Wimbledon Championships 1927

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1927 ►
Date: June 20 - July 2, 1927
Edition: 47th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : FranceFrance Jean Borotra
Ladies singles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Leslie Godfree
Men's double : FranceFrance Henri Cochet Jacques Brugnon
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : United States 48United States Mary Browne Elizabeth Ryan
United States 48United States 
Mixed : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kathleen McKane Godfree Leslie Godfree
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
winner
Men's singles : FranceFrance Henri Cochet
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Frank Hunter Bill Tilden
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills Elizabeth Ryan
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Elizabeth Ryan Frank Hunter
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1927

The 47th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1927 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

This year a seeding list was introduced in all competitions, on the basis of which the tournament plans were drawn up. South African Billie Tapscott sparked a scandal when she played in an outdoor court with no stockings. For the first time the BBC radio broadcast games of the tournament.

Men's singles

In the final, Henri Cochet defeated his compatriot Jean Borotra . For the first time in Wimbledon history, no quarter-finalist came from Great Britain.

Ladies singles

In the women's category , Helen Wills won her first of eight Wimbledon singles titles until 1938. In the final, she defeated the Spaniard Lilí Álvarez in straight sets.

Men's doubles

The Americans Frank Hunter and Bill Tilden won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Helen Wills and Elizabeth Ryan were successful in women's doubles .

Mixed

In the mixed final, Frank Hunter and Elizabeth Ryan defeated last year's winners Leslie Godfree and Kathleen McKane Godfree .

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 3