# 1921 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Elizabeth Ryan defeated Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–0 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Suzanne Lenglen defeated Ryan 6–2, 6–0 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles at the 1921 Wimbledon Championships.
This was the last year that the defending champion received an automatic bye into the final (formally known as the Challenge round). Beginning in 1922, the defending champion was required to play in the regular Wimbledon draw.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Challenge round

| Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round | Challenge Round |
| Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 2 | 0 | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 6 | |

### All comers' finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Mabel Clayton | Mabel Clayton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Shepherd | Dorothy Shepherd | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Shepherd | Dorothy Shepherd | 3 | 2 | | Mabel Clayton | Mabel Clayton | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | 6 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| Phyllis Howkins | Phyllis Howkins | 1 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Phyllis Howkins | Phyllis Howkins | 1 | 8 | 1 | | | | | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 1 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 |
| Winifred McNair | Winifred McNair | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 |
| Irene Peacock | Irene Peacock | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Irene Peacock | Irene Peacock | 7 | 2 | 6 | Irene Peacock | Irene Peacock | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 0 | 6 | 6 | Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 8 | 6 | | | | |
| Molla Mallory | Molla Mallory | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | Margaret McKane | Margaret McKane | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Mabel Clayton | Mabel Clayton | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | M Clayton | M Clayton | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | E Kelsey | E Kelsey | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | E Kelsey | E Kelsey | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Peggy Ingram | Peggy Ingram | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Clayton | M Clayton | 6 | 6 |
| Helen Leisk | Helen Leisk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Shepherd | D Shepherd | 3 | 2 |
| Mrs HA Davis | Mrs HA Davis | w/o | | | H Leisk | H Leisk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Perrett | Mrs Perrett | 6 | 5 | 2 | A Cobb | A Cobb | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Annie Cobb | Annie Cobb | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | H Leisk | H Leisk | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Mrs HV Parbury | Mrs HV Parbury | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | D Shepherd | D Shepherd | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WM Haughton | WM Haughton | 3 | 6 | 6 | WM Haughton | WM Haughton | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Shepherd | Dorothy Shepherd | 6 | 6 | | D Shepherd | D Shepherd | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Weeta Donaldson | Weeta Donaldson | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| M Thom | M Thom | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs WL Hollick | Mrs WL Hollick | 7 | 6 | | Mrs WL Hollick | Mrs WL Hollick | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eleanor Rose | Eleanor Rose | 6 | 6 | | E Rose | E Rose | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anne de Borman | Anne de Borman | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | E Rose | E Rose | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Phyllis Satterthwaite | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Gladys Lamplough | Gladys Lamplough | 3 | 6 | 2 | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs AA Hall | Mrs AA Hall | 2 | 1 | | D Craddock | D Craddock | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Doris Craddock | Doris Craddock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | P Satterthwaite | P Satterthwaite | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Peggy Dransfield | Peggy Dransfield | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | P Howkins | P Howkins | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Cecily Marriott | Cecily Marriott | 6 | 2 | 1 | P Dransfield | P Dransfield | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Phyllis Howkins | Phyllis Howkins | 6 | 6 | | P Howkins | P Howkins | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tiny Alston | Tiny Alston | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | P Howkins | P Howkins | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| EE Tanner | EE Tanner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | MM Fergus | MM Fergus | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| NB Palmer | NB Palmer | 1 | 2 | | EE Tanner | EE Tanner | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| R Foulger | R Foulger | 3 | 1 | | MM Fergus | MM Fergus | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| MM Fergus | MM Fergus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Louise Bull | Louise Bull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs RRW Jackson | Mrs RRW Jackson | 2 | 1 | | L Bull | L Bull | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Winifred McNair | Winifred McNair | 6 | 6 | | W McNair | W McNair | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mabel Parton | Mabel Parton | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | W McNair | W McNair | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Norah Middleton | Norah Middleton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Middleton | N Middleton | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| Edith Sigourney | Edith Sigourney | 2 | 4 | | N Middleton | N Middleton | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Betty Crundall Punnett | Betty Crundall Punnett | 3 | 2 | | KAH Todd | KAH Todd | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| KAH Todd | KAH Todd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | W McNair | W McNair | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| E Tighe | E Tighe | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | I Peacock | I Peacock | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Una Gracey | Una Gracey | 6 | 6 | | U Gracey | U Gracey | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Rowand Harker | Mrs Rowand Harker | 6 | 5 | 4 | E Head | E Head | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Enid Head | Enid Head | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | U Gracey | U Gracey | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| Mrs O Bruce | Mrs O Bruce | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | I Peacock | I Peacock | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Irene Peacock | Irene Peacock | 6 | 6 | | I Peacock | I Peacock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs J O'Neill | Mrs J O'Neill | 5 | 6 | 6 | Mrs J O'Neill | Mrs J O'Neill | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Evelyn Colyer | Evelyn Colyer | 7 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Winifred Beamish | Winifred Beamish | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Smailes | M Smailes | 0 | 0 | W Beamish | W Beamish | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs HB Weston | Mrs HB Weston | 9 | 4 | D Holman | D Holman | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Holman | Dorothy Holman | 11 | 6 | | | | | W Beamish | W Beamish | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Kitty McKane | Kitty McKane | 6 | 6 | | | | | E Ryan | E Ryan | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Aurea Edgington | Aurea Edgington | 2 | 4 | K McKane | K McKane | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Elizabeth Ryan | Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 | E Ryan | E Ryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Kemmis-Betty | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | E Ryan | E Ryan | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | M Mallory | M Mallory | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | Blanche Colston | Blanche Colston | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Dora Geen | Dora Geen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | D Geen | D Geen | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | M Mallory | M Mallory | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | Edith Johnson | Edith Johnson | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Molla Mallory | Molla Mallory | | | | | | | | | | | |