Initially, Wimbledon started as a men's tennis championship, the first tournament of which was played in the year 1877. However, seven years later i.e. in 1884, the championship witnessed the start of Men's Doubles category, along with the Women's Singles Category. It took another twenty nine years before Women's Doubles event was added to Wimbledon championship, which had Winifred McNair and Dora Boothby as its first winners. Since then, the event has been organized every year, with the exception of the years in which World War I and II were being fought. Recently i.e. in 2008, the Wimbledon Women's Double Championship was won by the William Sisters - Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Read on to explore the list of Wimbledon Women's Doubles Winners.
List Of Wimbledon Women's Doubles Champions
Wimbledon Women's Doubles Championship was started in 1913. Here, we will explore the list of Wimbledon Women's Doubles Winners/ Champions.
Wimbledon Women's Doubles Winners
Year | Champions | Runner-ups | Score |
1913 | Winifred McNair/Dora Boothby | Charlotte Cooper Sterry/Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 4-6, 2-4 retired |
1914 | Agatha Morton/Elizabeth Ryan | Ethel Thomson Larcombe/Edith Hannam | 6-1, 6-3 |
1915 - 1918: No competition (World War I) | |||
1919 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Dorothea Lambert Chambers/Ethel Thomson Larcombe | 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
1920 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Dorothea Lambert Chambers/Thomson Larcombe | 6-4, 6-0 |
1921 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Geraldine Beamish/Irene Bowder Peacock | 6-1, 6-2 |
1922 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Margaret McKane Stocks/Kathleen McKane Godfree | 6-0, 6-4 |
1923 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Evelyn Colyer/Joan Austin | 6-3, 6-1 |
1924 | Hazel Wightman/Helen Wills | Phyllis Covell/Kathleen McKane Godfree | 6-4, 6-4 |
1925 | Suzanne Lenglen/Elizabeth Ryan | Kathleen Bridge/Mary McIlquham | 6-2, 6-2 |
1926 | Mary Browne/Elizabeth Ryan | Kathleen McKane Godfree/Evelyn Colyer | 6-1, 6-1 |
1927 | Helen Wills/Elizabeth Ryan | Bobbie Heine/Irene Bowder Peacock | 6-3, 6-2 |
1928 | Peggy Saunders/Phoebe Watson | Ermyntrude Harvey/Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | 6-2, 6-3 |
1929 | Peggy Saunders/Phoebe Watson | Phyllis Covell/Dorothy Shepherd-Barron | 6-4, 8-6 |
1930 | Helen Wills Moody/Elizabeth Ryan | Edith Cross/Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6-2, 9-7 |
1931 | Phyllis Mudford/Dorothy S. Barron | Doris Metaxa/Josane Sigart | 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
1932 | Doris Metaxa/Josane Sigart | Elizabeth Ryan/Helen Jacobs | 6-4, 6-3 |
1933 | Simone Mathieu/Elizabeth Ryan | Freda James/Billie Yorke | 6-2, 9-11, 6-4 |
1934 | Simone Mathieu/Elizabeth Ryan | Dorothy Burke/Sylvie Henrotin | 6-3, 6-3 |
1935 | Freda James/Kay Stammers | Simonne Mathieu/Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | 6-1, 6-4 |
1936 | Freda James/Kay Stammers | Sarah Palfrey Cooke/Helen Jacobs | 6-2, 6-1 |
1937 | Simone Mathieu/Billie Yorke | Phyllis Mudford King/Elsie Pittman | 6-3, 6-3 |
1938 | Sarah Fabyan/Alice Marble | Simonne Mathieu/Billie Yorke | 6-2, 6-3 |
1939 | Riggs Sarah Fabyan/Alice Marble | Helen Jacobs/Billie Yorke | 6-1, 6-0 |
1940 - 1945: No competition (World War II) | |||
1946 | Louise Brough/Margaret duPont | Pauline Betz Addie/Doris Hart | 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 |
1947 | Patricia Todd/Doris Hart | Louise Brough/Margaret Osborne duPont | 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
1948 | Louise Brough/Margaret duPont | Doris Hart/Patricia Canning Todd | 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
1949 | Louise Brough/Margaret duPont | Gussie Moran/Patricia Canning Todd | 8-6, 7-5 |
1950 | Louise Brough/Margaret duPont | Shirley Fry/Doris Hart | 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 |
1951 | Doris Hart/Shirley Fry | Louise Brough Clapp/Margaret Osborne duPont | 6-3, 13-11 |
1952 | Doris Hart/Shirley Fry | Louise Brough Clapp/Maureen Connolly Brinker | 8-6, 6-3 |
1953 | Doris Hart/Shirley Fry | Maureen Connolly Brinker/Julie Sampson Haywood | 6-0, 6-0 |
1954 | Louise Brough/Margaret duPont | Shirley Fry Irvin/Doris Hart | 4-6, 9-7, 6-3 |
1955 | Angela Mortimer/Anne Shilcock | Shirley Brasher Bloomer/Patricia Ward Hales | 7-5, 6-1 |
1956 | Angela Buxton/Althea Gibson | Fay Muller/Daphne Seeney | 6-1, 8-6 |
1957 | Althea Gibson/Darlene Hard | Mary Bevis Hawton/Thelma Coyne Long | 6-1, 6-2 |
1958 | Maria Bueno/Althea Gibson | Margaret Osborne duPont/Margaret Varner Bloss | 6-3, 7-5 |
1959 | Jeanne Arth/Darlene Hard | Beverly Baker Fleitz/Christine Truman Janes | 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
1960 | Maria Bueno/Darlene Hard | Sandra Reynolds Price/Renee Schuurman Haygarth | 6-4, 6-0 |
1961 | Karen Hantze Susman/Bille Jean Moffitt | Jan Lehane O'Neill/Margaret Court | 6-3, 6-4 |
1962 | Karen Hantze Susman/Billie Jean Moffitt | Sandra Reynolds Price/Renee Schuurman Haygarth | 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 |
1963 | Maria Bueno/Darlene Hard | Robyn Ebbern/Margaret Court | 8-6, 9-7 |
1964 | Margaret Smith/Lesley Turner | Billie Jean King/Karen Hantze Susman | 7-5, 6-2 |
1965 | Maria Bueno/Billie Jean King | Françoise Dürr/Janine Lieffrig | 6-2, 7-5 |
1966 | Maria Bueno/Nancy Richey | Margaret Court/Judy Tegart Dalton | 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
1967 | Rosie Casals/Billie Jean King | Maria Bueno/Nancy Richey | 9-11, 6-4, 6-2 |
1968 | Rosie Casals/Billie Jean King | Françoise Dürr/Ann Haydon-Jones | 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
1969 | Margaret Court/Judy Tegart Dalton | Patti Hogan/Peggy Michel | 9-7, 6-2 |
1970 | Rosie Casals/Billie Jean King | Françoise Dürr/Virginia Wade | 6-2, 6-3 |
1971 | Rosie Casals/Billie Jean King | Margaret Court/Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6-3, 6-2 |
1972 | Billie Jean King/Betty Stove | Judy Tegart Dalton/Françoise Dürr | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 |
1973 | Rosie Casals/Billie Jean King | Françoise Dürr/Betty Stöve | 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 |
1974 | Evonne Goolagong/Peggy Michel | Helen Gourlay Cawley/Karen Krantzcke | 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
1975 | Ann Kiyomura/Kazuko Sawamatsu | Françoise Dürr/Betty Stöve | 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 |
1976 | Chris Evert/Martina Navrátilová | Billie Jean King/Betty Stöve | 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 |
1977 | Helen Gourlay Cawley/JoAnne Russell | Martina Navrátilová/Betty Stöve | 6-3, 6-3 |
1978 | Kerry Reid/Wendy Turnbull | Mima Jaušovec/Virginia Ruzici | 4-6, 9-8(12-10), 6-3 |
1979 | Billie Jean King/Martina Navrátilová | Betty Stöve/Wendy Turnbull | 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 |
1980 | Kathy Jordan/Anne Smith | Rosemary Casals/Wendy Turnbull | 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 |
1981 | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | Kathy Jordan/Anne Smith | 6-3, 7-6(8-6) |
1982 | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | Kathy Jordan/Anne Smith | 6-4, 6-1 |
1983 | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | Rosemary Casals/Wendy Turnbull | 6-2, 6-2 |
1984 | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | Kathy Jordan/Anne Smith | 6-3, 6-4 |
1985 | Kathy Jordan/Elizabeth Smylie | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 |
1986 | Martina Navrátilová/Pam Shriver | Hana Mandlíková/Wendy Turnbull | 6-1, 6-3 |
1987 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch/Helena Suková | Betsy Nagelsen/Elizabeth Sayers Smylie | 7-5, 7-5 |
1988 | Steffi Graf/Gabriela Sabatini | Larisa Savchenko Neiland/Natalia Zvereva | 6-3, 1-6, 12-10 |
1989 | Jana Novotná/Helena Suková | Larisa Savchenko Neiland/Natalia Zvereva | 6-1, 6-2 |
1990 | Jana Novotná/Helena Suková | Kathy Jordan/Elizabeth Sayers Smylie | 6-3, 6-4 |
1991 | Larisa Neiland/Natasha Zvereva | Gigi Fernández/Jana Novotná | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
1992 | Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva | Larisa Savchenko Neiland/Jana Novotná | 6-4, 6-1 |
1993 | Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva | Larisa Savchenko Neiland/Jana Novotná | 6-4, 6-7(4-7), 6-4 |
1994 | Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná/Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6-4, 6-1 |
1995 | Jana Novotná/Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Gigi Fernández/Natalia Zvereva | 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 |
1996 | Martina Hingis/Helena Suková | Meredith McGrath/Larisa Savchenko Neiland | 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 |
1997 | Gigi Fernandez/Natasha Zvereva | Nicole Arendt/Manon Bollegraf | 7-6(7-4), 6-4 |
1998 | Martina Hingis/Jana Novotná | Lindsay Davenport/Natasha Zvereva | 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 |
1999 | Lindsay Davenport/Corina Morariu | Mariaan de Swardt/Elena Tatarkova | 6-4, 6-4 |
2000 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Julie Halard Decugis/Ai Sugiyama | 6-3, 6-2 |
2001 | Lisa Raymond/Rennae Stubbs | Kim Clijsters/Ai Sugiyama | 6-4, 6-3 |
2002 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Virginia Ruano Pascual/Paola Suárez | 6-2, 7-5 |
2003 | Kim Clijsters/Ai Sugiyama | Virginia Ruano Pascual/Paola Suárez | 6-4, 6-4 |
2004 | Cara Black/Rennae Stubbs | Liezel Huber/Ai Sugiyama | 6-3, 7-6(7-5) |
2005 | Cara Black/Liezel Huber | Svetlana Kuznetsova/Amélie Mauresmo | 6-2, 6-1 |
2006 | Zi Yan/Jie Zheng | Virginia Ruano Pascual/Paola Suárez | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 |
2007 | Cara Black/Liezel Huber | Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama | 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
2008 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur | 6-2, 6-2 |
2009 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Samantha Stosur/Rennae Stubbs | 7-6(7-4), 6-4 |
2010 | Vania King/Yaroslava Shvedova | Elena Vesnina/Vera Zvonareva | 7-6(8-6), 6-2 |
2011 | Květa Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik | Sabine Lisicki/Samantha Stosur | 6-3, 6-1 |
2012 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Andrea Hlaváčková/Lucie Hradecká | 7-5, 6-4 |
2013 | Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai | Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua | 7-6(7-1), 6-1 |
2014 | Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci | Tímea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic | 6-1, 6-3 |
2015 | Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza | Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina | 5-7, 7-6(7-4), 7-5 |
2016 | Serena Williams/Venus Williams | Tímea Babos/Yaroslava Shvedova | 6-3, 6-4 |
2017 | Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina | Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu | 6-0, 6-0 |
2018 | Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková | Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke | 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 |
2019 | Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová | Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan | 6-2, 6-4 |