Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Beerschot Tennis Club
Dates	17–24 August
Competitors	8 teams from 5 nations
Medalists
Kathleen McKane Winifred McNair  Great Britain Winifred Beamish Dorothy Holman  Great Britain Élisabeth d'Ayen Suzanne Lenglen  France

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics

The women's doubles was a tennis event held as part of the Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. A total of 18 players, comprising 9 pairs, from 5 nations competed in the event, which was held from 17 to 24 August 1920 at the Beerschot Tennis Club.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final (gold-medal match)
								Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)  Élisabeth d'Ayen (FRA)		6	6
								Sigrid Fick (SWE)  Lily Strömberg-von Essen (SWE)		4	3
															Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)  Élisabeth d'Ayen (FRA)		6	3	6
															Kathleen McKane (GBR)  Winifred McNair (GBR)		2	6	8
								Kathleen McKane (GBR)  Winifred McNair (GBR)		6	7
	Marguerite Chaudoir (BEL)  Marthe Dupont (BEL)		6	2	6			Marguerite Chaudoir (BEL)  Marthe Dupont (BEL)		2	5
	Marie Jones (BEL)  Suzanne Laurencin (BEL)		3	6	2																	Kathleen McKane (GBR)  Winifred McNair (GBR)		8	6
																						Winifred Beamish (GBR)  Dorothy Holman (GBR)		6	4
								Anne de Borman (BEL)  Lucienne Tschaggeny (BEL)		2	4
								Winifred Beamish (GBR)  Dorothy Holman (GBR)		6	6
															Winifred Beamish (GBR)  Dorothy Holman (GBR)		6	6				Bronze-medal match
															Fernande Arendt (BEL)  Marie Storms (BEL)		1	1
								Amory Hansen (DEN)  Elsebeth Brehm (DEN)		1	1											Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)  Élisabeth d'Ayen (FRA)
								Fernande Arendt (BEL)  Marie Storms (BEL)		6	6											Fernande Arendt (BEL)  Marie Storms (BEL)		w/o

Sources

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 May 2008.
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide