1928 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Pat Spence ; Elizabeth Ryan
Runners-up	Jack Crawford ; Daphne Akhurst
Score	7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Frank Hunter and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Hunter partnered with Helen Wills, but lost in the semifinals to Ryan and her partner Pat Spence.

Spence and Ryan defeated Jack Crawford and Daphne Akhurst in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

Henri Cochet /

Eileen Bennett (quarterfinals)

2.

Pat Spence /

Elizabeth Ryan (champions)

3.

Frank Hunter /

Helen Wills (semifinals)

4.

Gordon Crole-Rees /

Phoebe Watson (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Pat Spence Elizabeth Ryan	6	6

	Leslie Godfree Phyllis Covell	4	3
					2	Pat Spence Elizabeth Ryan	4	6	6

					3	Frank Hunter Helen Wills	6	4	3
3	Frank Hunter Helen Wills	6	6

	Charles Scroope Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	1	3
										2	Pat Spence Elizabeth Ryan	7	6

											Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst	5	4
1	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett	10	4	3

	Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst	8	6	6
						Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst	6	7

						Gar Moon Meryl O'Hara Wood	3	5
4	Gordon Crole-Rees Phoebe Watson	4	4

	Gar Moon Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

2	Pat Spence Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
	Jack Hillyard Phyllis Satterthwaite	2	2		2	P Spence E Ryan	6	6
	Emmanuel du Plaix H Evelyn-Jones	10	2			J Hennessey H Jacobs	3	3
	John Hennessey Helen Jacobs	12	6							2	P Spence E Ryan	6	6
	Douglas Hodges Joan Fry	6	6								G Robson M Canters	3	4
	Franz Matejka Lilly von Ellissen	4	1			D Hodges J Fry	3	6	6
Q	Harvey Mackintosh Elsa Haylock	5	6			G Robson M Canters	6	3	2
	Guillermo Robson Mence Canters	7	8											2	P Spence E Ryan	6	6
	JH Frowen Dorothy Shaw	6	3	7											L Godfree P Covell	4	3
	Maurice Summerson R Watson	4	6	9		M Summerson R Watson	3	5
	Edward Dearman Evelyn Dearman	6	2	6		E Dearman E Dearman	6	7
	HV Edwards Mrs HV Edwards	3	6	1							E Dearman E Dearman	1	2
	William Powell Sylvia Lumley-Ellis	9	2	6							L Godfree P Covell	6	6
	Hector Fisher Beatrice Brown	7	6	2		W Powell S Lumley-Ellis	4	2
	Leslie Godfree Phyllis Covell	4	6	6		L Godfree P Covell	6	6
	Feo Hartz Irmgard Rost	6	3	0

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

3	Frank Hunter Helen Wills	6	6
	Jan Koželuh Madge Slaney	1	2		3	F Hunter H Wills	6	10
	Colin Gregory Ermyntrude Harvey	7	3	6		C Gregory E Harvey	4	8
	Gerald Sherwell Enid Clarke	5	6	4						3	F Hunter H Wills	6	4	6
	René Lacoste Yvonne Bourgeois	w/o									J Hawkes E Boyd	3	6	3
	Cyril Eames Winifred Beamish					C Eames W Beamish	2	3
	Heinrich Kleinschroth Mrs RRW Jackson	1	1			J Hawkes E Boyd	6	6
	Jack Hawkes Esna Boyd	6	6												3	F Hunter H Wills	6	6
	Charles Scroope Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	6	6													C Scroope D Shepherd-Barron	1	3
	Axel Petersen Inga Sperling	0	4			C Scroope D Shepherd-Barron	6	7
	Bill Lingelbach Violet Chamberlain	1	5			H de Morpurgo L Valerio	0	5
	Uberto de Morpurgo Lucia Valerio	6	7								C Scroope D Shepherd-Barron	6	6
	Brian Gilbert Margaret Stocks	6	4	2							H Hopman L Bickerton	2	3
	Harry Hopman Louie Bickerton	2	6	6		H Hopman L Bickerton	3	6	6
	Friedrich Rahe Paula von Reznicek	4	2			P Hughes E Rose	6	4	3
	Pat Hughes Eleanor Rose	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

1	Henri Cochet Eileen Bennett	6	8
	Jacques Brugnon Gwen Sterry	1	6		1	H Cochet E Bennett	9	6
	Randolph Lycett Joan Lycett					R Lycett J Lycett	7	3
	Antoine Gentien Violette Gallay	w/o							1	H Cochet E Bennett	6	6
Q	Dudley Pitt Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie	7	2	2						C Campbell L Campbell	2	4
	Max Balli Helene Nicolopoulos	5	6	6		M Balli H Nicolopoulos	6	3
	Cecil Campbell Lavender Campbell	6	6			C Campbell L Campbell	8	6
Q	Basil Lawrence Mrs Shepherd-Wellesley	1	3										1	H Cochet E Bennett	10	4	3
	Eric Peters JL Colegate	6	1	5										J Crawford D Akhurst	8	6	6
	Béla von Kehrling Cilly Aussem	2	6	7		B von Kehrling C Aussem	5	2
	Jack Crawford Daphne Akhurst					J Crawford D Akhurst	7	6
	Friedrich Frenz Ellen Hoffman	w/o								J Crawford D Akhurst	11	9
	Édouard Borotra Mabel Mavrogordato	6	1	5						H Austin B Nuthall	9	7
Q	Jack Olmsted Vera Marshall	3	6	7	Q	J Olmsted V Marshall	3	5
	Ronaldo Boyd CJ Tyrrell	6	4	5		H Austin B Nuthall	6	7
	Bunny Austin Betty Nuthall	3	6	7

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	Gordon Crole-Rees Phoebe Watson	6	6
	Lewis Michell Peggy Saunders	2	4		4	G Crole-Rees P Watson	6	3	6
	Donald Greig Elsie Goldsack	2	4			G Lott M Mallory	4	6	3
	George Lott Molla Mallory	6	6							4	G Crole-Rees P Watson	6	6
	Teddy Higgs Mary McIlquham	9	6	6							J Borotra M Bordes	4	3
	Charles Kingsley Evelyn Colyer	11	3	3		E Higgs M McIlquham	2	4
Q	Alex Drew Barbara Drew	0	5			J Borotra M Bordes	6	6
	Jean Borotra Marguerite Bordes	6	7												4	G Crole-Rees P Watson	4	4
	Wilbur Coen Penelope Anderson	6	4	1												E Moon M O'Hara Wood	6	6
	RC Wackett Joan Strawson	4	6	6		RC Wackett J Strawson	1	4
	Gar Moon Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6			E Moon M O'Hara Wood	6	6
	Keats Lester Joan Ridley	0	4								E Moon M O'Hara Wood	7	3	6
	Hendrik Timmer Kea Bouman	6	6								H Timmer K Bouman	5	6	2
	Patrick Wheatley Kathleen Bridge	2	4			H Timmer K Bouman	6	3	8
	Roger Danet Jacqueline Gallay	3	3			A Lacroix J Sigart	0	6	6
	André Lacroix Josane Sigart	6	6

References

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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