1926 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Leslie Godfree ; Kitty Godfree
Runners-up	Howard Kinsey ; Mary Browne
Score	6â3, 6â4
Details
Draw	64 (4Q)
Seeds	â
Events
	â 1925 Â· Wimbledon Championships Â· 1927 â

Jean Borotra and Suzanne Lenglen were the defending champions, but withdrew before their second round match against Howard Kinsey and Mary Browne.

Champions

Leslie Godfree

Kitty Godfree

Runners-up

Howard Kinsey

Mary Browne

Score6â3, 6â4

Draw64 (4)

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Leslie Godfree and Kitty Godfree defeated Kinsey and Browne in the final, 6â3, 6â4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1926 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2] They remain the only married couple to ever win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.^[3]

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Leslie Godfree Kitty Godfree	6	6

	RDN Pryce-Jones Irene Maltby	4	0
						Leslie Godfree Kitty Godfree	7	6

						Vincent Richards Elizabeth Ryan	5	4
	Vincent Richards Elizabeth Ryan	8	6

	Brian Gilbert Ermyntrude Harvey	6	3
											Leslie Godfree Kitty Godfree	6	6

											Howard Kinsey Mary Browne	3	4
	BÃ©la von Kehrling LilÃ de Ãlvarez	8	4	2

	Howard Kinsey Mary Browne	6	6	6
						Howard Kinsey Mary Browne	5	6	6

						Arthur Berger Joan Strawson	7	4	0
	Arthur Berger Joan Strawson	6	4	6

	Pat Hughes Madge Valantine	3	6	4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	Einer Ulrich Marie Hazel	9	6	6
	Ulysses Williams Evelyn Dewhurst	11	1	3		E Ulrich M Hazel	2	3
	Donald Stralem Dorothy Hill	1	0			L Godfree K Godfree	6	6
	Leslie Godfree Kitty Godfree	6	6								L Godfree K Godfree	6	6
	Sergei Rodzianko Sylvia Lumley-Ellis	w/o									C Aeschlimann E Petchell	1	3
	Royden Dash CJ Tyrrell					R Dash CJ Tyrrell	3	6	3
	Jan KoÅ¾eluh Lilly von Ellissen	4	6	6		C Aeschlimann E Petchell	6	1	6
	Charles Aeschlimann E Petchell	6	2	8												L Godfree K Godfree	6	6
	Douglas Watson R Watson	6	6													RDN Pryce-Jones I Maltby	4	0
	Ignacio de la Borbolla D Lee Mumford	0	4			D Watson R Watson	4	6	3
	RDN Pryce-Jones Irene Maltby	6	6			RDN Pryce-Jones I Maltby	6	3	6
	Alfred Ingram Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie	4	3								RDN Pryce-Jones I Maltby	6	4	7
	William Radcliffe Eleanor Rose	6	6								W Radcliffe E Rose	1	6	5
	Laddie Wheatcroft Christabel Wheatcroft	4	1			W Radcliffe E Rose	5	6	6
	Frank Jarvis Joan Ridley	1	3			H Mayes H Contostavlos	7	1	3
	Henry Mayes HÃ©lÃ¨ne Contostavlos	6	6

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

	Basil Lawrence Elsa Haylock	7	7
	Ladislav Å½emla Mrs RRW Jackson	9	9			L Å½emla Mrs RRW Jackson	2	6
	WB Stott Dorothy Alexander	8	2			G Crole-Rees M Jessup	6	8
	Gordon Crole-Rees Marion Jessup	10	6							G Crole-Rees M Jessup	3	4
	Vincent Richards Elizabeth Ryan	6	6							V Richards E Ryan	6	6
	Ernest Lamb Enid Clarke	2	4			V Richards E Ryan	6	6
	Cornelis Bryan Mrs A Clayton	2	1			B Meyer D Shepherd-Barron	4	3
	Bertie Meyer Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	6												V Richards E Ryan	8	6
	Hendrik Timmer Kea Bouman	6	6												B Gilbert E Harvey	6	3
	DJR Sumner Elsie Goldsack	0	2			H Timmer K Bouman	3	3
	EL Jones M Elliott	1	1			H Cochet J Vlasto	6	6
	Henri Cochet Julie Vlasto	6	6							H Cochet J Vlasto	3	7	4
	Brian Gilbert Ermyntrude Harvey	5	6	6						B Gilbert E Harvey	6	5	6
	Bunny Austin Betty Nuthall	7	2	3		B Gilbert E Harvey	6	6
Q	Vincent Burr Agnes Tuckey	3	6			M Summerson P Holcroft Watson	4	0
	Maurice Summerson Phoebe Watson	6	8

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

	George Thomas Hazel Hogarth	3	2
	Lewis Michell Peggy Saunders	6	6			L Michell M Saunders	1	3
	Keats Lester Gwen Sterry	7	6			K Lester G Sterry	6	6
	Colin Gregory Betty Dix	5	4								K Lester G Sterry	2	2
	BÃ©la von Kehrling LilÃ de Ãlvarez	6	6								B von Kehrling E de Ãlvarez	6	6
	Charles Kingsley Eileen Bennett	3	3			B von Kehrling E de Ãlvarez	3	6	6
	Pat Spence Evelyn Colyer	6	11			P Spence E Colyer	6	4	4
	Douglas Hodges Joan Fry	2	9												B von Kehrling E de Ãlvarez	8	4	2
	St John Evers Mabel Mavrogordato	6	0	4											H Kinsey M Browne	6	6	6
	Axel Petersen Hilary Stebbing	4	6	6		StJ Evers M Mavrogordato	9	5
	Cyril Eames Winifred Beamish					C Eames W Beamish	11	7
	Pan Papadopoulos Domini Crosfield	w/o									C Eames W Beamish	6	5
	Harold Aitken Beatrice Brown	3	0								H Kinsey M Browne	8	7
	Jean Borotra Suzanne Lenglen	6	6			J Borotra S Lenglen	w/o
	Francis Stowe Enid Broadbridge	1	1			H Kinsey M Browne
	Howard Kinsey Mary Browne	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	GTC Watt Mrs WE Hudleston	1	4
	Arthur Berger Joan Strawson	6	6			A Berger J Strawson	2	7	6
	Julien Lezard Honor Woolrych	8	4	6		J Lezard H Woolrych	6	5	2
Q	John Pennycuick Eileen Morle	6	6	3							A Berger J Strawson	6	6
	Gerald Sherwell Claire Beckingham	9	5	4							R Knight N Middleton	4	4
	Fassett Burnett Cecily Marriott	7	7	6	Q	F Burnett C Marriott	3	2
	Bill Swinden Mrs Bruce-May	4	6			R Knight N Middleton	6	6
	Reginald Knight Norah Middleton	6	8													A Berger J Strawson	6	4	6
Q	Max Whitmore Mrs P Wilkin	0	3													P Hughes M Valantine	3	6	4
	Henry Standring E Phayre	6	6			H Standring E Phayre	3	2
	Ambrose Dudley JL Colegate	6	4	4		P Hughes M Valantine	6	6
	Pat Hughes Madge Valantine	2	6	6							P Hughes M Valantine	6	1	8
	Patrick Wheatley Dorothea Lambert Chambers	6	3	6							P Wheatley D Lambert Chambers	4	6	6
	Teddy Higgs Mary McIlquham	2	6	2		P Wheatley D Lambert Chambers	6	6
	Donald Greig Molla Mallory	6	5	6		D Greig M Mallory	4	2
	Jacques Brugnon Simonne Mathieu	2	7	1

1926 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

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