Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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.

Draw

Key

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 Perelli (ITA)
							R Gagliardi (ITA) G Perelli (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

ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
(ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. 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.

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