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Women's doubles at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade de Colombes
Dates	14–19 July
Competitors	17 teams from 11 nations
Medalists
Hazel Wightman Helen Wills  United States Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane  Great Britain Evelyn Colyer Dorothy Shepherd-Barron  Great Britain
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The women's doubles tennis competition was one of five tennis events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

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

	Semifinals							Final (gold-medal match)
	Marguerite Billout (FRA)  Yvonne Bourgeois (FRA)		2	2
	Phyllis Covell (GBR)  Kathleen McKane (GBR)		6	6
								Phyllis Covell (GBR)  Kathleen McKane (GBR)		5	6
								Helen Wills Moody (USA)  Hazel Wightman (USA)		7	8
	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (GBR)  Evelyn Colyer (GBR)		3	6	5
	Helen Wills Moody (USA)  Hazel Wightman (USA)		6	1	7			Bronze-medal match
								Marguerite Billout (FRA)  Yvonne Bourgeois (FRA)		1	2
								Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (GBR)  Evelyn Colyer (GBR)		6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								H Contostavlos (GRE)  L Valaoritou-Skaramaga (GRE)		w/o
								R Gagliardi (ITA)  G Ferelli (ITA)
															R Gagliardi (ITA)  G Ferelli (ITA)		5	1
															M Billout (FRA)  Y Bourgeois (FRA)		7	6
								M Billout (FRA)  Y Bourgeois (FRA)		2	6	6
								R Torras (ESP)  E Álvarez (ESP)		6	3	4
																						M Billout (FRA)  Y Bourgeois (FRA)		2	2
																						P Covell (GBR)  K McKane (GBR)		6	6
								M Wallis (IRL)  R Blair-White (IRL)		2	7	2
								S Fick (SWE)  L von Essen (SWE)		6	5	6
															S Fick (SWE)  L von Essen (SWE)		2	3
															P Covell (GBR)  K McKane (GBR)		6	6
								A de Borman (BEL)  M Storms (BEL)		1	2
	M Jessup (USA)  E Goss (USA)		1	2				P Covell (GBR)  K McKane (GBR)		6	6
	P Covell (GBR)  K McKane (GBR)		6	6

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)  E Colyer (GBR)

G Janssen (BEL)  M Dupont (BEL)

w/o

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)  E Colyer (GBR)

6

6

A Golding (FRA)  J Vaussard (FRA)

2

2

A Golding (FRA)  J Vaussard (FRA)

M Forlanini (ITA)  P Bologna (ITA)

w/o

D Shepherd-Barron (GBR)  E Colyer (GBR)

3

6

5

H Wightman (USA)  H Wills (USA)

6

1

7

H Wightman (USA)  H Wills (USA)

M Mallory (NOR)  C Dahl (NOR)

w/o

H Wightman (USA)  H Wills (USA)

I Péteri (HUN)  M Krencsey (HUN)

w/o

I Péteri (HUN)  M Krencsey (HUN)

ML Marnet (ESP)  I Fonrodona (ESP)

w/o

References

1. "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

Sources

• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
• M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. pp. 379–384. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 May 2008.

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