1927 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Frank Hunter and Elizabeth Ryan defeated the defending champions Leslie Godfree and Kitty Godfree in the final, 8–6, 6–0 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed doubles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Frank Hunter
United States Elizabeth Ryan
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Leslie Godfree
United Kingdom Kitty Godfree
Score8–6, 6–0
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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Seeds

01.   Leslie Godfree / Kitty Godfree (final)
02.   Jean Borotra / Marguerite Bordes (second round)
03.   Frank Hunter / Elizabeth Ryan (champions)
04.   Bill Tilden / Molla Mallory (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
66
Jack Condon
Irene Peacock
44
1 Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
66
Donald Greig
Phoebe Watson
34
Béla von Kehrling
Eileen Bennett
54
Donald Greig
Phoebe Watson
76
1 Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
60
3 Frank Hunter
Elizabeth Ryan
86
Charles Kingsley
Dorothy Hill
45
Louis Raymond
Bobbie Heine
67
Louis Raymond
Bobbie Heine
34
3 Frank Hunter
Elizabeth Ryan
66
3 Frank Hunter
Elizabeth Ryan
66
Randolph Lycett
Joan Lycett
32

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 Leslie Godfree
Kitty Godfree
66
Cornelis Bryan
Kathleen Bridge
441 L Godfree
K Godfree
266
Douglas Hodges
JL Colegate
66 D Hodges
JL Colegate
633
Nicolae Mișu
Hazel Hogarth
121 L Godfree
K Godfree
66
Q Fassett Burnett
Cecily Marriott
13 C Gregory
E Harvey
44
Colin Gregory
Ermyntrude Harvey
66 C Gregory
E Harvey
68
Pierre Henri Landry
Genevieve Cousin
646 PH Landry
G Cousin
46
Henry Mayes
Hélène Contostavlos
0641 L Godfree
K Godfree
66
Jack Condon
Irene Peacock
J Condon
I Peacock
44
Frank Fisher
Beatrice Brown
w/o J Condon
I Peacock
Eric Peters
Madge Slaney
366 E Peters
M Slaney
w/o
JG Hogan
Marie Hazel
644 J Condon
I Peacock
636
Billy Collins
Betty Dix
633 J Brugnon
E Colyer
463
Norman Farquharson
Billie Tapscott
166 N Farquharson
D Tapscott
64
Hendrik Timmer
Kea Bouman
264 J Brugnon
E Colyer
86
Jacques Brugnon
Evelyn Colyer
646

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 Bill Tilden
Molla Mallory
68
Ian Collins
Joan Fry
264 W Tilden
M Mallory
614
St John Mahony
Mrs RRW Jackson
36 B von Kehrling
E Bennett
366
Béla von Kehrling
Eileen Bennett
68 B von Kehrling
E Bennett
66
Gerald Sherwell
Madge Valantine
66 G Sherwell
M Valantine
34
Clinton McIlquham
Mary McIlquham
44 G Sherwell
M Valantine
66
Q Norman Latchford
Mary Davies
22 C Boussus
S Mathieu
34
Christian Boussus
Simonne Mathieu
66 B von Kehrling
E Bennett
54
Oscar Kreuzer
Ilse Friedleben
1246 D Greig
P Watson
76
RDN Pryce-Jones
Irene Maltby
1062 O Kreuzer
I Friedleben
43
Antoine Gentien
Violette Gallay
02 H Standring
E Phayre
66
Henry Standring
E Phayre
66 H Standring
E Phayre
11
Donald Greig
Phoebe Watson
66 D Greig
P Watson
66
Ernst Gottlieb
Dorothy Shaw
11 D Greig
P Watson
Sydney Jacob
Violet Chamberlain
266 S Jacob
V Chamberlain
w/o
LL Alfred Ingram
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
623

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
2 Jean Borotra
Marguerite Bordes
466
Jack Hillyard
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6312 J Borotra
M Bordes
47
Jan Koželuh
Paula von Reznicek
w/o H Austin
B Nuthall
69
Bunny Austin
Betty Nuthall
H Austin
B Nuthall
464
Cyril Eames
Winifred Beamish
66 C Kingsley
D Hill
646
JE Pogson-Smith
Enid Clarke
13 C Eames
W Beamish
194
William Radcliffe
Eleanor Rose
823 C Kingsley
D Hill
676
Charles Kingsley
Dorothy Hill
666 C Kingsley
D Hill
45
DM Evans
Mrs DM Evans
126 L Raymond
E Heine
67
Q Eric Hollins
EG Newton
104 DM Evans
Mrs DM Evans
574
Pat Hughes
Joan Ridley
66 P Hughes
J Ridley
756
Q Andrew Stocks
Margaret Stocks
31 P Hughes
J Ridley
262
Louis Raymond
Bobbie Heine
66 L Raymond
E Heine
626
Teddy Higgs
Phyllis Covell
44 L Raymond
E Heine
66
Maurice Summerson
R Watson
615 W Washburn
NQ Radcliffe-Platt
41
Watson Washburn
NQ Radcliffe-Platt
267

The nationality of Mrs DM Evans is unknown.

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3 Francis Hunter
Elizabeth Ryan
86
Gordon Crole-Rees
D Haydon
633 F Hunter
E Ryan
66
Keats Lester
Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
962 T Mavrogordato
D Alexander
12
Theodore Mavrogordato
Dorothy Alexander
11363 F Hunter
E Ryan
68
Arthur Berger
Dorothea Lambert Chambers
66 A Berger
D Lambert Chambers
16
Roy Poland
CJ Tyrrell
33 A Berger
D Lambert Chambers
66
Brian Gilbert
Gwen Sterry
w/o H Mackintosh
E Haylock
24
Harvey Mackintosh
Elsa Haylock
3 F Hunter
E Ryan
66
WB Stott
Elsie Goldsack
636 R Lycett
J Lycett
32
St John Evers
Mabel Mavrogordato
363 WB Stott
E Goldsack
12
Heinrich Kleinschroth
Cilly Aussem
32 R Lycett
J Lycett
66
Randolph Lycett
Joan Lycett
66 R Lycett
J Lycett
66
Lewis Michell
Peggy Saunders
L Michell
M Saunders
22
AE Browne
Claire Beckingham
w/o L Michell
M Saunders
66
Q Edward Dearman
Evelyn Dearman
66Q E Dearman
E Dearman
43
Bill Swinden
Mrs Bruce-May
22

References