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
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Peggy Saunders
United Kingdom Phoebe Watson
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Eileen Bennett
United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey
Score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw40 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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

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01.     Joan Lycett /   Elizabeth Ryan (semifinals)
02.     Eileen Bennett /   Ermyntrude Harvey (final)
03.     Peggy Saunders /   Phoebe Watson (champions)
04.     Kea Bouman /   Evelyn Colyer (quarterfinals)

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Draw

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Finals

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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

Top half

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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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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