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1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

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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 →

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]

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
               
United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 4 8
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 10
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 2 1
United States Helen Wills 6 6
United States Helen Wills 6 6
United Kingdom Jessie Colegate 1 0
United States Helen Wills 6 4 4
United Kingdom Kitty McKane 4 6 6
United States Marion Jessup 1 3
United Kingdom Kitty McKane 6 6
United Kingdom Kitty McKane
France Suzanne Lenglen w/o
France Suzanne Lenglen 6 6 6
United States Elizabeth Ryan 2 8 4

Top half

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States Eleanora Sears 1 2
United Kingdom Enid Clarke 6 6 United Kingdom E Clarke 0 0
United Kingdom Sylvia Lumley-Ellis 0 0 France S Lenglen 6 6
France Suzanne Lenglen 6 6 France S Lenglen 6 6
United Kingdom Winifred McNair 2 5 United States H Wightman 0 0
United States Hazel Wightman 6 7 United States H Wightman 6 6
United Kingdom Mrs Saunders-Taylor 6 6 United Kingdom Mrs J Saunders-Taylor 0 2
Canada I Haselden 0 0 France S Lenglen 6 6 6
United Kingdom Phyllis Covell 4 6 6 United States E Ryan 2 8 4
United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6 4 0 United Kingdom P Covell 6 6
United Kingdom Joan Reid-Thomas 9 6 United Kingdom J Reid-Thomas 1 1
United Kingdom KM Marriott 7 4 United Kingdom P Covell 4 5
United Kingdom Mabel Parton 6 2 8 United States E Ryan 6 7
Netherlands Kea Bouman 1 6 6 United Kingdom M Parton 4 6
United Kingdom Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie 0 0 United States E Ryan 6 8
United States 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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Preceded by Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by