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1924 Wimbledon Championships
The 1924 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 5 July. It was the 44th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1924. This edition saw the introduction of a draw that made use of a seeding list. The seeding was based on nationality and aimed at preventing nominated players from the same nationality meeting before the later rounds. A maximum of four players could be nominated by a country and these would be seeded into four different quarters of the draw. In 1927 the system of seeding by nationality was extended with a meritโbased seeding based on the ranking of players.
Champions
Men's singles
๐ซ๐ท Jean Borotra defeated ๐ซ๐ท Renรฉ Lacoste, 6โ1, 3โ6, 6โ1, 3โ6, 6โ4
Women's singles
๐ฌ๐ง Kitty McKane defeated ๐บ๐ธ Helen Wills, 4โ6, 6โ4, 6โ4
Men's doubles
๐บ๐ธ Frank Hunter / ๐บ๐ธ Vincent Richards defeated ๐บ๐ธ Watson Washburn / ๐บ๐ธ R. Norris Williams, 6โ3, 3โ6, 8โ10, 8โ6, 6โ3
Women's doubles
๐บ๐ธ Hazel Wightman / ๐บ๐ธ Helen Wills defeated ๐ฌ๐ง Phyllis Covell / ๐ฌ๐ง Kitty McKane, 6โ4, 6โ4
Mixed doubles
๐ฌ๐ง John Gilbert / ๐ฌ๐ง Kitty McKane defeated ๐ฌ๐ง Leslie Godfree / ๐ฌ๐ง Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, 6โ3, 3โ6, 6โ3
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