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
Champion	Kitty McKane
Runner-up	Helen Wills
Score	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	64
Seeds	–

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

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

Finals

	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

Section 1

	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

	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

Section 3

	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

	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

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.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1924 Australasian Championships – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1924 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles