1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Wills were the defending champions, but Wills did not participate. Ryan partnered with Joan Lycett, but lost in the semifinals to Peggy Saunders and Phoebe Watson.

Women's Doubles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
Runners-up Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
Final score6–2, 6–3
Draw40 (5Q)
Seeds4

Watson and Saunders defeated Eileen Bennett and Ermyntrude Harvey in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Joan Lycett / Elizabeth Ryan (Semifinals)
02.   Eileen Bennett / Ermyntrude Harvey (Final)
03.   Peggy Saunders / Phoebe Watson (Champions)
04.   Kea Bouman / Evelyn Colyer (Quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
7 4 6
Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
5 6 4
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
6 6 6
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
8 3 2
4 Kea Bouman
Evelyn Colyer
6 3
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
8 6
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
2 3
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
6 6
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
7 9
Louie Bickerton
Meryl O'Hara Wood
5 7
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
3 4
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
6 6
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
6 6
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
3 1

Top half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
6 8
Q Winifred Bower
MF Harland
1 6
2 E Bennett
E Harvey
6 6
Q M List
M Pleydell-Bouverie
1 3
Ellen Hoffman
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6 3 4
Q Madge List
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
3 6 6
2 E Bennett
E Harvey
7 4 6
P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
5 6 4
Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
6 6
Betty Boas
H Evelyn-Jones
2 0
P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
6 6
V Chamberlain
A Tuckey
4 4
Violet Chamberlain
Agnes Tuckey
6 6
Claire Beckingham
Margaret Stocks
4 1

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 Kea Bouman
Evelyn Colyer
6 6
Aurea Edgington
Cristobel Hardie
3 2
4 K Bouman
E Colyer
8 2 6
S Johnson
E Rose
6 6 3
Sybil Johnson
Eleanor Rose
6 6
Mrs Herriot
Mrs WE Hudleston
3 2
4 K Bouman
E Colyer
6 3
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
6 6 6 D Akhurst
E Boyd
8 6
Mary Davies
Davinia Gordon
3 8 3 D Akhurst
E Boyd
6 6 6
Kathleen Bridge
Mary McIlquham
5 6 7 P Anderson
H Jacobs
3 8 4
Penelope Anderson
Helen Jacobs
7 3 5 D Akhurst
E Boyd
7 6
Q Mrs RRW Jackson
ES Stokes
3 6 4 D Shaw
R Watson
5 4
Dorothy Alexander
Mabel Mavrogordato
6 3 6 D Alexander
M Mavrogordato
1 3
Domini Crosfield
Helene Nicolopoulos
1 4 D Shaw
R Watson
6 6
Dorothy Shaw
R Watson
6 6

The nationality of Mrs Herriot is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
6 6
Madzy Couquerque
Inga Sperling
4 0 1 J Lycett
E Ryan
6 3 6
Joan Fry
Gwen Sterry
6 6 J Fry
G Sterry
4 6 2
Cecily Marriott
Madge Slaney
2 4 1 J Lycett
E Ryan
6 6
Elsie Goldsack
Joan Ridley
5 5 Q E Hemmant
J Strawson
1 2
Q Effie Hemmant
Joan Strawson
7 7 Q E Hemmant
J Strawson
4 6 8
Winifred Beamish
Marie Hazel
1 3 C Aussem
B Nuthall
6 4 6
Cilly Aussem
Betty Nuthall
6 6 1 J Lycett
E Ryan
7 9
L Bickerton
M O'Hara Wood
5 7
Louie Bickerton
Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 4 6
Enid Clarke
MA Thomas
3 6 4
L Bickerton
M O'Hara Wood
6 6
Q Mrs HV Edwards
EZ Stokes
2 3
Q Mrs HV Edwards
EZ Stokes
12 3 8
Betty Dix
Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
10 6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
1 6 6
Mence Canters
Josane Sigart
6 2 4
3 M Saunders
P Watson
6 6
GJ Gilder
DE Munro
2 3
GJ Gilder
DE Munro
6 6
Jacqueline Gallay
Violette Gallay
2 1
3 M Saunders
P Watson
6 6
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
3 1
Paula von Reznicek
Irmgard Rost
2 1
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
6 6
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
7 7
M Bordes
Y Bourgeois
5 5
Marguerite Bordes
Yvonne Bourgeois
6 6
Peggy Dransfield
Hazel Hogarth
4 2

References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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