1927 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Frank Hunter and Elizabeth Ryan defeated the defending champions Leslie Godfree and Kitty Godfree in the final, 8–6, 6–0 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed doubles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Frank Hunter
United States Elizabeth Ryan
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Leslie Godfree
United Kingdom Kitty Godfree
Score8–6, 6–0
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Leslie Godfree /   Kitty Godfree (final)
02.     Jean Borotra /   Marguerite Bordes (second round)
03.     Frank Hunter /   Elizabeth Ryan (champions)
04.     Bill Tilden /   Molla Mallory (second round)

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

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Leslie Godfree
  Kitty Godfree
6 6
  Jack Condon
  Irene Peacock
4 4
1   Leslie Godfree
  Kitty Godfree
6 6
  Donald Greig
  Phoebe Watson
3 4
  Béla von Kehrling
  Eileen Bennett
5 4
  Donald Greig
  Phoebe Watson
7 6
1   Leslie Godfree
  Kitty Godfree
6 0
3   Frank Hunter
  Elizabeth Ryan
8 6
  Charles Kingsley
  Dorothy Hill
4 5
  Louis Raymond
  Bobbie Heine
6 7
  Louis Raymond
  Bobbie Heine
3 4
3   Frank Hunter
  Elizabeth Ryan
6 6
3   Frank Hunter
  Elizabeth Ryan
6 6
  Randolph Lycett
  Joan Lycett
3 2

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Leslie Godfree
  Kitty Godfree
6 6
  Cornelis Bryan
  Kathleen Bridge
4 4 1   L Godfree
  K Godfree
2 6 6
  Douglas Hodges
  JL Colegate
6 6   D Hodges
  JL Colegate
6 3 3
  Nicolae Mișu
  Hazel Hogarth
1 2 1   L Godfree
  K Godfree
6 6
Q   Fassett Burnett
  Cecily Marriott
1 3   C Gregory
  E Harvey
4 4
  Colin Gregory
  Ermyntrude Harvey
6 6   C Gregory
  E Harvey
6 8
  Pierre Henri Landry
  Genevieve Cousin
6 4 6   PH Landry
  G Cousin
4 6
  Henry Mayes
  Hélène Contostavlos
0 6 4 1   L Godfree
  K Godfree
6 6
  Jack Condon
  Irene Peacock
  J Condon
  I Peacock
4 4
  Frank Fisher
  Beatrice Brown
w/o   J Condon
  I Peacock
  Eric Peters
  Madge Slaney
3 6 6   E Peters
  M Slaney
w/o
  JG Hogan
  Marie Hazel
6 4 4   J Condon
  I Peacock
6 3 6
  Billy Collins
  Betty Dix
6 3 3   J Brugnon
  E Colyer
4 6 3
  Norman Farquharson
  Billie Tapscott
1 6 6   N Farquharson
  D Tapscott
6 4
  Hendrik Timmer
  Kea Bouman
2 6 4   J Brugnon
  E Colyer
8 6
  Jacques Brugnon
  Evelyn Colyer
6 4 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Bill Tilden
  Molla Mallory
6 8
  Ian Collins
  Joan Fry
2 6 4   W Tilden
  M Mallory
6 1 4
  St John Mahony
  Mrs RRW Jackson
3 6   B von Kehrling
  E Bennett
3 6 6
  Béla von Kehrling
  Eileen Bennett
6 8   B von Kehrling
  E Bennett
6 6
  Gerald Sherwell
  Madge Valantine
6 6   G Sherwell
  M Valantine
3 4
  Clinton McIlquham
  Mary McIlquham
4 4   G Sherwell
  M Valantine
6 6
Q   Norman Latchford
  Mary Davies
2 2   C Boussus
  S Mathieu
3 4
  Christian Boussus
  Simonne Mathieu
6 6   B von Kehrling
  E Bennett
5 4
  Oscar Kreuzer
  Ilse Friedleben
12 4 6   D Greig
  P Watson
7 6
  RDN Pryce-Jones
  Irene Maltby
10 6 2   O Kreuzer
  I Friedleben
4 3
  Antoine Gentien
  Violette Gallay
0 2   H Standring
  E Phayre
6 6
  Henry Standring
  E Phayre
6 6   H Standring
  E Phayre
1 1
  Donald Greig
  Phoebe Watson
6 6   D Greig
  P Watson
6 6
  Ernst Gottlieb
  Dorothy Shaw
1 1   D Greig
  P Watson
  Sydney Jacob
  Violet Chamberlain
2 6 6   S Jacob
  V Chamberlain
w/o
LL   Alfred Ingram
  Peggy Pleydell-Bouverie
6 2 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Jean Borotra
  Marguerite Bordes
4 6 6
  Jack Hillyard
  Phyllis Satterthwaite
6 3 1 2   J Borotra
  M Bordes
4 7
  Jan Koželuh
  Paula von Reznicek
w/o   H Austin
  B Nuthall
6 9
  Bunny Austin
  Betty Nuthall
  H Austin
  B Nuthall
4 6 4
  Cyril Eames
  Winifred Beamish
6 6   C Kingsley
  D Hill
6 4 6
  JE Pogson-Smith
  Enid Clarke
1 3   C Eames
  W Beamish
1 9 4
  William Radcliffe
  Eleanor Rose
8 2 3   C Kingsley
  D Hill
6 7 6
  Charles Kingsley
  Dorothy Hill
6 6 6   C Kingsley
  D Hill
4 5
  DM Evans
  Mrs DM Evans
12 6   L Raymond
  E Heine
6 7
Q   Eric Hollins
  EG Newton
10 4   DM Evans
  Mrs DM Evans
5 7 4
  Pat Hughes
  Joan Ridley
6 6   P Hughes
  J Ridley
7 5 6
Q   Andrew Stocks
  Margaret Stocks
3 1   P Hughes
  J Ridley
2 6 2
  Louis Raymond
  Bobbie Heine
6 6   L Raymond
  E Heine
6 2 6
  Teddy Higgs
  Phyllis Covell
4 4   L Raymond
  E Heine
6 6
  Maurice Summerson
  R Watson
6 1 5   W Washburn
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
4 1
  Watson Washburn
  NQ Radcliffe-Platt
2 6 7

The nationality of Mrs DM Evans is unknown.

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Francis Hunter
  Elizabeth Ryan
8 6
  Gordon Crole-Rees
  D Haydon
6 3 3   F Hunter
  E Ryan
6 6
  Keats Lester
  Sylvia Lumley-Ellis
9 6 2   T Mavrogordato
  D Alexander
1 2
  Theodore Mavrogordato
  Dorothy Alexander
11 3 6 3   F Hunter
  E Ryan
6 8
  Arthur Berger
  Dorothea Lambert Chambers
6 6   A Berger
  D Lambert Chambers
1 6
  Roy Poland
  CJ Tyrrell
3 3   A Berger
  D Lambert Chambers
6 6
  Brian Gilbert
  Gwen Sterry
w/o   H Mackintosh
  E Haylock
2 4
  Harvey Mackintosh
  Elsa Haylock
3   F Hunter
  E Ryan
6 6
  WB Stott
  Elsie Goldsack
6 3 6   R Lycett
  J Lycett
3 2
  St John Evers
  Mabel Mavrogordato
3 6 3   WB Stott
  E Goldsack
1 2
  Heinrich Kleinschroth
  Cilly Aussem
3 2   R Lycett
  J Lycett
6 6
  Randolph Lycett
  Joan Lycett
6 6   R Lycett
  J Lycett
6 6
  Lewis Michell
  Peggy Saunders
  L Michell
  M Saunders
2 2
  AE Browne
  Claire Beckingham
w/o   L Michell
  M Saunders
6 6
Q   Edward Dearman
  Evelyn Dearman
6 6 Q   E Dearman
  E Dearman
4 3
  Bill Swinden
  Mrs Bruce-May
2 2

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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