1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Helen Wills
Runner-up	Lilí de Álvarez
Final score	6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw	80 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women mixed
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Helen Wills successfully defended her title, defeating Lilí de Álvarez in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Seeds[]

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

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Helen Wills	6	6
	6	Phoebe Watson	3	0
								1	Helen Wills	6	6
								4	Elizabeth Ryan	1	1
	4	Elizabeth Ryan	6	4	6
		Helene Nicolopoulos	1	6	2
															1	Helen Wills	6	6
															2	Lilí de Álvarez	2	3
	2	Lilí de Álvarez	7	6
	7	Cilly Aussem	5	2
								2	Lilí de Álvarez	6	6
									Daphne Akhurst	3	0
	3	Eileen Bennett	6	3	2
		Daphne Akhurst	2	6	6

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	Helen Wills	6	6
									Elsie Goldsack	2	1
															1	H Wills	6	6
																V Gallay	0	0
									Inga Sperling	4	6	3
									Violette Gallay	6	0	6
																						1	H Wills	6	6
																							E Harvey	2	3
									Mrs HV Edwards	2	1
									Ermyntrude Harvey	6	6
																E Harvey	6	6
															Q	P Mudford	2	2
								Q	Phyllis Mudford	6	3	7
									Elizabeth Macready	2	6	5

Section 2[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	Phoebe Watson	6	6
								Q	Beatrice Feltham	2	2
															6	P Watson	6	6
																M O'Hara Wood	0	1
									Mence Canters	1	2
									Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6
																						6	P Watson	6	6
																							A Edgington	0	0
									Dorothy Shaw	2	6	2
									Aurea Edgington	6	1	6
																A Edgington	7	6	8
																E Hoffman	9	1	6
									Madge Slaney	6	6	4
									Ellen Hoffman	2	8	6

Section 3[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								4	Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
									Kathleen Bridge	1	4
															4	E Ryan	6	6
																J Gallay	4	1
									Betty Dix	2	6	4
									Jacqueline Gallay	6	4	6
																						4	E Ryan	6	6
																							E Boyd	0	2
									Esna Boyd	6	10
									Gwen Sterry	3	8
																E Boyd	6	6
															Q	H Evelyn-Jones	0	1
									Madge List	4	2
								Q	H Evelyn-Jones	6	6

Section 4[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	Kea Bouman	6	7
		Claire Beckingham	2	5				5	K Bouman	6	6
		Paula von Reznicek	6	6					P von Reznicek	3	2
	Q	Dorothy Anderson	1	4											5	K Bouman	10	6
		Effie Hemmant	6	3	3											H Nicolopoulos	12	8
		Sylvia Lumley-Ellis	4	6	6				S Lumley-Ellis	2	1
		Marguerite Bordes	4	4					H Nicolopoulos	6	6
		Helene Nicolopoulos	6	6																			H Nicolopoulos	5	6	6
		Cristobel Hardie	4	4																		Q		7	2	1
			6	6						6	6
		Mary Davies							M Davies	2	4
		Josefine von Lobkowitz	w/o														6	4	4
	Q		6	6	8										Q		3	6	6
	Q	Dorothy Round	2	8	6			Q		6	4	6
		Betty Nuthall	w/o						P Whitley	2	6	4
		Phyllis Whitley

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	2	Lilí de Álvarez	6	6
		Joan Lycett	2	2				2	E de Álvarez	4	6	7
		Mabel Mavrogordato	3	0					P Covell	6	3	5
		Phyllis Covell	6	6											2	E de Álvarez	6	6
		Peggy Saunders	5	4												E Colyer	4	4
		Evelyn Colyer	7	6					E Colyer	4	6	6
	Q	Doreen Busby	w/o						J Fry	6	3	4
		Joan Fry																				2	E de Álvarez	9	6
		CJ Tyrrell	8	3	0																		L Bickerton	7	4
		Madzy Couquerque	6	6	6				M Couquerque	4	2
		Mary Cambridge	2	0					E Rose	6	6
		Eleanor Rose	6	6												E Rose	3	1
		Molla Mallory	3	6	4											L Bickerton	6	6
		Louie Bickerton	6	4	6				L Bickerton	6	6
		Josane Sigart	9	4					D Gordon	1	4
		Davinia Gordon	11	6

Section 6[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	Cilly Aussem	6	6
									Violet Chamberlain	2	4
															7	C Aussem	6	7
																P Satterthwaite	4	5
									R Watson	6	5	3
									Phyllis Satterthwaite	4	7	6
																						7	C Aussem	6	4	6
																							J Strawson	1	6	1
								Q	Kate Anningson	0	2
									Winifred Beamish	6	6
																W Beamish	6	1	1
																J Strawson	4	6	6
								Q	Vera Marshall	2	3
									Joan Strawson	6	6

Section 7[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	Eileen Bennett	6	9
									Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	3	7
															3	E Bennett	6	6
																M McIlquham	3	3
									Irmgard Rost	2	4
									Mary McIlquham	6	6
																						3	E Bennett	6	6
																							JL Colegate	3	2
									Agnes Tuckey	2	1
									JL Colegate	6	6
																JL Colegate	6	7
																L Valerio	2	5
									Lucia Valerio	6	6
									Mrs Bruce-May	3	0

Section 8[]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	Helen Jacobs	6	6
									Joan Ridley	0	2
															8	H Jacobs	8	1	6
																D Akhurst	6	6	8
									Helen Bourne	4	2
									Daphne Akhurst	6	6
																							D Akhurst	6	8	6
																							E Haylock	4	10	0
									Yvonne Bourgeois	4	6	4
									Elsa Haylock	6	4	6
																E Haylock	10	6
																E Clarke	8	0
									Enid Clarke	6	6
								Q	Beatrice Brown	0	1

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com