Wimbledon Championships 1928

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1928 ►
Date: June 25 - July 6, 1928
Edition: 48th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : FranceFrance Henri Cochet
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills Moody
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Frank Hunter Bill Tilden
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills Moody Elizabeth Ryan
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Elizabeth Ryan Frank Hunter
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : FranceFrance René Lacoste
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills Moody
Men's double : FranceFrance Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phoebe Watson Peggy Saunders
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Elizabeth Ryan Patrick Spence
South Africa 1928South African Union 
Grand Slams 1928

The 48th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1928 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Men's singles

René Lacoste won the men's race . It was his second title after 1925.

Ladies singles

Helen Wills Moody was able to defend her title. In a new edition of last year's final, she defeated the Spaniard Lilí Álvarez clearly in two sets.

Men's doubles

Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet won the men's doubles .

Ladies doubles

Phoebe Holcroft Watson and Peggy Saunders won the women's doubles title.

Mixed

In mixed, Elizabeth Ryan and Patrick Spence were successful.

source

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