1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

April 2022 1928 Wimbledon Championships s GBR Peggy Saunders GBR Phoebe Watson GBR Eileen Bennett GBR Ermyntrude Harvey 6–2, 6–3 40 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1928 Wimbledon Championships 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.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 3 GBR Joan Lycett / USA 1912 Elizabeth Ryan (semifinals) 2 1 GBR Eileen Bennett / GBR Ermyntrude Harvey (final) 3 4 GBR Peggy Saunders / GBR Phoebe Watson (champions) 4 2 NED Kea Bouman / GBR Evelyn Colyer (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 200 2 GBR Eileen BennettGBR Ermyntrude Harvey 7 4 6 GBR Phyllis CovellGBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 5 6 4 4 NED Kea BoumanGBR Evelyn Colyer 6 3 AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 8 6 1 GBR Joan LycettUSA 1912 Elizabeth Ryan 7 9 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Meryl O'Hara Wood 5 7 3 GBR Peggy SaundersGBR Phoebe Watson 6 6 GBR JL ColegateGBR CJ Tyrrell 3 1 2 GBR Eileen BennettGBR Ermyntrude Harvey 6 6 6 AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 8 3 2 1 GBR Joan LycettUSA 1912 Elizabeth Ryan 3 4 3 GBR Peggy SaundersGBR Phoebe Watson 6 6 2 GBR Eileen BennettGBR Ermyntrude Harvey 2 3 3 GBR Peggy SaundersGBR Phoebe Watson 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 GBR Eileen BennettGBR Ermyntrude Harvey 6 8 Q GBR Winifred BowerGBR MF Harland 1 6 GER Wiemar Ellen HoffmanGBR Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 3 4 Q GBR Madge ListGBR Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie 3 6 6 GBR Phyllis CovellGBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron 6 6 GBR Betty BoasGBR H Evelyn-Jones 2 0 GBR Violet ChamberlainGBR Agnes Tuckey 6 6 GBR Claire BeckinghamGBR Margaret Stocks 4 1 2 GBR E BennettGBR E Harvey 6 6 Q GBR M ListGBR M Pleydell-Bouverie 1 3 GBR P CovellGBR D Shepherd-Barron 6 6 GBR V ChamberlainGBR A Tuckey 4 4 2 GBR E BennettGBR E Harvey 7 4 6 GBR P CovellGBR D Shepherd-Barron 5 6 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 6 6 6 GBR Mary DaviesGBR Davinia Gordon 3 8 3 GBR Kathleen BridgeGBR Mary McIlquham 5 6 7 USA 1912 Penelope AndersonUSA 1912 Helen Jacobs 7 3 5 Q IRL Mrs RRW JacksonGBR ES Stokes 3 6 4 GBR Dorothy AlexanderGBR Mabel Mavrogordato 6 3 6 GBR Domini CrosfieldGRE old Helene Nicolopoulos 1 4 GBR Dorothy ShawGBR R Watson 6 6 4 NED Kea BoumanGBR Evelyn Colyer 6 6 GBR Aurea EdgingtonGBR Christabel Hardie 3 2 GBR Sybil JohnsonGBR Eleanor Rose 6 6 Mrs HerriotGBR Mrs WE Hudleston 3 2 AUS D AkhurstAUS E Boyd 6 6 6 USA 1912 P AndersonUSA 1912 H Jacobs 3 8 4 GBR D AlexanderGBR M Mavrogordato 1 3 GBR D ShawGBR R Watson 6 6 4 NED K BoumanGBR E Colyer 8 2 6 GBR S JohnsonGBR E Rose 6 6 3 AUS D AkhurstAUS E Boyd 7 6 GBR D ShawGBR R Watson 5 4 4 NED K BoumanGBR E Colyer 6 3 AUS D AkhurstAUS E Boyd 8 6 The nationality of Mrs Herriot is unknown. Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 GBR Joan LycettUSA 1912 Elizabeth Ryan 6 6 NED Madzy CouquerqueDEN Inga Sperling 4 0 GBR Joan FryGBR Gwen Sterry 6 6 GBR Cecily MarriottGBR Madge Slaney 2 4 GBR Elsie GoldsackGBR Joan Ridley 5 5 Q GBR Effie HemmantGBR Joan Strawson 7 7 GBR Winifred BeamishGBR Marie Hazel 1 3 GER Wiemar Cilly AussemGBR Betty Nuthall 6 6 1 GBR J LycettUSA 1912 E Ryan 6 3 6 GBR J FryGBR G Sterry 4 6 2 Q GBR E HemmantGBR J Strawson 4 6 8 GER Wiemar C AussemGBR B Nuthall 6 4 6 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Meryl O'Hara Wood 6 4 6 GBR Enid ClarkeGBR MA Thomas 3 6 4 Q GBR Mrs HV EdwardsGBR EZ Stokes 12 3 8 GBR Betty DixGBR Sylvia Lumley-Ellis 10 6 6 1 GBR J LycettUSA 1912 E Ryan 6 6 Q GBR E HemmantGBR J Strawson 1 2 AUS L BickertonAUS M O'Hara Wood 6 6 Q GBR Mrs HV EdwardsGBR EZ Stokes 2 3 1 GBR J LycettUSA 1912 E Ryan 7 9 AUS L BickertonAUS M O'Hara Wood 5 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 GBR Peggy SaundersGBR Phoebe Watson 1 6 6 NED Mence CantersBEL Josane Sigart 6 2 4 GBR GJ GilderGBR DE Munro 6 6 FRA Jacqueline GallayFRA Violette Gallay 2 1 GER Wiemar Paula von ReznicekGER Wiemar Irmgard Rost 2 1 GBR JL ColegateGBR CJ Tyrrell 6 6 FRA Marguerite BordesFRA Yvonne Bourgeois 6 6 GBR Peggy DransfieldGBR Hazel Hogarth 4 2 3 GBR M SaundersGBR P Watson 6 6 GBR GJ GilderGBR DE Munro 2 3 GBR JL ColegateGBR CJ Tyrrell 7 7 FRA M BordesFRA Y Bourgeois 5 5 3 GBR M SaundersGBR P Watson 6 6 GBR JL ColegateGBR CJ Tyrrell 3 1 References External links 1928 LD Women's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles Wimbledon Championships - Doubles Wimbledon Championships - Doubles