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Doubles, Women

Date14 – 19 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationStade Tennis de Colombes, Colombes
Participants22 from 8 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The best American doubles team consisted of the 18-year-old Helen Wills, who won the Olympic singles gold medal, and the 38-year-old Hazel Wightman. In the final they won easily over Britain’s Phyllis Covell and Kitty McKane, 7-5, 8-6. Wightman won four US Singles titles (1909-11, 1919), and 16 US titles overall, but is better known as the donor of the Wightman Cup, the women’s international team trophy, and the female equivalent of the Davis Cup.

PosPairNOC
1Hazel Wightman / Helen WillsUSAGold
2Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKaneGBRSilver
3Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn ColyerGBRBronze
4Marguerite Billout / Yvonne BourgeoisFRA
=5Rosetta Gagliardi / Giulia PerelliITA
=5Sigrid Fick / Lily von EssenSWE
=5Germaine Golding / Jeanne VaussardFRA
=8Lilí Álvarez / Rosa TorrasESP
=8Hilda Wallis / Phoebe Blair-WhiteIRL
=8Anne de Borman / Marie StormsBEL
11Marion Jessup / Eleanor GossUSA
DNSMedy Krencsey / Ilona VáradiHUN
DNSHélène Kontostavlos / Lena ValaoritouGRE
DNSMarie Janssen / Marthe DupontBEL
DNSPaola Bologna / Maria ForlaniniITA
DNSCaro Dahl / Molla MalloryNOR
DNSIsabel Fonrodona / María Luisa MarnetESP

Round One

Date14 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #1Perelli / GagliardiITAbye
Match #2Kontostavlos / ValaoritouGREbye
Match #3Billout / BourgeoisFRAbye
Match #4Álvarez / TorrasESPbye
Match #5Fick / von EssenSWEbye
Match #6Wallis / Blair-WhiteIRLbye
Match #7de Borman / StormsBELbye
Match #814 JulCovell / McKaneGBR6-1, 6-2Jessup / GossUSA
Match #9Janssen / DupontBELbye
Match #10Shepherd-Barron / ColyerGBRbye
Match #11Bologna / ForlaniniITAbye
Match #12Golding / VaussardFRAbye
Match #13Dahl / MalloryNORbye
Match #14Wightman / WillsUSAbye
Match #15Fonrodona / MarnetESPbye
Match #16Krencsey / VáradiHUNbye

Round Two

Date15 – 16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #1Gagliardi / PerelliITAKontostavlos / ValaoritouGREwalkover
Match #2Billout / BourgeoisFRA2-6, 6-3, 6-4Álvarez / TorrasESP
Match #3Fick / von EssenSWE6-2, 5-7, 6-2Wallis / Blair-WhiteIRL
Match #4Covell / McKaneGBR6-1, 6-2de Borman / StormsBEL
Match #5Shepherd-Barron / ColyerGBRJanssen / DupontBELwalkover
Match #6Golding / VaussardFRABologna / ForlaniniITAwalkover
Match #7Wightman / WillsUSADahl / MalloryNORwalkover
Match #8Krencsey / VáradiHUNFonrodona / MarnetESPwalkover

Quarter-Finals

Date17 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #117 JulBillout / BourgeoisFRA7-5, 6-1Gagliardi / PerelliITA
Match #217 JulCovell / McKaneGBR6-2, 6-3Fick / von EssenSWE
Match #317 JulShepherd-Barron / ColyerGBR6-2, 6-2Golding / VaussardFRA
Match #417 JulWightman / WillsUSAKrencsey / VáradiHUNwalkover

Semi-Finals

Date18 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match #118 JulCovell / McKaneGBR6-2, 6-2Billout / BourgeoisFRA
Match #218 JulWightman / WillsUSA6-3, 1-6, 7-5Shepherd-Barron / ColyerGBR

Final Round

Date19 July 1924
MatchDate/TimePairNOCResultPairNOC
Match 1/219 JulWightman / WillsUSA7-5, 8-6Covell / McKaneGBR
Match 3/419 JulShepherd-Barron / ColyerGBR6-1, 6-2Billout / BourgeoisFRA