Date | 14 – 19 July 1924 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Stade Tennis de Colombes, Colombes | |
Participants | 22 from 8 countries | |
Format | Single-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.
Pos | Nr | Player | NOC | |||
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1 | – | Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills | ![]() | Gold | ||
2 | – | Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKane | ![]() | Silver | ||
3 | – | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn Colyer | ![]() | Bronze | ||
4 | – | Marguerite Billout / Yvonne Bourgeois | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Rosetta Gagliardi / Giulia Perelli | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Sigrid Fick / Lily von Essen | ![]() | |||
=5 | – | Germaine Golding / Jeanne Vaussard | ![]() | |||
=8 | – | Lilí Álvarez / Rosa Torras | ![]() | |||
=8 | – | Hilda Wallis / Phoebe Blair-White | ![]() | |||
=8 | – | Anne de Borman / Marie Storms | ![]() | |||
11 | – | Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss | ![]() | |||
– | Medy Krencsey / Ilona Váradi | ![]() | ||||
– | Hélène Kontostavlos / Lena Valaoritou | ![]() | ||||
– | Marie Janssen / Marthe Dupont | ![]() | ||||
– | Paola Bologna / Maria Forlanini | ![]() | ||||
– | Caro Dahl / Molla Mallory | ![]() | ||||
– | Isabel Fonrodona / Maria-Luisa Marnet | ![]() |
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Match #1 | Giulia Perelli / Rosetta Gagliardi | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #2 | Hélène Kontostavlos / Lena Valaoritou | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #3 | Marguerite Billout / Yvonne Bourgeois | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #4 | Lilí Álvarez / Rosa Torras | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #5 | Sigrid Fick / Lily von Essen | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #6 | Hilda Wallis / Phoebe Blair-White | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #7 | Anne de Borman / Marie Storms | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #8 | Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKane | ![]() | Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
Match #9 | Marie Janssen / Marthe Dupont | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #10 | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn Colyer | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #11 | Paola Bologna / Maria Forlanini | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #12 | Germaine Golding / Jeanne Vaussard | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #13 | Caro Dahl / Molla Mallory | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #14 | Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #15 | Isabel Fonrodona / Maria-Luisa Marnet | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #16 | Medy Krencsey / Ilona Váradi | ![]() | bye |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Rosetta Gagliardi / Giulia Perelli | ![]() | Hélène Kontostavlos / Lena Valaoritou | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #2 | Marguerite Billout / Yvonne Bourgeois | ![]() | Lilí Álvarez / Rosa Torras | ![]() | 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 | ||
Match #3 | Sigrid Fick / Lily von Essen | ![]() | Hilda Wallis / Phoebe Blair-White | ![]() | 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 | ||
Match #4 | Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKane | ![]() | Anne de Borman / Marie Storms | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | ||
Match #5 | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn Colyer | ![]() | Marie Janssen / Marthe Dupont | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #6 | Germaine Golding / Jeanne Vaussard | ![]() | Paola Bologna / Maria Forlanini | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #7 | Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills | ![]() | Caro Dahl / Molla Mallory | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #8 | Medy Krencsey / Ilona Váradi | ![]() | Isabel Fonrodona / Maria-Luisa Marnet | ![]() | walkover |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKane | ![]() | Marguerite Billout / Yvonne Bourgeois | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 | ||
Match #2 | Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills | ![]() | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn Colyer | ![]() | 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 |
Match 1/2 | Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills | ![]() | Phyllis Covell / Kitty McKane | ![]() | 7-5, 8-6 | ||
Match 3/4 | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron / Evelyn Colyer | ![]() | Marguerite Billout / Yvonne Bourgeois | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 |