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
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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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

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

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

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
746
Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
564
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
666
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
832
4 Kea Bouman
Evelyn Colyer
63
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
86
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
23
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
66
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
79
Louie Bickerton
Meryl O'Hara Wood
57
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
34
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
66
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
66
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
31

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
2 Eileen Bennett
Ermyntrude Harvey
68
Q Winifred Bower
MF Harland
16
2 E Bennett
E Harvey
66
Q M List
M Pleydell-Bouverie
13
Ellen Hoffman
Phyllis Satterthwaite
634
Q Madge List
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
366
2 E Bennett
E Harvey
746
P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
564
Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
66
Betty Boas
H Evelyn-Jones
20
P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
66
V Chamberlain
A Tuckey
44
Violet Chamberlain
Agnes Tuckey
66
Claire Beckingham
Margaret Stocks
41

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 Kea Bouman
Evelyn Colyer
66
Aurea Edgington
Cristobel Hardie
32
4 K Bouman
E Colyer
826
S Johnson
E Rose
663
Sybil Johnson
Eleanor Rose
66
Mrs Herriot
Mrs WE Hudleston
32
4 K Bouman
E Colyer
63
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
666 D Akhurst
E Boyd
86
Mary Davies
Davinia Gordon
383 D Akhurst
E Boyd
666
Kathleen Bridge
Mary McIlquham
567 P Anderson
H Jacobs
384
Penelope Anderson
Helen Jacobs
735 D Akhurst
E Boyd
76
Q Mrs RRW Jackson
ES Stokes
364 D Shaw
R Watson
54
Dorothy Alexander
Mabel Mavrogordato
636 D Alexander
M Mavrogordato
13
Domini Crosfield
Helene Nicolopoulos
14 D Shaw
R Watson
66
Dorothy Shaw
R Watson
66

The nationality of Mrs Herriot is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 Joan Lycett
Elizabeth Ryan
66
Madzy Couquerque
Inga Sperling
401 J Lycett
E Ryan
636
Joan Fry
Gwen Sterry
66 J Fry
G Sterry
462
Cecily Marriott
Madge Slaney
241 J Lycett
E Ryan
66
Elsie Goldsack
Joan Ridley
55Q E Hemmant
J Strawson
12
Q Effie Hemmant
Joan Strawson
77Q E Hemmant
J Strawson
468
Winifred Beamish
Marie Hazel
13 C Aussem
B Nuthall
646
Cilly Aussem
Betty Nuthall
661 J Lycett
E Ryan
79
L Bickerton
M O'Hara Wood
57
Louie Bickerton
Meryl O'Hara Wood
646
Enid Clarke
MA Thomas
364
L Bickerton
M O'Hara Wood
66
Q Mrs HV Edwards
EZ Stokes
23
Q Mrs HV Edwards
EZ Stokes
1238
Betty Dix
Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
1066

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3 Peggy Saunders
Phoebe Watson
166
Mence Canters
Josane Sigart
624
3 M Saunders
P Watson
66
GJ Gilder
DE Munro
23
GJ Gilder
DE Munro
66
Jacqueline Gallay
Violette Gallay
21
3 M Saunders
P Watson
66
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
31
Paula von Reznicek
Irmgard Rost
21
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
66
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
77
M Bordes
Y Bourgeois
55
Marguerite Bordes
Yvonne Bourgeois
66
Peggy Dransfield
Hazel Hogarth
42

References