1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Elizabeth Ryan ; Helen Wills
Runners-up	Bobbie Heine ; Irene Peacock
Score	6–1, 6–1
Details
Draw	42 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Mary Browne and Elizabeth Ryan were the defending champions, but Browne did not participate. Ryan partnered with Helen Wills, and defeated Bobbie Heine and Irene Peacock in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

01.

Bobbie Heine /

Irene Peacock (final)

02.

Elizabeth Ryan /

Helen Wills (champions)

03.

Kitty Godfree /

Betty Nuthall (semifinals)

04.

Ermyntrude Harvey /

Mary McIlquham (semifinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Bobbie Heine Irene Peacock	6	6

	Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke	1	0
					1	Bobbie Heine Irene Peacock	5	6	6

					4	Ermyntrude Harvey Mary McIlquham	7	2	1
4	Ermyntrude Harvey Mary McIlquham	6	6

	Marguerite Bordes Simonne Mathieu	3	2
										1	Bobbie Heine Irene Peacock	3	2

										2	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills	6	6
2	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills	6	6

	Elsie Goldsack Phoebe Watson	2	2
					2	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills	6	6

					3	Kitty Godfree Betty Nuthall	2	2
3	Kitty Godfree Betty Nuthall	3	6	6

	Joan Fry Peggy Saunders	6	2	1

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

	1	Bobbie Heine Irene Peacock	6	6
		JL Colegate CJ Tyrrell	3	3
					1	E Heine I Peacock	6	6
						K Bouman P Satterthwaite	0	1
	Q	Mary Davies Davinia Gordon	4	3
		Kea Bouman Phyllis Satterthwaite	6	6
									1	E Heine I Peacock	6	6
										W Beamish E Clarke	1	0
		Winifred Beamish Enid Clarke	6	7
		Cecily Marriott Madge Slaney	1	5
						W Beamish E Clarke	6	7
						Mrs DM Evans Mrs RRW Jackson	0	5
		Kate Anningson GJ Gilder	3	6
		Mrs DM Evans Mrs RRW Jackson	6	8

The nationality of Mrs DM Evans is unknown.

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	Ermyntrude Harvey Mary McIlquham	6	6
						Eileen Bennett Dorothy Hill	4	2
										4	E Harvey M McIlquham	6	10
										Q	S Johnson E Rose	3	8
						Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie Joan Ridley	2	3
	Genevieve Cousin Evelyn Dearman	6	3		Q	S Johnson E Rose	6	6
Q	Sybil Johnson Eleanor Rose	8	6												4	E Harvey M McIlquham	6	6
	Marguerite Bordes Simonne Mathieu	6	4	6												M Bordes S Mathieu	3	2
	Cristobel Hardie Dorothy Shaw	2	6	3		M Bordes S Mathieu	7	6
	Violet Chamberlain Agnes Tuckey	6	6			V Chamberlain A Tuckey	5	4
	Joyce Brown Violette Gallay	3	0								M Bordes S Mathieu	6	1	8
	Dorothea Lambert Chambers Billie Tapscott	6	6								E Broadbridge I Maltby	1	6	6
Q	Beatrice Brown Doreen Busby	2	3			D Lambert Chambers D Tapscott	6	4	1
	Margaret Stocks Vera Youle	3	6	3		E Broadbridge I Maltby	0	6	6
	Enid Broadbridge Irene Maltby	6	2	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

2	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills	6	6
	Molly Welsh Phyllis Whitley	3	2	2	E Ryan H Wills	6	6
	Phyllis Covell Gwen Sterry	6	7		P Covell G Sterry	2	3
	Kathleen Bridge Marie Hazel	1	5						2	E Ryan H Wills	6	6
Q	Mary Burgess-Smith CI Kalber									P Dransfield H Hogarth	2	1
	Sylvia Lumley-Ellis Paula von Reznicek	w/o		Q	M Burgess-Smith CI Kalber	0	6	5
	Peggy Dransfield Hazel Hogarth	6	6		P Dransfield H Hogarth	6	1	7
	E Phayre MK Phayre	4	1										2	E Ryan H Wills	6	6
	Dorothy Alexander Mabel Mavrogordato	6	6											E Goldsack P Watson	2	2
	Florence Ballin Mrs MF Ellis	2	2		D Alexander M Mavrogordato	8	5	6
					Mrs Bruce-May Madge Valantine	6	7	3
										D Alexander M Mavrogordato	3	3
										E Goldsack P Watson	6	6
					CP Brocklesby Mrs JH King	2	3
					Elsie Goldsack Phoebe Watson	6	6

The nationality of Mrs JH King is unknown.

Section 4

First round	Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

	3	Kitty Godfree Betty Nuthall	6	6
		NQ Radcliffe-Platt PM Radcliffe	3	0
						3	K Godfree B Nuthall	6	6
							E Colyer J Lycett	3	3
		Evelyn Colyer Joan Lycett
		Aurea Edgington Dorothy Holman	w/o
										3	K Godfree B Nuthall	3	6	6
											J Fry M Saunders	6	2	1
		Claire Beckingham Elizabeth Macready	3	6	10
		Betty Dix R Watson	6	1	8
							C Beckingham E Macready	3	3
							J Fry M Saunders	6	6
		Cilly Aussem Ilse Friedleben	0	1
		Joan Fry Peggy Saunders	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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