1. Home
  2. Games
  3. 1924 Summer Olympics
  4. Tennis
  5. Singles, Women
|
| Event type

Singles, Women

Date13 – 20 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationStade Tennis de Colombes, Colombes
Participants31 from 14 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Due to illness, the woman considered the greatest player in the first half of the 20th century, Suzanne Lenglen, withdrew from the Olympic tournament in her native Paris. This opened the tournament for the woman who would succeed her as the top player in the world, America’s 18-year-old Helen Wills.

In the final, Wills played the second-best French player, Julie Vlasto, but defeated her easily, 6-2, 6-2. Wills and Lenglen would play only one time, in February 1926 in Cannes, with Lenglen winning 6-3, 8-6. Wills would eventually win seven US singles titles and eight Wimbledon singles championships.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Helen WillsUSAGold
2Julie VlastoFRASilver
3Kitty McKaneGBRBronze
4Germaine GoldingFRA
=5Molla MalloryNOR
=5Lilí ÁlvarezESP
=5Dorothy Shepherd-BarronGBR
=5Marion JessupUSA
=9Phyllis SatterthwaiteGBR
=9Kea BoumanNED
=9Nora PolleyIND
=9Phyllis CovellGBR
=9Rosetta GagliardiITA
=9Eleanor GossUSA
=9Rosa TorrasESP
=9Sigrid FickSWE
=17Marthe DupontBEL
=17Jeanne VaussardFRA
=17Lena ValaoritouGRE
=17Lillian ScharmanUSA
=17Paola BolognaITA
=17Ilona VáradiHUN
=17Phoebe Blair-WhiteIRL
=17Marie StormsBEL
=17Caro DahlNOR
=17Giulia PerelliITA
=17Anne de BormanBEL
=28Lily von EssenSWE
=28Ghislaine JanssenBEL
=28Hilda WallisIRL
=28Elsebeth BrehmDEN
DNSMaría Luisa MarnetESP
DNSMaria ForlaniniITA
DNSHélène KontostavlosGRE
DNSSuzanne LenglenFRA
DNSMedy KrencseyHUN
DNSRozel Le GallaisLUX
DNSIsabel FonrodonaESP

Round One

Date13 – 14 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1María Luisa MarnetESPbye
Match #2Helen WillsUSAbye
Match #3Maria ForlaniniITAbye
Match #4Phyllis SatterthwaiteGBRbye
Match #5Kea BoumanNEDbye
Match #6Marthe DupontBELbye
Match #7Molla MalloryNORbye
Match #8Jeanne VaussardFRAbye
Match #9Nora PolleyINDbye
Match #10Lena ValaoritouGREbye
Match #11Lillian ScharmanUSAbye
Match #12Lilí ÁlvarezESPbye
Match #13Paola BolognaITAbye
Match #14Germaine GoldingFRA2 – 0Lily von EssenSWE
Match #15Ilona VáradiHUN2 – 0Ghislaine JanssenBEL
Match #16Phyllis CovellGBR2 – 1Hilda WallisIRL
Match #17Rosetta GagliardiITA2 – 0Elsebeth BrehmDEN
Match #18Phoebe Blair-WhiteIRL – Rozel Le GallaisLUXwalkover
Match #19Dorothy Shepherd-BarronGBR – Isabel FonrodonaESPwalkover
Match #20Marie StormsBELbye
Match #21Hélène KontostavlosGREbye
Match #22Eleanor GossUSAbye
Match #23Julie VlastoFRAbye
Match #24Caro DahlNORbye
Match #25Rosa TorrasESPbye
Match #26Giulia PerelliITAbye
Match #27Marion JessupUSAbye
Match #28Suzanne LenglenFRAbye
Match #29Medy KrencseyHUNbye
Match #30Sigrid FickSWEbye
Match #31Anne de BormanBELbye
Match #32Kitty McKaneGBRbye

Round Two

Date14 – 15 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Helen WillsUSA – María Luisa MarnetESPwalkover
Match #2Phyllis SatterthwaiteGBR – Maria ForlaniniITAwalkover
Match #3Kea BoumanNED2 – 0Marthe DupontBEL
Match #4Molla MalloryNOR2 – 0Jeanne VaussardFRA
Match #5Nora PolleyIND2 – 1Lena ValaoritouGRE
Match #6Lilí ÁlvarezESP2 – 0Lillian ScharmanUSA
Match #7Germaine GoldingFRA2 – 0Paola BolognaITA
Match #8Phyllis CovellGBR2 – 0Ilona VáradiHUN
Match #9Rosetta GagliardiITA2 – 1Phoebe Blair-WhiteIRL
Match #10Dorothy Shepherd-BarronGBR2 – 0Marie StormsBEL
Match #11Eleanor GossUSA – Hélène KontostavlosGREwalkover
Match #12Julie VlastoFRA2 – 0Caro DahlNOR
Match #13Rosa TorrasESP2 – 1Giulia PerelliITA
Match #14Marion JessupUSA – Suzanne LenglenFRAwalkover
Match #15Sigrid FickSWE – Medy KrencseyHUNwalkover
Match #16Kitty McKaneGBR2 – 0Anne de BormanBEL

Round Three

Date15 – 16 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Helen WillsUSA2 – 0Phyllis SatterthwaiteGBR
Match #2Molla MalloryNOR2 – 0Kea BoumanNED
Match #3Lilí ÁlvarezESP2 – 0Nora PolleyIND
Match #4Germaine GoldingFRA2 – 1Phyllis CovellGBR
Match #5Dorothy Shepherd-BarronGBR2 – 0Rosetta GagliardiITA
Match #6Julie VlastoFRA2 – 1Eleanor GossUSA
Match #7Marion JessupUSA2 – 0Rosa TorrasESP
Match #8Kitty McKaneGBR2 – 0Sigrid FickSWE

Quarter-Finals

Date17 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 JulHelen WillsUSA2 – 0Molla MalloryNOR
Match #217 JulGermaine GoldingFRA2 – 0Lilí ÁlvarezESP
Match #317 JulJulie VlastoFRA2 – 0Dorothy Shepherd-BarronGBR
Match #417 JulKitty McKaneGBR2 – 0Marion JessupUSA

Semi-Finals

Date18 July 1924
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 JulHelen WillsUSA2 – 0Germaine GoldingFRA
Match #218 JulJulie VlastoFRA2 – 1Kitty McKaneGBR

Final Round

Date20 July 1924
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/220 JulHelen WillsUSA2 – 0Julie VlastoFRA
Match 3/420 JulKitty McKaneGBR2 – 1Germaine GoldingFRA