1928 French Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1928 French Championships
Champion United States Helen Wills
Runner-up United Kingdom Eileen Bennett
Final score 6–1, 6–2

Helen Wills defeated Eileen Bennett 6–1, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1928 French Championships.[1]

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Helen Wills is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. United States Helen Wills (Champion)
  2. France Suzanne Deve (Second round)
  3. Netherlands Kornelia Bouman (Semifinalist)
  4. Australia Daphne Akhurst (Quarterfinalist)
  5. France Elisabeth Macready (Second round)
  6. Spain Lilly De Alvarez (First round)
  7. France Marguerite Bordes (Third round)
  8. United Kingdom Eileen Bennett (Finalist)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
  1  United States Helen Wills 6 6    
 Netherlands Madzy Rollin Couquerque 2 0    
  1  United States Helen Wills 6 6    
   United Kingdom Cristobel Hardie 1 1    
4  Australia Daphne Akhurst 8 2  
   United Kingdom Cristobel Hardie 10 6    
    1  United States Helen Wills 6 6  
  8  United Kingdom Eileen Bennett 1 2  
   France J. Vaussard 0 0    
3  Netherlands Kornelia Bouman 6 6    
  3  Netherlands Kornelia Bouman 2 6  
  8  United Kingdom Eileen Bennett 6 8    
8  United Kingdom Eileen Bennett 6 7 7
   United States Penelope Anderson 3 9 5  

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1  United States Wills 6 6    
     France Marcou 0 3    
      1  United States Wills 6 6    
       Germany Aussem 1 2    
     Germany Aussem 3 7 6
     United States Watson 6 5 0  
      1  United States Wills 6 6  
       Netherlands Couquerque 2 0  
     France Beauge 5 6 4  
     Netherlands Couquerque 7 4 6  
       Netherlands Couquerque 10 6  
      7  France Bordes 8 2    
     Netherlands Lycett 2 2  
    7  France Bordes 6 6    
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
     France Amaury 1 1    
    4  Australia Akhurst 6 6    
      4  Australia Akhurst 6 6    
 United Kingdom Fry 2 6 6        United Kingdom Fry 1 1    
 France Neufeld 6 0 2      United Kingdom Fry 6 6 6
 France Golding            France Peyre 8 2 1  
 France Peyre             4  Australia Akhurst 8 2  
5  France Macready              United Kingdom Hardie 10 6  
 France Wolfson           5  France Macready 3 3    
 Australia O'Hara Wood 10 6        Australia O'Hara Wood 6 6    
 France Barbier 8 3          Australia O'Hara Wood 6 4  
 United Kingdom Hardie 6 6          United Kingdom Hardie 8 6    
 France Gallay 2 4        United Kingdom Hardie 6 4 6
 France Kleinadel 3 4        France Henrotin 3 6 4  
 France Henrotin 6 6    

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 France Vaussard        
 France Grasset            France Vaussard 6 6    
 France Fourcade            France Fourcade 3 2    
6  Spain De Alvarez              France Vaussard 7 6    
 United Kingdom Nuthall 9 7          France Charnelet 5 3    
 France Lebesnerais 7 5        United Kingdom Nuthall 4 4  
 France Wyns-Speranza            France Charnelet 6 6    
 France Charnelet              France Vaussard 0 0  
 United States Mallory 6 6         3  Netherlands Bouman 6 6  
 France Le Conte 0 2        United States Mallory 6 0 4  
     Australia Boyd 3 6 6  
       Australia Boyd 6 1 2
      3  Netherlands Bouman 4 6 6  
     United Kingdom Colyer 3 2  
    3  Netherlands Bouman 6 6    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
     United States Anthony 6      
     Netherlands Canters 4 r    
       United States Anthony 0 2    
      8  United Kingdom Bennett 6 6    
     France Bourgeois 6 2 1
    8  United Kingdom Bennett 3 6 6  
      8  United Kingdom Bennett 6 7 7
       United States Anderson 3 9 5
     France Conquet 1 2    
     Australia Bickerton 6 6    
       Australia Bickerton 3 14 1
       United States Anderson 6 12 6  
     United States Anderson      
    2  France Deve        
 

References

  1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.