title: 1926 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
text: # 1926 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
  
  Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Lenglen partnered with Julie Vlasto, but lost in the second round to Ryan and her partner Mary Browne.
  
  Browne and Ryan defeated Evelyn Colyer and Kitty Godfree in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dorothea Lambert Chambers Ermyntrude Harvey | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | |
  | | Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
  | | Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan | 3 | 6 | 7 | | Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke | 2 | 3 | | | |
  | | JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell | 6 | 3 | | | Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke | 2 | 3 | | | |
  | | Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke | 8 | 6 | | | | | | Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 1 | 1 |
  | | Joan Fry Marie Hazel | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 1 | 1 |
  | Q | Naomi Jackson-Feilden Molly Welsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Naomi Jackson-Feilden Molly Welsh | 6 | 6 | | Q | Naomi Jackson-Feilden Molly Welsh | 2 | 3 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe | 2 | 3 | | | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Joyce Brown Phoebe Watson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Dorothea Lambert Chambers Ermyntrude Harvey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | D Lambert Chambers E Harvey | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | E Macready A Tuckey | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
  | Dorothy Alexander D Lee Mumford | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Elizabeth Macready Agnes Tuckey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | D Lambert Chambers E Harvey | 6 | 2 | 5 |
  | | | | | | | | | M Browne E Ryan | 3 | 6 | 7 |
  | Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan | 3 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Suzanne Lenglen Julie Vlasto | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | M Browne E Ryan | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | E Broadbridge I Maltby | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | Enid Broadbridge Irene Maltby | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | EC Mogg Hilary Stebbing | 11 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  The nationality of EC Mogg is unknown.
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | | Evelyn Dewhurst Gladys Seel | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Mabel Mavrogordato MA Thomas | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | E Dewhurst G Seel | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | | | JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | E Norman Mrs MB Reckitt | 4 | 7 | 6 | Q | E Norman Mrs MB Reckitt | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Mary Cambridge Doris Craddock | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell | 6 | 3 |
  | | WM Haughton Mrs RRW Jackson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | W Beamish E Clarke | 8 | 6 |
  | | Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke | 6 | 6 | | | W Beamish E Clarke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Violet Chamberlain Aurea Edgington | 6 | 6 | | | V Chamberlain A Edgington | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Louise Bull Ariadne Rodocanachi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | W Beamish E Clarke | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Dorothy Hill Joan Ridley | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | D Hill J Ridley | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Madge Valantine Honor Woolrych | 4 | 6 | 4 | | D Hill J Ridley | 8 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | Eileen Bennett Gwen Sterry | 1 | 4 | | | E Goldsack D Holman | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | | Elsie Goldsack Dorothy Holman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mrs Herriot Mrs WE Hudleston | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Marjorie MacFarlane Mrs M Marshall | 6 | 6 | | M MacFarlane Mrs M Marshall | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Betty Dix Cristobel Hardie | 1 | 4 | | M McIlquham D Shepherd-Barron | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mary McIlquham Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | 6 | 6 | | | | | | M McIlquham D Shepherd-Barron | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | Mrs Bruce-May Mrs van Praagh | 1 | 4 | | | | | | J Fry M Hazel | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | Marion Jessup Molla Mallory | 6 | 6 | | M Jessup M Mallory | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Joan Fry Marie Hazel | 6 | 6 | | J Fry M Hazel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Claire Beckingham EM Beckingham | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | J Fry M Hazel | 3 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | N Jackson-Feilden M Welsh | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | Betty Nuthall Peggy Saunders | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Anna Harper LV McCune | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | A Harper LV McCune | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Q | N Jackson-Feilden M Welsh | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | Kea Bouman Simonne Mathieu | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Q | Naomi Jackson-Feilden Molly Welsh | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  The nationalities of Mrs Herriot and Mrs van Praagh are unknown.
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs O Bevir R Watson | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | |
  | | | | H Contostavlos D Crosfield | 8 | 2 | 5 | | | |
  | Peggy Dransfield Hazel Hogarth | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Hélène Contostavlos Domini Crosfield | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe | 2 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | E Colyer K Godfree | 6 | 6 |
  | Evelyn Colyer Kitty Godfree | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | M Elliott REJ Stephens | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | E Colyer K Godfree | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | | | S Lumley-Ellis E Rose | 2 | 5 | | | | |
  | Sylvia Lumley-Ellis Eleanor Rose | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | |
  | Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie Joan Strawson | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  