1920 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Elizabeth Ryan 6–2, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Suzanne Lenglen defeated Lambert Chambers 6–3, 6–0 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles at the 1920 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's singles
1920 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Dorothea Lambert Chambers
Score6–3, 6–0
Details
Draw50
Seeds
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Draw edit

Key edit

Challenge round edit

Challenge Round
     
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers 3 0
  Suzanne Lenglen 6 6

All comers' finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Violet Pinckney w/o
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Elizabeth Ryan 6 6
  Mabel Parton 4 2
  Phyllis Satterthwaite 4 4
  Mabel Parton 6 6
  Elizabeth Ryan 2 1
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers 6 6
  Helen Leisk 3 1
  Molla Mallory 6 6
  Molla Mallory 0 3
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers 6 6
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers 3 6 6
  Winifred McNair 6 0 2

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs FS Warburg 1 2
  Violet Pinckney 6 6
  V Pinckney 6 6
  Mrs RWF Harding 0 0
  A Currie 9 4
  Mrs RWF Harding 11 6
  V Pinckney w/o
  E Ryan
  Winifred Beamish 6 6
  Vera Youle 3 2
  W Beamish 7 4
  E Ryan 9 6
  Aurea Edgington 1 2
  Elizabeth Ryan   E Ryan 6 6
  Mrs EH Berthoud w/o

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Dorothy Kemmis-Betty 1 1
  Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 6   P Satterthwaite 6 6
  IE Ward 2 2   R Winch 1 1
  Ruth Winch 6 6   P Satterthwaite 6 6
  Norah Middleton 2 0r   D Holman 2 3
  Dorothy Holman 6 0   D Holman 6 6
  Mrs HA Davis 6 6   Mrs HA Davis 0 1
  Mrs AA Hall 4 2   P Satterthwaite 4 4
  Mabel Parton 6 6   M Parton 6 6
  Mrs CE Hunter 1 2   M Parton 6 2 6
  MB Holmes 6 6   MB Holmes 1 6 2
  Nora Durlacher 3 1   M Parton 6 6
  Ethel Larcombe w/o   E Tighe 3 2
  E Tighe   E Tighe 6 0 7
  Eleanor Rose 6 4 6   E Rose 4 6 5
  Mrs HC Hextall 4 6 4

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Sylvia Lance 1 6 6
  Mrs LH Wimble 6 2 1   S Lance 2 4
  Dorothy Shepherd 11 6   D Shepherd 6 6
  Olive Winslow 9 3   D Shepherd 3 4
  RC Cole w/o   H Leisk 6 6
  Helen Leisk   H Leisk 8 1 6
  O Manser 2 1   P Howkins 6 6 2
  Phyllis Howkins 6 6   H Leisk 3 1
  Molla Mallory   M Mallory 6 6
  Edith Johnson w/o   M Mallory 6 7
  Dora Geen 6 6   D Geen 3 5
  Doris Craddock 3 4   M Mallory 5 6 6
  NE Black 3 6   P Dransfield 7 0 1
  Margaret McKane 6 8   M McKane 2 2
  Marie Decugis 3 1   P Dransfield 6 6
  Peggy Dransfield 6 6

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs J O'Neill 7 3 3
  Gladys Lamplough 5 6 6   G Lamplough 0 1
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers 6 6
  D Lambert Chambers 7 6
  A Tuckey 5 2
  CM Everard w/o
  Agnes Tuckey
  D Lambert Chambers 3 6 6
  W McNair 6 0 2
  Winifred McNair 6 6
  Mrs DK Hole 3 2
  W McNair 6 4 6
  McKane 3 6 2
  Evelyn Colyer 1 6 3
  Kitty McKane 6 4 6

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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