1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Helen Wills
Runner-up	Lilí de Álvarez
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	80 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Lilí de Álvarez 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

Kitty Godfree was the defending champion, but lost to Elizabeth Ryan in the quarterfinals.

Seeds[edit]

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

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Kitty Godfree	6	4	4
	5	Elizabeth Ryan	3	6	6
								5	Elizabeth Ryan	6	0	4
								4	Lilí de Álvarez	2	6	6
	4	Lilí de Álvarez	6	3	8
		Phoebe Watson	3	6	6
															4	Lilí de Álvarez	2	4
															1	Helen Wills	6	6
	1	Helen Wills	6	6
	8	Irene Peacock	3	1
								1	Helen Wills	6	6
									Joan Fry	3	1
		Joan Fry	1	6	6
		Betty Nuthall	6	3	4

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								2	Kitty Godfree	6	6
								Q	Naomi Trentham	2	2
															2	K Godfree	6	10
																D Tapscott	2	8
									Billie Tapscott	7	6
									G Cousin	5	4
																						2	K Godfree	6	6
																							E Colyer	2	2
									Evelyn Colyer	6	6	7
									Phyllis Satterthwaite	8	2	5
																E Colyer	6	6
																J Ridley	4	3
									Marguerite Bordes	0	5
									Joan Ridley	6	7

Section 2[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	Elizabeth Ryan	6	6
								Q	Eileen Connell	2	4
																E Ryan	6	6
																E Broadbridge	2	3
									Marjorie MacFarlane	3	4
									Enid Broadbridge	6	6
																						5	E Ryan	7	6
																							E Harvey	5	1
									Ermyntrude Harvey	6	8
									Ilse Friedleben	4	6
																E Harvey	6	6
																H Contostavlos	4	4
									Hélène Contostavlos	6	6
									Dorothy Alexander	1	1

Section 3[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								4	Lilí de Álvarez	6	6
									Mrs MB Reckitt	2	3
															4	E de Álvarez	6	6
																P Dransfield	0	4
									Peggy Dransfield	6	6
									Violette Gallay	4	1
																						4	E de Álvarez	6	6
																							M Mavrogordato	3	0
									E Norman	4	4
									Mabel Mavrogordato	6	6
																M Mavrogordato	9	6	6
																M Valantine	11	4	4
									JL Colegate	4	3
									Madge Valantine	6	6

Section 4[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	7	Bobbie Heine	6	3	6
		Eleanor Rose	4	6	4			7	E Heine	6	6
	Q	Winifred Bower	7	2	0			Q	E Hemmant	3	2
	Q	Effie Hemmant	5	6	6										7	E Heine	6	3	5
		Mrs RRW Jackson	6	6												P Watson	4	6	7
		Doris Craddock	3	1					Mrs RRW Jackson	0	2
		Paula von Reznicek							P Watson	6	6
		Phoebe Watson	w/o																				P Watson	6	7
		GJ Gilder	3	2																			V Chamberlain	1	5
		Violet Chamberlain	6	6					V Chamberlain	6	6
		Madge Slaney	9	3	1				E Macready	3	2
		Elizabeth Macready	7	6	6											V Chamberlain	6	1	6
		Mrs Bruce-May	6	3	1											CJ Tyrrell	2	6	4
		CJ Tyrrell	2	6	6				CJ Tyrrell	6	6
	Q	Sybil Johnson	2	6	3				K Bridge	2	1
		Kathleen Bridge	6	0	6

Bottom half[edit]

Section 5[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	Helen Wills	6	3	6
		Gwen Sterry	3	6	3			1	H Wills	6	6
		Sylvia Lumley-Ellis	6	6					S Lumley-Ellis	3	2
		Cecily Marriott	3	2											1	H Wills	7	6
		Margaret Stocks	3	2												E Bennett	5	3
		Cristobel Hardie	6	6					C Hardie	4	6	2
		Eileen Bennett	7	6					E Bennett	6	3	6
		Agnes Tuckey	5	4																		1	H Wills	6	6
		Davinia Gordon	6	6																			E Goldsack	1	3
		Joyce Brown	3	2					D Gordon	3	4
		R Watson	3	0					E Goldsack	6	6
		Elsie Goldsack	6	6												E Goldsack	6	8	6
		Mary McIlquham	6	0	4											J Lycett	8	6	3
		Joan Lycett	1	6	6				J Lycett	6	6
		DE Munro	1	1					W Beamish	4	3
		Winifred Beamish	6	6

Section 6[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	Irene Peacock	6	6
								Q	Beatrice Feltham	0	1
															8	I Peacock	6	6
																E Clarke	3	1
									Enid Clarke	6	6
								Q	Mary Davies	2	3
																						8	I Peacock	6	6
																							I Maltby	3	2
									Irene Maltby	6	2	6
									Elsa Haylock	1	6	3
																I Maltby	3	6	6
																A Edgington	6	4	4
									Aurea Edgington	7	3	6
									Claire Beckingham	5	6	4

Section 7[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	Kea Bouman	6	6
								Q	Doreen Busby	0	3
															3	K Bouman	7	6
																P Covell	5	3
									Dorothy Shaw	3	3
									Phyllis Covell	6	6
																						3	K Bouman	6	4	7
																							J Fry	2	6	9
									Joan Fry	6	6
									Simonne Mathieu	3	2
																J Fry	6	6
															Q	Mrs ML Morrison	2	2
									Marie Hazel	4	4
									Mrs ML Morrison	6	6

Section 8[edit]

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	Molla Mallory	6	6
									Betty Boas	3	2
															6	M Mallory	6	2	0
																B Nuthall	2	6	6
									Cilly Aussem	3	2
									Betty Nuthall	6	6
																							B Nuthall	6	6
																							D Hill	3	3
									Dorothy Hill	6	6
								Q	HL Eddis	1	2
																D Hill	6	6
																M Saunders	2	4
									Betty Dix	4	3
									Peggy Saunders	6	6

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com