1928 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	René Lacoste
Runner-up	Henri Cochet
Score	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1928 Wimbledon Championships

René Lacoste defeated the defending champion Henri Cochet 6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

01.   Henri Cochet (final)

02.   René Lacoste (champion)

03.   Bill Tilden (semifinals)

04.   Frank Hunter (first round)

05.   Jean Borotra (quarterfinals)

06.   John Hennessey (quarterfinals)

07.   Uberto de Morpurgo (quarterfinals)

08.   Gerald Patterson (fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Henri Cochet	6	6	5	6
	6	John Hennessey	4	1	7	3
										1	Henri Cochet	11	3	6	6
											Christian Boussus	9	6	2	3
		Christian Boussus	12	10	6
		Jacques Brugnon	10	8	2
																			1	Henri Cochet	1	6	4	2
																			2	René Lacoste	6	4	6	6
	2	René Lacoste	6	6	6
	7	Uberto de Morpurgo	2	3	4
										2	René Lacoste	2	6	2	6	6
										3	Bill Tilden	6	4	6	4	3
	3	Bill Tilden	8	3	6	6
	5	Jean Borotra	6	6	3	2

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Henri Cochet	6	8	6
		Mohammed Sleem	2	6	2					1	H Cochet	6	6	8
		Teddy Higgs	2	4	5						H Hopman	1	4	6
		Harry Hopman	6	6	7														1	H Cochet	6	6	7	6
		Henry Mayes	6	6	6															H Mayes	1	8	5	2
		Jack Cummings	3	2	1						H Mayes	6	6	6
		Frank Jarvis	5	1	9	6	1				GWV Hurst	1	2	2
		GWV Hurst	7	6	7	1	6																					1	H Cochet	6	6	6
		Édouard Borotra	7	4	6	8																							R Boyd	4	1	3
		André Lacroix	5	6	1	6					É Borotra	6	6	10	4
		André Aron	w/o								C Scroope	8	1	12	6
		Charles Scroope																		C Scroope	3	6	0
		Ronaldo Boyd	6	6	6															R Boyd	6	8	6
		Leslie Godfree	3	2	2						R Boyd	6	6	7
	Q	Adriano Zappa	3	2	6	2				Q	D Pitt	3	3	5
	Q	Dudley Pitt	6	6	3	6

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	John Hennessey	6	6	6
	Q	Edward Mather	1	0	2					6	J Hennessey	6	6	6
		Norman Latchford	6	6	6						N Latchford	2	4	2
		Theodore Mavrogordato	3	0	1														6	J Hennessey	6	7	6
		Gerald Sherwell	6	0	3	6	9													G Sherwell	4	5	2
		Brame Hillyard	3	6	6	1	7				G Sherwell	3	6	6	5	7
		Cyril Eames	6	7	6	6					C Eames	6	3	3	7	5
		CL Philcox	4	9	3	1																						6	J Hennessey	6	6	6
		Gordon Crole-Rees	2	2	1																								F Frenz	4	1	3
		Eric Peters	6	6	6						E Peters	2	6	6	10	5
		Friedrich Frenz									F Frenz	6	2	2	12	7
		Placido Gaslini	w/o																	F Frenz	6	8	6
		John Peacock	4	6	6	2	3													N Dicks	3	6	3
		Norman Dicks	6	3	1	6	6				N Dicks	6	6	6
		Roger Danet	6	6	0	3	6				R Danet	2	1	1
		Arthur Belgrave	3	1	6	6	3

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Frank Hunter	4	7	4	6	5
		Buster Andrews	6	5	6	2	7				E Andrews	4	1	1
		Christian Boussus	6	6	6						C Boussus	6	6	6
		Herman David	1	3	2															C Boussus	9	6	6
		Philip Glover	6	6	1	6														J Olmsted	7	1	2
	Q	ME Nigel-Jones	1	1	6	2					P Glover	7	1	5
		Roderich Menzel	w/o								J Olmsted	9	6	7
		Jack Olmsted																											C Boussus	6	6	2	6
		William Powell	4	6	5	8	2																						E Moon	0	4	6	2
		Randolph Lycett	6	4	7	6	6				R Lycett	7	6	5	7	0
		Gar Moon	5	6	6	6					E Moon	9	4	7	5	6
		Brian Gilbert	7	1	0	4														E Moon	6	6	7	6
		Yoshiro Ohta	6	1	6	6														Y Ohta	4	2	9	4
		Giorgio de Stefani	3	6	1	3					Y Ohta	6	8	6
		Augustos Zerlendis	6	8	6						A Zerlendis	1	6	3
	Q	Claude de Ricou	4	6	4

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Gerald Patterson	6	4	6	7
		Leighton Crawford	2	6	3	5				8	G Patterson	6	6	6
		Heinrich Kleinschroth	6	6	6						H Kleinschroth	0	2	1
		Billy Collins	4	2	1														8	G Patterson	10	9	10	5	6
		John Olliff	6	1	1	6	7													C Kingsley	8	11	8	7	2
		Emmanuel du Plaix	1	6	6	3	5				J Olliff	4	1	12	2
		Charles Kingsley	6	1	6	6					C Kingsley	6	6	10	6
		Noel Turnbull	2	6	3	2																						8	G Patterson	3	7	4	2
		Denis O'Callaghan	6	6	6																								J Brugnon	6	5	6	6
	Q	Richard Pickersgill	4	3	0						D O'Callaghan	7	6	1	6
	Q	Royden Dash	3	2	3						G Robson	5	3	6	4
		Guillermo Robson	6	6	6															D O'Callaghan	2	2	4
		Jacques Brugnon	6	6	6															J Brugnon	6	6	6
		U Kramet	0	0	1						J Brugnon	6	6	6
		John Holthouse	7	6	6	6	6				J Holthouse	2	4	2
		JH Frowen	9	4	2	8	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	2	René Lacoste	6	6	6
		HL Walcott	0	2	2					2	R Lacoste	6	4	6	6
		Jack Hawkes	6	6	6						J Hawkes	3	6	3	4
		Hermann Artens	3	4	1														2	R Lacoste	6	9	6	6
		George Lott	6	6	6															G Lott	1	7	8	2
		F Crosbie	2	0	0						G Lott	6	7	7
		Jan Koželuh	w/o								K Lester	1	5	5
		Keats Lester																										2	R Lacoste	6	6	6	1	6
		Wilbur Coen	7	6	6																								H Austin	4	4	8	6	2
		Axel Petersen	5	3	3						W Coen	6	6	6
		Jack Hillyard	4	2	6	4					EV Bobb	3	3	3
		EV Bobb	6	6	3	6														W Coen	4	6	4	6	1
		Bunny Austin	6	6	6															H Austin	6	3	6	3	6
		Sydney Jacob	1	3	1						H Austin	6	6	6	6	6
	Q	Victor Cazalet	5	6	2						P Wheatley	2	8	8	2	1
		Patrick Wheatley	7	8	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	7	Uberto de Morpurgo	6	9	6
		Bill Breese	2	7	1					7	H de Morpurgo	6	6	6
		David Williams	6	6	7						D Williams	2	4	2
		DH Kleinman	1	4	5														7	H de Morpurgo	6	9	3	7
		Ted Avory	4	6	6	6														F-W Matejka	2	7	6	5
		RC Wackett	6	4	1	4					E Avory	6	6	0	3	0
		Franz Matejka	6	8	8	6					F-W Matejka	3	3	6	6	6
		Friedrich Rahe	3	10	6	3																						7	H de Morpurgo	6	6	6
		Hector Cattaruzza	6	7	6																								R de Buzelet	4	2	2
		Roger Worthington	1	5	2						H Cattaruzza	6	2	3	2
		Brian Helmore	2	3	3						H Lee	1	6	6	6
		Harry Lee	6	6	6															H Lee	6	3	4	11
		Ian Collins	6	6	6															R de Buzelet	2	6	6	13
		Max Balli	3	3	3						I Collins	6	8	4	2
		St John Mahony	7	2	5	7					R de Buzelet	3	10	6	6
		René de Buzelet	5	6	7	9

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	Bill Tilden	6	6	6
		Maurice Summerson	0	1	0					3	W Tilden	6	6	6
		Hector Fisher	6	6	6						H Fisher	1	3	1
	Q	Oswald Jameson	3	2	4														3	W Tilden	6	6	6
		Basil Lawrence																		B von Kehrling	2	3	1
		Harry Lewis-Barclay	w/o								B Lawrence	0	2	3
		Béla von Kehrling	6	7	6	6					B von Kehrling	6	6	6
		Hira-Lal Soni	2	9	2	2																						3	W Tilden	6	2	2	6	6
		Roberto Bocciardo	4	6	4	6	5																						PH Landry	4	6	6	1	4
		Cecil Campbell	6	4	6	3	7				C Campbell	2	6	4	3
		Pierre Henri Landry	6	6	6	4	3				PH Landry	6	4	6	6
		Donald Greig	3	8	4	6	2r													PH Landry	4	6	6	8
	Q	Sidney Wood	10	6	12														Q	S Wood	6	1	1	6
		Nigel Sharpe	8	1	10					Q	S Wood	1	4	6	6	6
		Henry Brunie	3	3	6	6	6				H Brunie	6	6	3	4	2
		Antoine Gentien	6	6	3	3	4

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Jean Borotra	6	8	6
		Arthur Lowe	2	6	4					5	J Borotra	1	6	6	8
		Russell Young	1	4	4						P Hughes	6	4	3	6
		Pat Hughes	6	6	6														5	J Borotra	7	7	6
		Hendrik Timmer	8	6	6															P Spence	5	5	3
		George Lyttleton-Rogers	6	4	3						H Timmer	1	6	4	10	3
		Pat Spence	6	10	2	6					P Spence	6	4	6	8	6
		Harvey Mackintosh	1	8	6	3																						5	J Borotra	3	6	6	7	6
		John Pennycuick	8	6	6																								J Crawford	6	4	2	9	3
		Norman Farquharson	6	3	3						J Pennycuick	4	6	3	10
		Jack Crawford	6	6	6						J Crawford	6	2	6	12
		Douglas Hodges	1	3	2															J Crawford	9	6	6
		Colin Gregory	6	5	6	6														C Gregory	7	4	3
		Feo Hartz	2	7	3	4					C Gregory	6	3	8	4	6
		Bill Lingelbach	6	3	8	6	4				C Morea	3	6	6	6	1
		Carlos Morea	4	6	10	4	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com