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1926 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Field	Value
champ	GBR Kitty Godfree
runner	ESP Lilí de Álvarez
score	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
draw	64 (8Q)
seeds	–
type	grand slam

Main article: 1926 Wimbledon Championships

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

Suzanne Lenglen was the defending champion, but withdrew from her third round match against Claire Beckingham.

Draw

Finals

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=GBR Claire Beckingham | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=ESP Lilí de Álvarez | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=USA Molla Mallory | RD1-score3-1=3 | RD1-score3-2=7 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=NED Kea Bouman | RD1-score4-1=6 | RD1-score4-2=5 | RD1-score4-3=3

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=FRA Julie Vlasto | RD1-score5-1=6 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score5-3= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=GRE Hélène Contostavlos | RD1-score6-1=3 | RD1-score6-2=3 | RD1-score6-3=

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=GBR CJ Tyrrell | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=0 | RD1-score7-3= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=GBR Kitty Godfree | RD1-score8-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=6 | RD1-score8-3=

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=ESP Lilí de Álvarez | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=USA Molla Mallory | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-3=

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=FRA Julie Vlasto | RD2-score3-1=4 | RD2-score3-2=0 | RD2-score3-3= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=GBR Kitty Godfree | RD2-score4-1=6 | RD2-score4-2=6 | RD2-score4-3=

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=ESP Lilí de Álvarez | RD3-score1-1=2 | RD3-score1-2=6 | RD3-score1-3=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=GBR Kitty Godfree | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=4 | RD3-score2-3=6

Top half

Section 1

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=GBR Mary McIlquham | RD1-score01-1=5 | RD1-score01-2=1 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=GBR Claire Beckingham | RD1-score02-1=7 | RD1-score02-2=6 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=GBR Elsa Haylock | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=GBR Doris Craddock | RD1-score04-1=2 | RD1-score04-2=3 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=FRA Suzanne Lenglen | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=USA Mary Browne | RD1-score06-1=2 | RD1-score06-2=3 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07=Q | RD1-team07=GBR Betty Dix | RD1-score07-1=9 | RD1-score07-2=4 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=British Ceylon Evelyn Dewhurst | RD1-score08-1=11 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=IRL WM Haughton | RD1-score09-1=2 | RD1-score09-2=0 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ESP Lilí de Alvarez | RD1-score10-1=6 | RD1-score10-2=6 | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team11=GBR Dorothy Holman | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=GBR E Norman | RD1-score12-1=3 | RD1-score12-2=2 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=GBR P Watson | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=8 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=GBR R Watson | RD1-score14-1=0 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=GBR Betty Nuthall | RD1-score15-1=6 | RD1-score15-2=5 | RD1-score15-3=6 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=AUS M Elliott | RD1-score16-1=4 | RD1-score16-2=7 | RD1-score16-3=2

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=GBR C Beckingham | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=GBR E Haylock | RD2-score02-1=4 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=FRA S Lenglen | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=British Ceylon E Dewhurst | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=ESP E de Alvarez | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=3 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-seed06=Q | RD2-team06=GBR D Holman | RD2-score06-1=4 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=2

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR P Watson | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR B Nuthall | RD2-score08-1=3 | RD2-score08-2=0 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=GBR C Beckingham | RD3-score01-1= | RD3-score01-2= | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=FRA S Lenglen | RD3-score02-1=w/o | RD3-score02-2= | RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=ESP E de Alvarez | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR P Watson | RD3-score04-1=1 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=GBR C Beckingham | RD4-score01-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=2 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=ESP E de Alvarez | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=

Section 2

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=GBR Joan Fry | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=GBR Mrs M Marshall | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score02-2=0 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03=Q | RD1-team03=GBR Weeta Crawshay-Williams | RD1-score03-1=3 | RD1-score03-2=2 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=GBR Eileen Bennett | RD1-score04-1=6 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=GBR Phyllis Whitley | RD1-score05-1=4 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=GBR Aurea Edgington | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=USA Molla Mallory | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=USA Anna Harper | RD1-score08-1=1 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=GBR GJ Gilder | RD1-score09-1= | RD1-score09-2= | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=CAN Mrs HF Wright | RD1-score10-1=w/o | RD1-score10-2= | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=GBR Dorothy Hill | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=7 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=GBR Peggy Saunders | RD1-score12-1=1 | RD1-score12-2=5 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=GBR Elsie Goldsack | RD1-score13-1=0 | RD1-score13-2=1 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=NED Kea Bouman | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=GBR Domini Crosfield | RD1-score15-1= | RD1-score15-2= | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=USA Helen Wills | RD1-score16-1=w/o | RD1-score16-2= | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=GBR J Fry | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=4 | RD2-score01-3=7 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=GBR E Bennett | RD2-score02-1=3 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score02-3=5

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR A Edgington | RD2-score03-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=1 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=USA M Mallory | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR GJ Gilder | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=1 | RD2-score05-3=2 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GBR D Hill | RD2-score06-1=3 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=NED K Bouman | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR D Crosfield | RD2-score08-1=0 | RD2-score08-2=0 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=GBR J Fry | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=4 | RD3-score01-3=5 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=USA M Mallory | RD3-score02-1=4 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3=7

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GBR D Hill | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score03-2=2 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=NED K Bouman | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=USA M Mallory | RD4-score01-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score01-3=6 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=NED K Bouman | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=5 | RD4-score02-3=3

Bottom half

Section 3

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=GBR Evelyn Colyer | RD1-score01-1=7 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02=Q | RD1-team02=GBR Violet Chamberlain | RD1-score02-1=5 | RD1-score02-2=2 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03=Q | RD1-team03=GBR Peggy Dransfield | RD1-score03-1=1 | RD1-score03-2=2 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=FRA Julie Vlasto | RD1-score04-1=6 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=GBR Gwen Sterry | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06=Q | RD1-team06=GBR Mrs MB Reckitt | RD1-score06-1=1 | RD1-score06-2=3 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=GBR Joan Strawson | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score07-3=5 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=IRL Mrs RRW Jackson | RD1-score08-1=3 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=7

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=GBR Mabel Mavrogordato | RD1-score09-1=2 | RD1-score09-2=4 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=USA Marion Jessup | RD1-score10-1=6 | RD1-score10-2=6 | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team11=GBR Eileen Morle | RD1-score11-1=4 | RD1-score11-2=1 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=GRE Hélène Contostavlos | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=GBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | RD1-score13-1=1 | RD1-score13-2=1 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=GBR Winifred Beamish | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=GBR Joan Ridley | RD1-score15-1=7 | RD1-score15-2=5 | RD1-score15-3=2 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=AUS REJ Stephens | RD1-score16-1=5 | RD1-score16-2=7 | RD1-score16-3=6

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=GBR E Colyer | RD2-score01-1=4 | RD2-score01-2=5 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=FRA J Vlasto | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=7 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR G Sterry | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=IRL Mrs RRW Jackson | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=USA M Jessup | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=4 | RD2-score05-3=4 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=GRE H Contostavlos | RD2-score06-1=2 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR W Beamish | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=AUS REJ Stephens | RD2-score08-1=0 | RD2-score08-2=3 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=FRA J Vlasto | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3=6 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=GBR G Sterry | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=3 | RD3-score02-3=3

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=GRE H Contostavlos | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR W Beamish | RD3-score04-1=5 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=FRA J Vlasto | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=GRE H Constostavlos | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score02-2=3 | RD4-score02-3=

Section 4

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=GBR CJ Tyrrell | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=NZL Marjorie MacFarlane | RD1-score02-1=4 | RD1-score02-2=4 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=GBR Christabel Hardie | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=USA Anna Harper | RD1-score04-1=4 | RD1-score04-2=4 | RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05=Q | RD1-team05=GBR Enid Broadbridge | RD1-score05-1=4 | RD1-score05-2=0 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=GBR Eleanor Rose | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=FRA Simonne Mathieu | RD1-score07-1=8 | RD1-score07-2=4 | RD1-score07-3=2 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=GBR Sylvia Lumley-Ellis | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=GBR Ermyntrude Harvey | RD1-score09-1=5 | RD1-score09-2=5 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=GBR Enid Clarke | RD1-score10-1=7 | RD1-score10-2=7 | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=GBR JL Colegate | RD1-score11-1=0 | RD1-score11-2=4 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=USA Elizabeth Ryan | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=GBR Honor Woolrych | RD1-score13-1= | RD1-score13-2= | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS Dorothy Rendall | RD1-score14-1=w/o | RD1-score14-2= | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=AUT Lilly von Ellissen | RD1-score15-1=0 | RD1-score15-2=0 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=GBR Kitty Godfree | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=GBR CJ Tyrrell | RD2-score01-1=4 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3=6 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=GBR C Hardie | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=4

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=GBR E Rose | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=1 | RD2-score03-3=1 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=GBR S Lumley-Ellis | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=GBR E Clarke | RD2-score05-1=3 | RD2-score05-2=2 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=USA E Ryan | RD2-score06-1=6 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=GBR H Woolrych | RD2-score07-1=2 | RD2-score07-2=0 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=GBR K Godfree | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=GBR CJ Tyrrell | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=1 | RD3-score01-3=6 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=GBR S Lumley-Ellis | RD3-score02-1=2 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3=0

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=USA E Ryan | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=4 | RD3-score03-3=0 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=GBR K Godfree | RD3-score04-1=1 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=6

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=GBR CJ Tyrrell | RD4-score01-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=0 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=GBR K Godfree | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=

References

References

100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
Barrett, John. (2014). "Wimbledon: The Official History". Vision Sports Publishing.

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