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.
Date | 14 July 1924 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | Perelli / Gagliardi | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #2 | Kontostavlos / Valaoritou | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #3 | Billout / Bourgeois | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #4 | Álvarez / Torras | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #5 | Fick / von Essen | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #6 | Wallis / Blair-White | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #7 | de Borman / Storms | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #8 | 14 Jul | Covell / McKane | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | Jessup / Goss | ![]() | |
Match #9 | Janssen / Dupont | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #10 | Shepherd-Barron / Colyer | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #11 | Bologna / Forlanini | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #12 | Golding / Vaussard | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #13 | Dahl / Mallory | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #14 | Wightman / Wills | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #15 | Fonrodona / Marnet | ![]() | bye | ||||
Match #16 | Krencsey / Váradi | ![]() | bye |
Date | 15 – 16 July 1924 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | Gagliardi / Perelli | ![]() | Kontostavlos / Valaoritou | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #2 | Billout / Bourgeois | ![]() | 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 | Álvarez / Torras | ![]() | ||
Match #3 | Fick / von Essen | ![]() | 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 | Wallis / Blair-White | ![]() | ||
Match #4 | Covell / McKane | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | de Borman / Storms | ![]() | ||
Match #5 | Shepherd-Barron / Colyer | ![]() | Janssen / Dupont | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #6 | Golding / Vaussard | ![]() | Bologna / Forlanini | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #7 | Wightman / Wills | ![]() | Dahl / Mallory | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #8 | Krencsey / Váradi | ![]() | – | Fonrodona / Marnet | ![]() | walkover |
Date | 17 July 1924 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 17 Jul | Billout / Bourgeois | ![]() | 7-5, 6-1 | Gagliardi / Perelli | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 17 Jul | Covell / McKane | ![]() | 6-2, 6-3 | Fick / von Essen | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 17 Jul | Shepherd-Barron / Colyer | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 | Golding / Vaussard | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 17 Jul | Wightman / Wills | ![]() | Krencsey / Váradi | ![]() | walkover |
Date | 18 July 1924 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 18 Jul | Covell / McKane | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 | Billout / Bourgeois | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 18 Jul | Wightman / Wills | ![]() | 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 | Shepherd-Barron / Colyer | ![]() |
Date | 19 July 1924 |
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Match | Date/Time | Pair | NOC | Result | Pair | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 19 Jul | Wightman / Wills | ![]() | 7-5, 8-6 | Covell / McKane | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 19 Jul | Shepherd-Barron / Colyer | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | Billout / Bourgeois | ![]() |