1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Helen Wills
Runner-up	Lilí de Álvarez
Score	6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw	80 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
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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]

Champion

Helen Wills

Runner-up

Lilí de Álvarez

Score6–2, 6–3

Draw80 (10Q)

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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

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

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

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

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
	Christabel Hardie	4	4												Q	N Trentham	7	2	1
	Penelope Anderson	6	6			P Anderson	6	6
	Mary Davies					M Davies	2	4
	Josefine von Lobkowitz	w/o									P Anderson	6	4	4
Q	Naomi Trentham	6	6	8						Q	N Trentham	3	6	6
Q	Dorothy Round	2	8	6	Q	N Trentham	6	4	6
	Betty Nuthall	w/o				P Whitley	2	6	4
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1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Seeds

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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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

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

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

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