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1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Peggy Saunders Phoebe Watson
Runners-up	Eileen Bennett Ermyntrude Harvey
Score	6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw	40 (5Q)
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

	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[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	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[edit]

	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[edit]

Section 3[edit]

	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[edit]

	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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com