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1928 Wimbledon Championships | |
Champions | Peggy Saunders Phoebe Watson |
Runners-up | Eileen Bennett Ermyntrude Harvey |
Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
Draw | 40 (5 Q ) |
Seeds | 4 |
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]
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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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall was a tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931.
The 1928 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1928. It was the 48th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1928. René Lacoste and Helen Wills won the singles titles.
Ermyntrude Hilda Harvey was a British female tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s. Between 1923 and 1938 she won 37 career singles titles on grass, clay and indoor wood courts.
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