothy Hill 6 0 D Shepherd-Barron 6 6
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 8 6 D Shepherd-Barron 6 6
Edith Sigourney 6 2 6 H Wallis 0 1
Hilda Wallis 3 6 8 D Shepherd-Barron 4 8
Eleanor Goss 4 4 P Satterthwaite 6 10
Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 6 P Satterthwaite 6 6
CJ Tyrrell 6 6 CJ Tyrrell 1 4
Joy Coote 2 3 P Satterthwaite 6 6
Kathleen Lidderdale 2 6 0 D Craddock 1 1
Agnes Tuckey 6 4 0r K Lidderdale 1 3
Joan Ridley 4 3 D Craddock 6 6
Doris Craddock 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Helen Wills 6 6
Lilian Scharman 1 0 H Wills 6 6
Louise Bull 6 1 4 P Dransfield 0 2
Peggy Dransfield 4 6 6 H Wills 6 6
HL Eddis 6 6 A Edgington 2 2
Mary McIlquham 1 2 M McIlquham 8 3 5
Naomi Jackson-Fielden 3 1 A Edgington 6 6 7
Aurea Edgington 6 6 H Wills 6 6
Mrs HB Weston 4 3 JL Colegate 1 0
JL Colegate 6 6 JL Colegate 6 6
Ariadne Rodocanachi A Rodocanachi 0 0
CJ Walters w/o JL Colegate 6 6
Evelyn Colyer 8 6 E Colyer 3 3
Elizabeth Macready 6 1 E Colyer 6 6
Norah Middleton 0 0 W Beamish 3 4
Winifred Beamish 6 6

Bottom half

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Marion Jessup 6 6
M Hasler 1 2 M Jessup 6 6
Mrs LC Pitman 1 3 J Barrett 0 2
Joan Barrett 6 6 M Jessup 6 6
MK Taylor 4 3 P Holcroft 1 3
Phoebe Holcroft 6 6 P Holcroft 6 9
Joan Austin 6 3 2 WM Haughton 1 7
WM Haughton 2 6 6 M Jessup 1 3
Kitty McKane 6 4 6 K McKane 6 6
Blanche Colston 4 6 1 K McKane 6 6
Molla Mallory 7 6 M Mallory 1 0
Ermyntrude Harvey 5 3 K McKane 4 6 6
Mrs M Monk 1 4 H Woolrych 6 0 0
Honor Woolrych 6 6 H Woolrych 12 2 6
Mildred Coles 6 6 M Coles 10 6 3
Molly Welsh 3 2

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Eleanora Sears 1 2
Enid Clarke 6 6 E Clarke 0 0
Sylvia Lumley-Ellis 0 0 S Lenglen 6 6
Suzanne Lenglen 6 6 S Lenglen 6 6
Winifred McNair 2 5 H Wightman 0 0
Hazel Wightman 6 7 H Wightman 6 6
Mrs Saunders-Taylor 6 6 Mrs J Saunders-Taylor 0 2
I Haselden 0 0 S Lenglen 6 6 6
Phyllis Covell 4 6 6 E Ryan 2 8 4
Dorothy Holman 6 4 0 P Covell 6 6
Joan Reid-Thomas 9 6 J Reid-Thomas 1 1
KM Marriott 7 4 P Covell 4 5
Mabel Parton 6 2 8 E Ryan 6 7
Kea Bouman 1 6 6 M Parton 4 6
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie 0 0 E Ryan 6 8
Elizabeth Ryan 6 6
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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. "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.
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