Wimbledon Championships 1926

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1926 ►
Date: June 21 - July 2, 1926
Edition: 46th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : FranceFrance René Lacoste
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen
Men's double : FranceFrance René Lacoste Jean Borotra
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : FranceFrance Suzanne Lenglen Jean Borotra
FranceFrance 
winner
Men's singles : FranceFrance Jean Borotra
Ladies singles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kathleen McKane Godfree
Men's double : FranceFrance Henri Cochet Jacques Brugnon
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : United States 48United States Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kathleen McKane Godfree Leslie Godfree
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Grand Slams 1926

The 46th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1926 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

This year the 50th anniversary of the tournament was celebrated; the four years in which the tournament was canceled because of the First World War are included. As part of a ceremony, 34 surviving former titleholders - including Frank Hadow , the winner of 1878, and the first female winner in 1884, Maud Watson - were presented with a medal of honor by Queen Mary and King George V.

Men's singles

Jean Borotra defeated the American Howard Kinsley in the final and won his second title.

Ladies singles

Kathleen McKane Godfree won the women.

The six-time winner Suzanne Lenglen withdrew from the tournament under scandalous circumstances. Lenglen was used to previous tournaments with the director, George Hillyard , escorting her to the umpire's office in the evening, where she was informed of her schedule for the following day. After the 1925 tournament, however, Dudley Larcombe had taken on the post of director of Hillyard, who knew nothing of this tradition. Larcombe scheduled Lenglen's second round match against Evelyn Dewhurst for the Wednesday of the first week at 2 p.m., while Lenglen assumed that she would only have to play doubles that day with her partner Julie Vlasto . In the course of the morning Lenglen found out from Vlasto that they had been scheduled for the individual and tried to postpone the game through their compatriot Jacques Brugnon . She went to the facility around 3:30 pm thinking that she only had to play doubles; however, the news from Lenglen did not get through to the head judge. Since Lenglen refused to play the singles and did not allow himself to be persuaded by Brugnon, the game was postponed to the following day. Queen Mary, who wanted to see the Lenglen game, stayed in the auditorium until 3 p.m., and the press then speculated whether the Queen was offended; however, Buckingham Palace later denied this. Nevertheless, Lenglen was booed by the audience during her doubles and also her mixed with Jean Borotra on Saturday . She finally stopped playing for the third round singles against Claire Beckingham . Lenglen turned pro after the tournament and never played at Wimbledon again.

Men's doubles

The French Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon won the men's doubles .

The later King George VI. competed in this competition together with Louis Greig .

Ladies doubles

In the women's doubles, the Americans Mary Browne and Elizabeth Ryan secured the title.

Mixed

Leslie Godfree and Kathleen McKane Godfree were successful in mixed . To date, it is the only time that a married couple has won the mixed title.

swell

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .
  • L. Tingay: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 0-900424-71-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Barrett (2001), p. 3
  2. ↑ Due to the rain it finally took place on Friday, Lenglen won 6: 2 and 6: 2
  3. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 63
  4. ↑ Tingay (1977), p. 67