1926 French Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1926 French Championships
Champion Suzanne Lenglen
Runner-up Mary Kendall Browne
Score6–1, 6–0
Draw32
Seeds8

Suzanne Lenglen defeated Mary Kendall Browne 6–1, 6–0 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1926 French Championships.[1] Lenglen dropped four games in her five matches.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Suzanne Lenglen is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Suzanne Lenglen (champion)
  2. Helen Wills (second round)
  3. Mary Kendall Browne (final)
  4. Elizabeth Ryan (quarterfinals)
  5. Joan Fry (semifinals)
  6. Kathleen McKane Godfree (quarterfinals)
  7. Diddie Vlasto (first round)
  8. Yvonne Bourgeois (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Suzanne Lenglen 6 6
Simonne Mathieu 0 0
1 Suzanne Lenglen 6 6
5 Joan Fry 2 1
4 Elizabeth Ryan 5 6 9
5 Joan Fry 7 3 11
1 Suzanne Lenglen 6 6
3 Mary K. Browne 1 0
3 Mary K. Browne 7 6
6 Kathleen McKane Godfree 5 0
3 Mary K. Browne 8 6
Kea Bouman 6 2
Hélène Contostavlos 2 9 6
Kea Bouman 6 7 8

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Lenglen 6 6
Péteri 0 0 1 Lenglen 6 6
Shepherd-Barron 6 6 Shepherd-Barron 0 0
Conquet 4 3 1 Lenglen 6 6
Jessup 6 6 Mathieu 0 0
Lebesnerais 3 2 Jessup 6 7 0
Mathieu 6 0 6 Mathieu 2 9 6
8 Bourgeois 2 6 1 1 Lenglen 6 6
4 Ryan 5 6 6 5 Fry 2 1
Danet 7 2 3 4 Ryan 6 6
Vaussard 6 6 Vaussard 4 2
Charnelet 3 1 4 Ryan 5 6 9
5 Fry 6 6 5 Fry 7 3 11
Bourgeois 4 1 5 Fry 13 6
Descleres 6 6 Descleres 11 1
Le Conte 2 4

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 Browne 6 6
Des Landes De Danoet 3 1 3 Browne 6 4 6
Devé 6 6 Devé 4 6 3
Munford 3 4 3 Browne 7 6
Grasset 6 6 6 Godfree 5 0
Wyns-Speranza 1 2 Grasset 4 4
De Borman 1 2 6 Godfree 6 6
6 Godfree 6 6 3 Browne 8 6
Lecaron 4 2 Bouman 6 2
Contostavlos 6 6 Contostavlos 6 6
Sherbatskoy 6 6 7 Vlasto 2 2
7 Vlasto 3 0 Contostavlos 2 9 6
Bouman 6 6 Bouman 6 7 8
Colyer 2 1 Bouman w/o
Golding 3 5 2 Wills
2 Wills 6 7

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-0942257700.