Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Women's doubles
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Women's doubles; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade de Colombes
Dates	14–19 July
Competitors	17 teams from 11 nations
Medalists

The women's doubles tennis competition was one of five tennis events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Semifinals				Final (gold-medal match)

Marguerite Billout (FRA) Yvonne Bourgeois (FRA)	2	2

Phyllis Covell (GBR) Kathleen McKane (GBR)	6	6
				Phyllis Covell (GBR) Kathleen McKane (GBR)	5	6

				Helen Wills Moody (USA) Hazel Wightman (USA)	7	8
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (GBR) Evelyn Colyer (GBR)	3	6	5

Helen Wills Moody (USA) Hazel Wightman (USA)	6	1	7	Bronze-medal match


				Marguerite Billout (FRA) Yvonne Bourgeois (FRA)	1	2

				Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (GBR) Evelyn Colyer (GBR)	6	6

Top half

First round			Second round				Quarterfinals			Semifinals

			H Contostavlos (GRE) L Valaoritou-Skaramaga (GRE)	w/o
			R Gagliardi (ITA) G Ferelli (ITA)
							R Gagliardi (ITA) G Ferelli (ITA)	5	1
							M Billout (FRA) Y Bourgeois (FRA)	7	6
			M Billout (FRA) Y Bourgeois (FRA)	2	6	6
			R Torras (ESP) E Álvarez (ESP)	6	3	4
										M Billout (FRA) Y Bourgeois (FRA)	2	2
										P Covell (GBR) K McKane (GBR)	6	6
			M Wallis (IRL) R Blair-White (IRL)	2	7	2
			S Fick (SWE) L von Essen (SWE)	6	5	6
							S Fick (SWE) L von Essen (SWE)	2	3
							P Covell (GBR) K McKane (GBR)	6	6
			A de Borman (BEL) M Storms (BEL)	1	2
M Jessup (USA) E Goss (USA)	1	2	P Covell (GBR) K McKane (GBR)	6	6
P Covell (GBR) K McKane (GBR)	6	6

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)
E Colyer (GBR)

G Janssen (BEL)

M Dupont (BEL)

w/o

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)
E Colyer (GBR)

6

A Golding (FRA)

J Vaussard (FRA)

2

A Golding (FRA)
J Vaussard (FRA)

M Forlanini (ITA)

P Bologna (ITA)

w/o

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)

E Colyer (GBR)

3

6

5

H Wightman (USA)
H Wills (USA)

6

1

7

H Wightman (USA)
H Wills (USA)

M Mallory (NOR)

C Dahl (NOR)

w/o

H Wightman (USA)
H Wills (USA)

I Péteri (HUN)

M Krencsey (HUN)

w/o

I Péteri (HUN)
M Krencsey (HUN)

ML Marnet (ESP)

I Fonrodona (ESP)

w/o

References

^ "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

Sources

ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. pp. 379–384. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 May 2008.

[1] "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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