1926 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Lenglen partnered with Julie Vlasto, but lost in the second round to Ryan and her partner Mary Browne.

Women's doubles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Mary Browne
United States Elizabeth Ryan
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Evelyn Colyer
United Kingdom Kitty Godfree
Score6–1, 6–1
Details
Draw41 (4 Q )
Seeds
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1925 · Wimbledon Championships · 1927 →

Browne and Ryan defeated Evelyn Colyer and Kitty Godfree in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Draw

edit

Finals

edit
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Ermyntrude Harvey
6 2 5
  Mary Browne
  Elizabeth Ryan
3 6 7
  Mary Browne
  Elizabeth Ryan
6 6
  Winifred Beamish
  Enid Clarke
2 3
  JL Colegate
  CJ Tyrrell
6 3
  Winifred Beamish
  Enid Clarke
8 6
  Mary Browne
  Elizabeth Ryan
6 6
  Evelyn Colyer
  Kitty Godfree
1 1
  Joan Fry
  Marie Hazel
3 4
Q   Naomi Jackson-Feilden
  Molly Welsh
6 6
Q   Naomi Jackson-Feilden
  Molly Welsh
2 3
  Evelyn Colyer
  Kitty Godfree
6 6
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
  PM Radcliffe
2 3
  Evelyn Colyer
  Kitty Godfree
6 6

Top half

edit

Section 1

edit
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Joyce Brown
  Phoebe Watson
3 4
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Ermyntrude Harvey
6 6
  D Lambert Chambers
  E Harvey
6 6
  E Macready
  A Tuckey
4 2
  Dorothy Alexander
  D Lee Mumford
1 3
  Elizabeth Macready
  Agnes Tuckey
6 6
  D Lambert Chambers
  E Harvey
6 2 5
  M Browne
  E Ryan
3 6 7
  Mary Browne
  Elizabeth Ryan
3 9 6
  Suzanne Lenglen
  Julie Vlasto
6 7 2
  M Browne
  E Ryan
6 2 6
  E Broadbridge
  I Maltby
1 6 3
  Enid Broadbridge
  Irene Maltby
13 6
  EC Mogg
  Hilary Stebbing
11 0

The nationality of EC Mogg is unknown.

Section 2

edit
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Evelyn Dewhurst
  Gladys Seel
6 5 6
  Mabel Mavrogordato
  MA Thomas
3 7 1
  E Dewhurst
  G Seel
6 2 4
  JL Colegate
  CJ Tyrrell
2 6 6
  JL Colegate
  CJ Tyrrell
6 6
Q   E Norman
  Mrs MB Reckitt
4 7 6 Q   E Norman
  Mrs MB Reckitt
1 1
Q   Mary Cambridge
  Doris Craddock
6 5 1   JL Colegate
  CJ Tyrrell
6 3
  WM Haughton
  Mrs RRW Jackson
3 4   W Beamish
  E Clarke
8 6
  Winifred Beamish
  Enid Clarke
6 6   W Beamish
  E Clarke
6 6
  Violet Chamberlain
  Aurea Edgington
6 6   V Chamberlain
  A Edgington
2 1
Q   Louise Bull
  Ariadne Rodocanachi
3 4   W Beamish
  E Clarke
6 6
  Dorothy Hill
  Joan Ridley
6 4 6   D Hill
  J Ridley
2 2
  Madge Valantine
  Honor Woolrych
4 6 4   D Hill
  J Ridley
8 5 6
  Eileen Bennett
  Gwen Sterry
1 4   E Goldsack
  D Holman
6 7 2
  Elsie Goldsack
  Dorothy Holman
6 6

Bottom half

edit

Section 3

edit
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Mrs Herriot
  Mrs WE Hudleston
1 3
  Marjorie MacFarlane
  Mrs M Marshall
6 6   M MacFarlane
  Mrs M Marshall
3 0
  Betty Dix
  Cristobel Hardie
1 4   M McIlquham
  D Shepherd-Barron
6 6
  Mary McIlquham
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6 6   M McIlquham
  D Shepherd-Barron
3 6 3
  Mrs Bruce-May
  Mrs van Praagh
1 4   J Fry
  M Hazel
6 3 6
  Marion Jessup
  Molla Mallory
6 6   M Jessup
  M Mallory
3 2
  Joan Fry
  Marie Hazel
6 6   J Fry
  M Hazel
6 6
  Claire Beckingham
  EM Beckingham
4 4   J Fry
  M Hazel
3 4
Q   N Jackson-Feilden
  M Welsh
6 6
  Betty Nuthall
  Peggy Saunders
5 4
  Anna Harper
  LV McCune
7 6
  A Harper
  LV McCune
5 3
Q   N Jackson-Feilden
  M Welsh
7 6
  Kea Bouman
  Simonne Mathieu
3 5
Q   Naomi Jackson-Feilden
  Molly Welsh
6 7

The nationalities of Mrs Herriot and Mrs van Praagh are unknown.

Section 4

edit
First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
  PM Radcliffe
6 6
  Mrs O Bevir
  R Watson
3 1
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
  PM Radcliffe
6 6 7
  H Contostavlos
  D Crosfield
8 2 5
  Peggy Dransfield
  Hazel Hogarth
0 1
  Hélène Contostavlos
  Domini Crosfield
6 6
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
  PM Radcliffe
2 3
  E Colyer
  K Godfree
6 6
  Evelyn Colyer
  Kitty Godfree
7 6
  M Elliott
  REJ Stephens
5 1
  E Colyer
  K Godfree
6 7
  S Lumley-Ellis
  E Rose
2 5
  Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
  Eleanor Rose
6 8
  Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
  Joan Strawson
1 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.
edit