1929 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Peggy Michell and Phoebe Watson successfully defended their title, defeating Phyllis Covell and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron in the final, 6–4, 8–6 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Women's doubles
1929 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Peggy Michell
United Kingdom Phoebe Watson
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Eileen Bennett
United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey
Score6–4, 8–6
Details
Draw48 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
2 Peggy Michell
Phoebe Watson
96
Sybil Johnson
Eleanor Rose
71
2 Peggy Michell
Phoebe Watson
656
Ermyntrude Harvey
Mary McIlquham
472
Ermyntrude Harvey
Mary McIlquham
66
Kea Bouman
Madzy Couquerque
13
2 Peggy Michell
Phoebe Watson
68
3 Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
46
1 Betty Nuthall
Elizabeth Ryan
66
Joan Fry
Gwen Sterry
21
1 Betty Nuthall
Elizabeth Ryan
467
3 Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
639
3 Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
66
Joan Lycett
Joan Ridley
22

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
2 Peggy Michell
Phoebe Watson
66
Ilse Friedleben
Toni Schomburgk
20
2 M Michell
P Watson
66
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
11
JL Colegate
CJ Tyrrell
66
Elsie Goldsack
Dorothy Jameson
44
2 M Michell
P Watson
96
S Johnson
E Rose
71
Sybil Johnson
Eleanor Rose
86
Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
Joan Strawson
64
S Johnson
E Rose
67
Mrs HV Edwards
D Gordon
35
Mrs HV Edwards
Davinia Gordon
86
Q Dorothy Anderson
Winifred Bower
62

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 Bobbie Heine
Alida Neave
627
Ermyntrude Harvey
Mary McIlquham
269 E Harvey
M McIlquham
66
Nanette le Besnerais
Lucia Valerio
w/o E Hemmant
P Mudford
34
Effie Hemmant
Phyllis Mudford
E Harvey
M McIlquham
686
M French
F Pearson
33 E Cross
H Wills
4103
Molla Mallory
Audrey de Smidt
66 M Mallory
A de Smidt
171
Edith Cross
Helen Wills
66 E Cross
H Wills
656
Simone Barbier
Simonne Mathieu
11 E Harvey
M McIlquham
66
Jacqueline Gallay
Violette Gallay
K Bouman
M Couquerque
13
Mence Canters
Else Dam
w/o J Gallay
V Gallay
23
Aurea Edgington
Cristobel Hardie
24 NQ Radcliffe-Platt
PM Radcliffe
66
NQ Radcliffe-Platt
PM Radcliffe
66 NQ Radcliffe-Platt
PM Radcliffe
660
Dorothy Round
Naomi Trentham
628 K Bouman
M Couquerque
816
Q Marjorie Stork
MA Thomas
166 D Round
N Trentham
02
Kea Bouman
Madzy Couquerque
66 K Bouman
M Couquerque
66
Q D Bourne
Helen Bourne
12

The nationality of M French is unknown.

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 Betty Nuthall
Elizabeth Ryan
Violet Chamberlain
Margaret Stocks
w/o1 B Nuthall
E Ryan
66
Mrs Bruce-May
Enid Clarke
Mrs Bruce-May
E Clarke
10
Simone Kleinadel
Jeanne Vaussard
w/o1 B Nuthall
E Ryan
66
Evelyn Colyer
Dorothy Hill
466 E Colyer
D Hill
44
Q ES Stokes
EZ Stokes
602 E Colyer
D Hill
76
Eileen Bennett
Esna Robertson
w/o E Dearman
B Feltham
50
Evelyn Dearman
Beatrice Feltham
1 B Nuthall
E Ryan
66
Josane Sigart
Yvonne Sigart
34 J Fry
G Sterry
21
Lavender Campbell
I Lenos
66 L Campbell
I Lenos
66
Enid Broadbridge
Irene Maltby
54 J Sandison
P Satterthwaite
33
Jenny Sandison
Phyllis Satterthwaite
76 L Campbell
I Lenos
061
Betty Dix
Elsa Haylock
68 J Fry
G Sterry
646
Cilly Aussem
Irmgard Rost
16 M Dix
E Haylock
45
Cecily Marriott
Madge Slaney
41 J Fry
G Sterry
67
Joan Fry
Gwen Sterry
66

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3 Phyllis Covell
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
276
Winifred Beamish
Agnes Tuckey
650
3 P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
66
A Clayton
N Lyle
10
Doreen Cole
Billie Tapscott
626
A Clayton
Nancy Lyle
368
3 P Covell
D Shepherd-Barron
66
J Lycett
J Ridley
22
May Bundy
Marjorie Morrill
66
Q KEC Lewis
Betty Uber
43
M Bundy
M Morrill
32
J Lycett
J Ridley
66
Joan Lycett
Joan Ridley
66
Phoebe Blair-White
FM Fleming
42

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