1926 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

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

Mixed doubles
1926 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Leslie Godfree
United Kingdom Kitty Godfree
Runners-upUnited States Howard Kinsey
United States Mary Browne
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw64 (4 Q )
Seeds
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Leslie Godfree and Kitty Godfree defeated Kinsey and Browne in the final, 6–3, 6–4 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]

Draw

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Finals

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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
  Béla von Kehrling
  Lilí de Álvarez
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

Top half

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Section 1

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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 Koželuh
  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
  Cristobel Hardie
4 1   W Radcliffe
  E Rose
5 6 6
  Frank Jarvis
  Joan Ridley
1 3   H Mayes
  H Contostavlos
7 1 3
  Henry Mayes
  Hélène Contostavlos
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Basil Lawrence
  Elsa Haylock
7 7
  Ladislav Žemla
  Mrs RRW Jackson
9 9   L Žemla
  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

Bottom half

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Section 3

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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
  Béla von Kehrling
  Lilí de Álvarez
6 6   B von Kehrling
  E de Álvarez
6 6
  Charles Kingsley
  Eileen Bennett
3 3   B von Kehrling
  E de Álvarez
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 Álvarez
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

Section 4

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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

The nationality of Mrs P Wilkin is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  3. ^ Lynch, Steven. "Has a married couple ever won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon? Or a brother and sister?". www.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
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