Wimbledon Championships 1922

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1922 ►
Date: June 26 - July 19, 1922
Edition: 42nd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United States 48United States Bill Tilden
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Men's double : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Randolph Lycett Max Woosnam
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
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 : AustraliaAustralia Gerald Patterson
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia James Anderson Randolph Lycett
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Pat O'Hara Wood
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1922

The 42nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1922 on the new grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

For the first time the tournament was held without the Challenge Round system, the defending champion had to fight his way through the entire field like all other participants. This was decided by a vote by the players, who voted 91 to 27 in favor of abolishing the Challenge Round .

The tournament was characterized by extremely bad weather. It rained every day, so the last games could not be played until the Wednesday of the third week.

The move to Church Road

As early as 1914 it was clear to those responsible that the facility on Worple Road, although the Center Court had recently been expanded to 3,200 spectator seats, would not be able to cope with the growing interest for long. The area, which was still pasture land when the first tournament was held in 1877, had meanwhile become a lively urban district, and residents complained about the noise and traffic jams during the tournament. In 1920 the All England Club formed a committee to look for a new area. The most important thing was level terrain with a stream or lake nearby so that the squares could be watered. Edwin Fuller, the chief groundskeeper , then found what he was looking for in Wimbledon Park . In September 1920, approximately 13 acres of land was purchased there for £ 7,870 . The well-known architect Stanley Peach was commissioned to plan the new facility . To fund the total prize of about £ 140,000, the All England Club and the Lawn Tennis Association , which also participated, issued bonds in denominations of £ 50 for repayment in 1947. As interest, each buyer received a free ticket for the entire tournament every year.

The new center court with 13,500 spectators, was built by King on June 26, 1922 George V inaugurated.

Men's singles

In the absence of last year's winner Bill Tilden , Australian Gerald Patterson beat Briton Randolph Lycett in the final .

Ladies singles

In the women's category, Suzanne Lenglen won her fourth title in a row. In the final, she beat the American Molla Mallory 6: 2 and 6: 0.

Men's doubles

James Anderson and Randolph Lycett were successful in men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan won their fourth double title at Wimbledon in a row.

Mixed

Suzanne Lenglen and Pat O'Hara Wood won the mixed competition .

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Barrett (2001), p. 57
  2. ↑ Barrett (2001), pp. 54 ff.