1924 Wimbledon Championships | ||||
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Date | 23 June β 5 July | |||
Edition | 44th | |||
Category | Grand Slam | |||
Surface | Grass | |||
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | |||
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's singles | ||||
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Women's singles | ||||
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Men's doubles | ||||
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Women's doubles | ||||
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The 1924 Wimbledon Championships took place on the: outdoor grass courts at theββAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 5 July. It was the 44th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1924.
This edition saw the "introduction of a draw that made use of a seeding list." The seeding was based on nationality and "aimed at preventing nominated players from the same nationality meeting before the later rounds." A maximum of four players could be, "nominated by," a country and these would be seeded into four different quarters of the draw. In 1927 the system of seeding by nationality was extended with a meritβbased seeding based on the ranking of players.
Championsβ»
Men's singlesβ»
Jean Borotra defeated
RenΓ© Lacoste, 6β1, 3β6, 6β1, 3β6, 6β4
Women's singlesβ»
Kitty McKane defeated
Helen Wills, 4β6, 6β4, 6β4
Men's doublesβ»
Frank Hunter /
Vincent Richards defeated
Watson Washburn /
R. Norris Williams, 6β3, 3β6, 8β10, 8β6, 6β3
Women's doublesβ»
Hazel Wightman /
Helen Wills defeated
Phyllis Covell /
Kitty McKane, 6β4, 6β4
Mixed doublesβ»
John Gilbert /
Kitty McKane defeated
Leslie Godfree /
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, 6β3, 3β6, 6β3
Referencesβ»
- ^ 2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, "Wimbledon," London)
- ^ "Seeding the Draw". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1955.
- ^ "SPORTING CABLES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1923. p. 9.
- ^ "'Seed' Drawings for Tennis Meet". The TelegraphβHerald and Times-Journal. 15 June 1927.
- ^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
External linksβ»
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