title: 1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1924 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
  
  Kitty McKane defeated Helen Wills 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1924 Wimbledon Championships.
  
  Suzanne Lenglen was the five-time defending champion, but withdrew from her semifinal match against Kitty McKane due to health problems.
  
  ## 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 | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6 | 10 | | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Helen Wills | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Helen Wills | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | | Helen Wills | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Jessie Colegate | Jessie Colegate | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Jessie Colegate | Jessie Colegate | 1 | 0 | | | | | | Helen Wills | Helen Wills | 6 | 4 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | Marion Jessup | Marion Jessup | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 6 | 6 | | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Suzanne Lenglen | Suzanne Lenglen | w/o | | | | | | |
  | Suzanne Lenglen | Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 6 | 6 | Suzanne Lenglen | Suzanne Lenglen | w/o | | | | | | |
  | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 2 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | R Watson | R Watson | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Marie Hazel | Marie Hazel | 6 | 4 | 6 | M Hazel | M Hazel | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Eleanor Rose | Eleanor Rose | 6 | 6 | | E Rose | E Rose | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Gladys Hutchings | Gladys Hutchings | 3 | 0 | | | | | | E Rose | E Rose | 2 | 4 | | | | |
  | Dorothy Hill | Dorothy Hill | 6 | 0 | | | | | | D Shepherd-Barron | D Shepherd-Barron | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | 8 | 6 | | D Shepherd-Barron | D Shepherd-Barron | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Edith Sigourney | Edith Sigourney | 6 | 2 | 6 | H Wallis | H Wallis | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | Hilda Wallis | Hilda Wallis | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | D Shepherd-Barron | D Shepherd-Barron | 4 | 8 |
  | Eleanor Goss | Eleanor Goss | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 10 |
  | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | CJ Tyrrell | CJ Tyrrell | 6 | 6 | | CJ Tyrrell | CJ Tyrrell | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | Joy Coote | Joy Coote | 2 | 3 | | | | | | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Kathleen Lidderdale | Kathleen Lidderdale | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | D Craddock | D Craddock | 1 | 1 | | | | |
  | Agnes Tuckey | Agnes Tuckey | 6 | 4 | $0^r$ | K Lidderdale | K Lidderdale | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | Joan Ridley | Joan Ridley | 4 | 3 | | D Craddock | D Craddock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Doris Craddock | Doris Craddock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **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 | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Helen Wills | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Lilian Scharman | Lilian Scharman | 1 | 0 | | H Wills | H Wills | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Louise Bull | Louise Bull | 6 | 1 | 4 | P Dransfield | P Dransfield | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Peggy Dransfield | Peggy Dransfield | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | H Wills | H Wills | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | HL Eddis | HL Eddis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Edgington | A Edgington | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | Mary McIlquham | Mary McIlquham | 1 | 2 | | M McIlquham | M McIlquham | 8 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | Naomi Jackson-Fielden | Naomi Jackson-Fielden | 3 | 1 | | A Edgington | A Edgington | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | Aurea Edgington | Aurea Edgington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | H Wills | H Wills | 6 | 6 |
  | Mrs HB Weston | Mrs HB Weston | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | JL Colegate | JL Colegate | 1 | 0 |
  | JL Colegate | JL Colegate | 6 | 6 | | JL Colegate | JL Colegate | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ariadne Rodocanachi | Ariadne Rodocanachi | | | | A Rodocanachi | A Rodocanachi | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | CJ Walters | CJ Walters | w/o | | | | | | | | JL Colegate | JL Colegate | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Evelyn Colyer | Evelyn Colyer | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | E Colyer | E Colyer | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | Elizabeth Macready | Elizabeth Macready | 6 | 1 | | E Colyer | E Colyer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Norah Middleton | Norah Middleton | 0 | 0 | | W Beamish | W Beamish | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Winifred Beamish | Winifred Beamish | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marion Jessup | Marion Jessup | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | M Hasler | M Hasler | 1 | 2 | | M Jessup | M Jessup | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs LC Pitman | Mrs LC Pitman | 1 | 3 | | J Barrett | J Barrett | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Joan Barrett | Joan Barrett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Jessup | M Jessup | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | MK Taylor | MK Taylor | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | P Holcroft | P Holcroft | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
  | Phoebe Holcroft | Phoebe Holcroft | 6 | 6 | | P Holcroft | P Holcroft | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Joan Austin | Joan Austin | 6 | 3 | 2 | WM Haughton | WM Haughton | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WM Haughton | WM Haughton | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Jessup | M Jessup | 1 | 3 |
  | Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | K McKane | K McKane | 6 | 6 |
  | Blanche Colston | Blanche Colston | 4 | 6 | 1 | K McKane | K McKane | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Molla Mallory | Molla Mallory | 7 | 6 | | M Mallory | M Mallory | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ermyntrude Harvey | Ermyntrude Harvey | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | K McKane | K McKane | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Mrs M Monk | Mrs M Monk | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | H Woolrych | H Woolrych | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
  | Honor Woolrych | Honor Woolrych | 6 | 6 | | H Woolrych | H Woolrych | 12 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mildred Coles | Mildred Coles | 6 | 6 | | M Coles | M Coles | 10 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Molly Welsh | Molly Welsh | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Eleanora Sears | Eleanora Sears | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Enid Clarke | Enid Clarke | 6 | 6 | | E Clarke | E Clarke | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Sylvia Lumley-Ellis | Sylvia Lumley-Ellis | 0 | 0 | | S Lenglen | S Lenglen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Suzanne Lenglen | Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | S Lenglen | S Lenglen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Winifred McNair | Winifred McNair | 2 | 5 | | | | | | H Wightman | H Wightman | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
  | Hazel Wightman | Hazel Wightman | 6 | 7 | | H Wightman | H Wightman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mrs Saunders-Taylor | Mrs Saunders-Taylor | 6 | 6 | | Mrs J Saunders-Taylor | Mrs J Saunders-Taylor | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | I Haselden | I Haselden | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | S Lenglen | S Lenglen | 6 | 6 | 6 |
  | Phyllis Covell | Phyllis Covell | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | E Ryan | E Ryan | 2 | 8 | 4 |
  | Dorothy Holman | Dorothy Holman | 6 | 4 | 0 | P Covell | P Covell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Joan Reid-Thomas | Joan Reid-Thomas | 9 | 6 | | J Reid-Thomas | J Reid-Thomas | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | KM Marriott | KM Marriott | 7 | 4 | | | | | | P Covell | P Covell | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
  | Mabel Parton | Mabel Parton | 6 | 2 | 8 | | | | | E Ryan | E Ryan | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | Kea Bouman | Kea Bouman | 1 | 6 | 6 | M Parton | M Parton | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie | Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie | 0 | 0 | | E Ryan | E Ryan | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  