1926 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Kitty Godfree[1]
Runner-up	Lilí de Álvarez[1]
Final score	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Kitty Godfree defeated Lilí de Álvarez 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Singles at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Main draw

Lilí de Álvarez (left) and Kitty Godfree (right) at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships ladies singles final.

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Claire Beckingham	2	2
		Lilí de Álvarez	6	6
									Lilí de Álvarez	6	6
									Molla Mallory	2	2
		Molla Mallory	3	7	6
		Kea Bouman	6	5	3
																Lilí de Álvarez	2	6	3
																Kitty Godfree	6	4	6
		Didi Vlasto	6	6
		Helene Contostavlos	3	3
									J. P. Vlasto	4	0
									Kitty Godfree	6	6
		C. Tyrrell	2	0
		Kitty Godfree	6	6

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Mrs. Mary McIlquham	5	1
	Clare Beckingham	7	6					YC Beckingham	6	6
	Elsa Haylock	6	6					Mrs. RE Haylock	4	2
	Doris Craddock	2	3												YC Beckingham	w/o
	Suzanne Lenglen	6	6												SRF Lenglen
	Mary Kendall Browne	2	3					SRF Lenglen	6	6
Q	ME Dix	9	4				Q	Mrs. GJ Dewhurst	2	2
	Evelyn Dewhurst	11	6																			YC Beckingham	2	2
	MW Haughton	2	0																			L de Alvarez	6	6
	L de Alvarez	6	6					L de Alvarez	6	3	6
Q	Dorothy Holman	6	6				Q	ED Holman	4	6	2
	E Norman	3	2												L de Alvarez	6	6
	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	6	8												Mrs. MR Watson	1	3
	R Watson	0	6					Mrs. MR Watson	6	6
	Betty Nuthall	6	5	6				B Nuthall	3	0
	M Elliott	4	7	2

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Joan Fry	6	6
	Mrs. M Marshall	1	0					J Fry	6	6
Q	Weeta Crawshay Williams	3	2					EV Bennett	1	0
	Eileen Bennett	6	6												J Fry	6	4	5
	Phyllis Whitley	4	2												Mrs. F Mallory	4	6	7
	Aurea Edgington	6	6					Mrs. H Edgington	2	1
	Molla Mallory	6	6					Mrs. F Mallory	6	6
	Anna McCune	1	2																			Mrs. F Mallory	3	7	6
	GJ Gilder	w/o																				Kea Bouman	6	5	3
	HF Wright							GJ Gilder	6	1	2
	JE Hill	6	7					Mrs. JE Hill	3	6	6
	Peggy Saunders	1	5												Mrs. JE Hill	3	2
	Elsie Goldsack	0	1												K Bouman	6	6
	Kea Bouman	6	6					K Bouman	6	6
	Domini Crosfield	w/o						D Crosfield	0	0
	Helen Wills

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	Evelyn Colyer	7	6
Q	Violet Chamberlain	5	2					EL Colyer	4	5
Q	Peggy Dransfield	1	2					JP Vlasto	6	7
	JP Vlasto	6	6												JP Vlasto	3	6	6
	Gwen Sterry	6	6												GR Sterry	6	3	3
Q	Mrs. MB Reckitt	1	3					GR Sterry	6	6
	Joan Strawson	6	3	5				Mrs. RRW Jackson	4	2
	Mrs. RRW Jackson	3	6	7																		JP Vlasto	6	6
	Mabel Mavrogordato	2	4																			H Constostavlos	3	3
	Marion Jessup	6	6					Mrs. JB Jessup	6	4	4
Q	Eileen Morie	4	1					H Contostavlos	2	6	6
	Helene Constostavlos	6	6												H Contostavlos	7	6
	Dorothy Shepherd Barron	1	1												Mrs. AE Beamish	5	4
	Winifred Beamish	6	6					Mrs. AE Beamish	6	6
	Joan Ridley	7	5	2				REJ Stephens	0	3
	REJ Stephens	5	7	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	C Tyrrell	6	6
	Marjorie Macfarlane	4	4					C Tyrrell	4	6	6
	Cristobel Hardie	6	6					C Hardie	6	2	4
	Anna Harper	4	4												C Tyrrell	6	1	6
Q	Enid Broadbridge	4	0												SC Lumley-Ellis	2	6	0
	EF Rose	6	6					EF Rose	6	1	1
	Simonne Mathieu	8	4	2				SC Lumley-Ellis	2	6	6
	Sylvia Lumley-Ellis	6	6	6																		C Tyrrell	2	0
	Ermyntrude Harvey	5	5																			Mrs. LA Godfree	6	6
	ER Clarke	7	7					ER Clarke	3	2
	Mrs. JL Colegate	0	4					EM Ryan	6	6
	Elizabeth Ryan	6	6												EM Ryan	6	4	0
	H Woolrych	w/o													Mrs. LA Godfree	1	6	6
	Dorothy Rendall							H Woolrych	2	0
	Lily von Ellisen	0	0					Mrs. LA Godfree	6	6
	Kitty Godfree	6	6

References

1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
2. Wimbledon – The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)