1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Mary Browne and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but Browne did not participate. Ryan partnered with Helen Wills, and defeated Bobbie Heine and Irene Peacock in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Elizabeth Ryan
United States Helen Wills
Runners-upSouth Africa Bobbie Heine
South Africa Irene Peacock
Score6–1, 6–1
Details
Draw42 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Bobbie Heine /   Irene Peacock (final)
02.     Elizabeth Ryan /   Helen Wills (champions)
03.     Kitty Godfree /   Betty Nuthall (semifinals)
04.     Ermyntrude Harvey /   Mary McIlquham (semifinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Bobbie Heine
  Irene Peacock
6 6
  Winifred Beamish
  Enid Clarke
1 0
1   Bobbie Heine
  Irene Peacock
5 6 6
4   Ermyntrude Harvey
  Mary McIlquham
7 2 1
4   Ermyntrude Harvey
  Mary McIlquham
6 6
  Marguerite Bordes
  Simonne Mathieu
3 2
1   Bobbie Heine
  Irene Peacock
3 2
2   Elizabeth Ryan
  Helen Wills
6 6
2   Elizabeth Ryan
  Helen Wills
6 6
  Elsie Goldsack
  Phoebe Watson
2 2
2   Elizabeth Ryan
  Helen Wills
6 6
3   Kitty Godfree
  Betty Nuthall
2 2
3   Kitty Godfree
  Betty Nuthall
3 6 6
  Joan Fry
  Peggy Saunders
6 2 1

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Bobbie Heine
  Irene Peacock
6 6
  JL Colegate
  CJ Tyrrell
3 3
1   E Heine
  I Peacock
6 6
  K Bouman
  P Satterthwaite
0 1
Q   Mary Davies
  Davinia Gordon
4 3
  Kea Bouman
  Phyllis Satterthwaite
6 6
1   E Heine
  I Peacock
6 6
  W Beamish
  E Clarke
1 0
  Winifred Beamish
  Enid Clarke
6 7
  Cecily Marriott
  Madge Slaney
1 5
  W Beamish
  E Clarke
6 7
  Mrs DM Evans
  Mrs RRW Jackson
0 5
  Kate Anningson
  GJ Gilder
3 6
  Mrs DM Evans
  Mrs RRW Jackson
6 8

The nationality of Mrs DM Evans is unknown.

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Ermyntrude Harvey
  Mary McIlquham
6 6
  Eileen Bennett
  Dorothy Hill
4 2
4   E Harvey
  M McIlquham
6 10
Q   S Johnson
  E Rose
3 8
  Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
  Joan Ridley
2 3
  Genevieve Cousin
  Evelyn Dearman
6 3 Q   S Johnson
  E Rose
6 6
Q   Sybil Johnson
  Eleanor Rose
8 6 4   E Harvey
  M McIlquham
6 6
  Marguerite Bordes
  Simonne Mathieu
6 4 6   M Bordes
  S Mathieu
3 2
  Cristobel Hardie
  Dorothy Shaw
2 6 3   M Bordes
  S Mathieu
7 6
  Violet Chamberlain
  Agnes Tuckey
6 6   V Chamberlain
  A Tuckey
5 4
  Joyce Brown
  Violette Gallay
3 0   M Bordes
  S Mathieu
6 1 8
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Billie Tapscott
6 6   E Broadbridge
  I Maltby
1 6 6
Q   Beatrice Brown
  Doreen Busby
2 3   D Lambert Chambers
  D Tapscott
6 4 1
  Margaret Stocks
  Vera Youle
3 6 3   E Broadbridge
  I Maltby
0 6 6
  Enid Broadbridge
  Irene Maltby
6 2 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Elizabeth Ryan
  Helen Wills
6 6
  Molly Welsh
  Phyllis Whitley
3 2 2   E Ryan
  H Wills
6 6
  Phyllis Covell
  Gwen Sterry
6 7   P Covell
  G Sterry
2 3
  Kathleen Bridge
  Marie Hazel
1 5 2   E Ryan
  H Wills
6 6
Q   Mary Burgess-Smith
  CI Kalber
  P Dransfield
  H Hogarth
2 1
  Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
  Paula von Reznicek
w/o Q   M Burgess-Smith
  CI Kalber
0 6 5
  Peggy Dransfield
  Hazel Hogarth
6 6   P Dransfield
  H Hogarth
6 1 7
  E Phayre
  MK Phayre
4 1 2   E Ryan
  H Wills
6 6
  Dorothy Alexander
  Mabel Mavrogordato
6 6   E Goldsack
  P Watson
2 2
  Florence Ballin
  Mrs MF Ellis
2 2   D Alexander
  M Mavrogordato
8 5 6
  Mrs Bruce-May
  Madge Valantine
6 7 3
  D Alexander
  M Mavrogordato
3 3
  E Goldsack
  P Watson
6 6
  CP Brocklesby
  Mrs JH King
2 3
  Elsie Goldsack
  Phoebe Watson
6 6

The nationality of Mrs JH King is unknown.

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Kitty Godfree
  Betty Nuthall
6 6
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
  PM Radcliffe
3 0
3   K Godfree
  B Nuthall
6 6
  E Colyer
  J Lycett
3 3
  Evelyn Colyer
  Joan Lycett
  Aurea Edgington
  Dorothy Holman
w/o
3   K Godfree
  B Nuthall
3 6 6
  J Fry
  M Saunders
6 2 1
  Claire Beckingham
  Elizabeth Macready
3 6 10
  Betty Dix
  R Watson
6 1 8
  C Beckingham
  E Macready
3 3
  J Fry
  M Saunders
6 6
  Cilly Aussem
  Ilse Friedleben
0 1
  Joan Fry
  Peggy Saunders
6 6

References

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  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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