Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beerschot Tennis Club | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17–24 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 teams from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
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Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
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1920 tennis event results
The women's doubles was a tennis event held as part of the Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. A total of 18 players, comprising 9 pairs, from 5 nations competed in the event, which was held from 17 to 24 August 1920 at the Beerschot Tennis Club.[1]
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
Draw
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 2 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 6 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 1 | 1 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | w/o |
References
- ^ "Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics: Doubles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Sources
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 May 2008.
- ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
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Olympic tennis women's doubles champions
- 1968:
Edda Buding & Helga Niessen (FRG)
- 1920:
Kathleen McKane & Winifred McNair (GBR)
- 1924:
Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills (USA)
- 1988:
Zina Garrison & Pam Shriver (USA)
- 1992:
Gigi Fernández & Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
- 1996:
Gigi Fernández & Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
- 2000:
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)
- 2004:
Sun Tiantian & Li Ting (CHN)
- 2008:
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)
- 2012:
Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)
- 2016:
Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina (RUS)
- 2020:
Barbora Krejčíková & Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)