1923 Wimbledon Championships

  • Australasian Championships
  • French tennis championships
  • Wimbledon Championships
  • U.S. National Championships

The 43rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1923 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road instead.

The second largest square ( Court No.. 2) In this year was opened with 1,900 seats. Since the men's singles reached a record registration of 133 players who had played a preliminary round. In the following years the number of participants was limited to 128 places. The old site at the Worple Road was sold to a girls' school ( Wimbledon High School for Girls ).

For the last time in 1913 was the tournament this year, the official title of World Championships on Grass Courts ( " World Championships on grass "). In the course of the accession of the United States to the International Tennis Federation, the tournament system has been revised. The World Cup claim the Wimbledon Championships was dropped and instead brought the championships of the United States, England, France and Australia to the rank of major international tennis tournaments. The Hard World Championships in Paris were hired because the French Championships in 1925 opened an international field of participants. The 1913 also launched World Indoor Championships were abolished.

Men's Singles

The American Bill Johnston won his only victory in the tournament of Wimbledon. He just had to leave a set throughout the tournament.

Women's Singles

In the women's Suzanne Lenglen won their fifth title in a row.

Men's doubles

In the men's doubles Leslie Godfree and Randolph Lycett won.

Women Doubles

Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan picked up her fifth doubles title at Wimbledon in a row.

Mixed

In mixed Elizabeth Ryan and Randolph Lycett were successful.

Source

  • Barrett, J.: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 978-0007117079
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