List of Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions

The champions and runners-up of the Wimbledon Championships Ladies' Doubles tournament, first introduced to the championship in 1913. From 1915 to 1918, and from 1940 to 1945, no competition was held due to the two World Wars.

Wimbledon Ladies’ Doubles Champions
LocationLondon
United Kingdom
VenueAELTC
Governing bodyAELTC / LTA
Created1913
SurfaceGrass
Prize money£ 600,000 (2023)
Websitewimbledon.com
Most titles
Amateur eraElizabeth Ryan
Open era7: Martina Navratilova
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era5: Suzanne Lenglen
Elizabeth Ryan
Open era4: Martina Navratilova
Current champion
Kateřina Siniaková
Taylor Townsend

Finalists

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Amateur Era

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Suzanne Lenglen won six women's doubles titles in the 1920s partnering Elizabeth Ryan.
 
Maria Bueno played in six women's doubles finals and won five of them.
 
Ai Sugiyama competed in five women's doubles finals between 2000 and 2007.
Year Champions Runners-up Score[1]
1913   Dora Boothby
  Winifred McNair
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Charlotte Sterry
4–6, 2–4 retired
1914   Agnes Morton
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Edith Hannam
  Ethel Larcombe
6–1, 6–3
1915 No competition (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Ethel Larcombe
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1920   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Ethel Larcombe
6–4, 6–0
1921   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Winifred Beamish
  Irene Peacock
6–1, 6–2
1922   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Kitty McKane
  Margaret Stocks
6–0, 6–4
1923   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Joan Austin
  Evelyn Colyer
6–3, 6–1
1924   Hazel Wightman
  Helen Wills
  Phyllis Covell
  Kitty McKane
6–4, 6–4
1925   Suzanne Lenglen
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Kathleen Bridge
  Mary McIlquham
6–2, 6–2
1926   Mary Browne
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Kitty Godfree
  Evelyn Colyer
6–1, 6–1
1927   Elizabeth Ryan
  Helen Wills
  Bobbie Heine
  Irene Peacock
6–3, 6–2
1928   Peggy Saunders
  Phoebe Watson
  Eileen Bennett
  Ermyntrude Harvey
6–2, 6–3
1929   Peggy Michell
  Phoebe Watson
  Phyllis Covell
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6–4, 8–6
1930   Helen Wills Moody
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Edith Cross
  Sarah Palfrey
6–2, 9–7
1931   Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
  Phyllis Mudford
  Doris Metaxa
  Josane Sigart
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1932   Doris Metaxa
  Josane Sigart
  Helen Jacobs
  Elizabeth Ryan
6–4, 6–3
1933   Simonne Mathieu
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Freda James
  Billie Yorke
6–2, 9–11, 6–4
1934   Simonne Mathieu
  Elizabeth Ryan
  Dorothy Andrus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6–3, 6–3
1935   Freda James
  Kay Stammers
  Simonne Mathieu
  Hilde Sperling
6–1, 6–4
1936   Freda James
  Kay Stammers
  Sarah Fabyan
  Helen Jacobs
6–2, 6–1
1937   Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
  Phyllis King
  Elsie Pittman
6–3, 6–3
1938   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
  Simonne Mathieu
  Billie Yorke
6–2, 6–3
1939   Sarah Fabyan
  Alice Marble
  Helen Jacobs
  Billie Yorke
6–1, 6–0
1940 No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946   Louise Brough
  Margaret Osborne
  Pauline Betz
  Doris Hart
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1947   Doris Hart
  Patricia Canning Todd
  Louise Brough
  Margaret Osborne
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1948   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
  Doris Hart
  Patricia Todd
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1949   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
  Gussie Moran
  Patricia Todd
8–6, 7–5
1950   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
  Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1951   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
  Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
6–3, 13–11
1952   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
  Louise Brough
  Maureen Connolly
8–6, 6–3
1953   Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
  Maureen Connolly
  Julie Sampson
6–0, 6–0
1954   Louise Brough
  Margaret duPont
  Shirley Fry
  Doris Hart
4–6, 9–7, 6–3
1955   Angela Mortimer
  Anne Shilcock
  Shirley Bloomer
  Patricia Ward
7–5, 6–1
1956   Angela Buxton
  Althea Gibson
  Fay Muller
  Daphne Seeney
6–1, 8–6
1957   Althea Gibson
  Darlene Hard
  Mary Hawton
  Thelma Long
6–1, 6–2
1958   Maria Bueno
  Althea Gibson
  Margaret duPont
  Margaret Varner
6–3, 7–5
1959   Jeanne Arth
  Darlene Hard
  Beverly Fleitz
  Christine Truman
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1960   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
  Sandra Reynolds
  Renée Schuurman
6–4, 6–0
1961   Karen Hantze
  Billie Jean Moffitt
  Jan Lehane
  Margaret Smith
6–3, 6–4
1962   Karen Hantze
  Billie Jean Moffitt
  Sandra Reynolds
  Renée Schuurman
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1963   Maria Bueno
  Darlene Hard
  Robyn Ebbern
  Margaret Smith
8–6, 9–7
1964   Margaret Smith
  Lesley Turner Bowrey
  Billie Jean Moffitt
  Karen Susman
7–5, 6–2
1965   Maria Bueno
  Billie Jean Moffitt
  Françoise Dürr
  Janine Lieffrig
6–2, 7–5
1966   Maria Bueno
  Nancy Richey
  Margaret Smith
  Judy Tegart
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1967   Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
  Maria Bueno
  Nancy Richey
9–11, 6–4, 6–2

Open Era

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Year Champions Runners-up Score[1]
1968   Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
  Françoise Dürr
  Ann Jones
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1969   Margaret Court
  Judy Tegart
  Patti Hogan
  Peggy Michel
9–7, 6–2
1970   Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
  Françoise Dürr
  Virginia Wade
6–2, 6–3
1971   Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
  Margaret Court
  Evonne Goolagong
6–3, 6–2
1972   Billie Jean King
  Betty Stöve
  Judy Dalton
  Françoise Dürr
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1973   Rosemary Casals
  Billie Jean King
  Françoise Dürr
  Betty Stöve
6–1, 4–6, 7–5
1974   Evonne Goolagong
  Peggy Michel
  Helen Gourlay
  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
  JoAnne Russell
  Martina Navratilova
  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 Navratilova
  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 Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
1982   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6–4, 6–1
1983   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Rosemary Casals
  Wendy Turnbull
6–2, 6–2
1984   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6–3, 6–4
1985   Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1986   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull
6–1, 6–3
1987   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 7–5
1988   Steffi Graf
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Larisa Savchenko
  Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
1989   Jana Novotná
  Helena Suková
  Larisa Savchenko
  Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 6–2
1990   Jana Novotná
  Helena Suková
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
6–3, 6–4
1991   Larisa Savchenko Neiland
  Natasha Zvereva
  Gigi Fernández
  Jana Novotná
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1992   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
  Larisa Savchenko Neiland
  Jana Novotná
6–4, 6–1
1993   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
  Larisa Savchenko Neiland
  Jana Novotná
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
1994   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
  Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–1
1995   Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Gigi Fernández
  Natasha 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 Fernández
  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   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
  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
  Elena Vesnina
  Chan Hao-ching
  Monica Niculescu
6–0, 6–0
2018   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
  Nicole Melichar
  Květa Peschke
6–4, 4–6, 6–0
2019   Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
  Gabriela Dabrowski
  Yifan Xu
6–2, 6–4
2020 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)[2]
2021   Hsieh Su-wei
  Elise Mertens
  Veronika Kudermetova
  Elena Vesnina
3–6, 7–5, 9–7
2022   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
  Elise Mertens
  Shuai Zhang
6–2, 6–4
2023   Hsieh Su-wei
  Barbora Strýcová
  Elise Mertens
  Storm Hunter
7–5, 6–4
2024   Kateřina Siniaková
  Taylor Townsend
  Gabriela Dabrowski
  Erin Routliffe
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)

See also

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Wimbledon other competitions

Grand Slam women's doubles

References

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  1. ^ a b "Draws Archive, Ladies' Doubles - The Championships, Wimbledon - Official Site by IBM". www.wimbledon.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-15.
  2. ^ Fuller, Russell (1 April 2020). "Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus – where does that leave tennis in 2020?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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