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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
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Kitty McKane
Runner-upUnited States Helen Wills
Score4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw64
Seeds–
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1923 · Wimbledon Championships · 1925 →
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

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Key

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Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

References

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  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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