Wimbledon Championships 1920

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1920 ►
Date: June 21 - July 3, 1920
Edition: 40th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Worple Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Gerald Patterson
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Pat O'Hara Wood Ronald Thomas
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : United States 48United States Elizabeth Ryan Randolph Lycett
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
winner
Men's singles : United States 48United States Bill Tilden
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Men's double : United States 48United States Charles Garland Richard Norris Williams
United States 48United States 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Gerald Patterson
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1920

The 40th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1920 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Worple Road.

Suzanne Lenglen won the title in all competitions in which she competed (singles, doubles and mixed).

Men's singles

Bill Tilden won his first Wimbledon title.

Ladies singles

Suzanne Lenglen was able to repeat her previous year's success. In the Challenge Round , she beat the challenger Dorothea Douglass-Chambers in two sets.

Men's doubles

The Americans Charles Garland and Richard Norris Williams won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan were able to defend their double title. From this year on, no Challenge Round was played in women's doubles ; from 1922 it was also abolished in the other competitions.

Mixed

Suzanne Lenglen and Gerald Patterson won the mixed competition .