1928 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Frank Hunter and Bill Tilden were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jack Hawkes and Gerald Patterson.

Men's doubles
1928 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsFrance Jacques Brugnon
France Henri Cochet
Runners-upAustralia Jack Hawkes
Australia Gerald Patterson
Score13–11, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet defeated Hawkes and Patterson in the final, 13–11, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds edit

01.     Frank Hunter /   Bill Tilden (semifinals)
02.     Jacques Brugnon /   Henri Cochet (champions)
03.     John Hennessey /   George Lott (semifinals)
04.     Jack Hawkes /   Gerald Patterson (final)

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

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1   Frank Hunter
  Bill Tilden
4 6 6 6
  Gordon Crole-Rees
  Cyril Eames
6 1 3 2
1   Frank Hunter
  Bill Tilden
7 7 6 6 10
4   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
9 9 4 4 8
4   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
6 6 4 6
  Ronaldo Boyd
  Guillermo Robson
4 4 6 3
4   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
11 4 4
2   Jacques Brugnon
  Henri Cochet
13 6 6
2   Jacques Brugnon
  Henri Cochet
6 6 6
  Hector Fisher
  Hendrik Timmer
3 3 2
2   Jacques Brugnon
  Henri Cochet
11 6 3 7
3   John Hennessey
  George Lott
9 4 6 5
3   John Hennessey
  George Lott
6 6 1 6
  Jack Cummings
  Gar Moon
1 1 6 3

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Frank Hunter
  Bill Tilden
6 6 6
Q   Ted Avory
  Colin Higgins
2 3 0 1   F Hunter
  W Tilden
6 6 6
  Friedrich Frenz
  Feo Hartz
4 6 7 3 1   D O'Callaghan
  C Scroope
3 3 2
  Denis O'Callaghan
  Charles Scroope
6 4 5 6 6 1   F Hunter
  W Tilden
6 6 5 5 6
  René de Buzelet
  Édouard Borotra
6 9 6   R de Buzelet
  E Borotra
4 4 7 7 2
Q   Lewis Michell
  Arthur Vinall
3 7 4   R de Buzelet
  E Borotra
7 4 6 6
  George Lyttleton-Rogers
  Emmanuel du Plaix
4 2 2   D Hodges
  K Lester
5 6 2 1
  Douglas Hodges
  Keats Lester
6 6 6 1   F Hunter
  W Tilden
4 6 6 6
Q   Laddie Wheatcroft
  Ulysses Williams
3 6 6 6   G Crole-Rees
  C Eames
6 1 3 2
LL   John Peacock
  Russell Young
6 3 2 2 Q   I Wheatcroft
  U Williams
6 3 6 2 1
  Leighton Crawford
  Eric Peters
3 0 6 5   H Austin
  I Collins
3 6 4 6 6
  Bunny Austin
  Ian Collins
6 6 3 7   H Austin
  I Collins
2 3 4
  Athar-Ali Fyzee
  Hassan Ali Fyzee
4 5 2   G Crole-Rees
  C Eames
6 6 6
  Béla von Kehrling
  Jan Koželuh
6 7 6   B von Kehrling
  J Koželuh
3 9 5 6 5
  Gordon Crole-Rees
  Cyril Eames
7 6 6   G Crole-Rees
  C Eames
6 7 7 4 7
  Hermann Artens
  Franz Matejka
5 4 2

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
6 6 6
  Sidney Hepburn
  André Lacroix
1 4 2 4   J Hawkes
  G Patterson
7 9 6
  Mohammed Sleem
  Hira-Lal Soni
6 6 2 4   E Higgs
  P Wheatley
5 7 3
  Teddy Higgs
  Patrick Wheatley
8 4 6 6 4   J Hawkes
  G Patterson
6 5 6 9
  Max Balli
  Augustos Zerlendis
0 3 4   J Borotra
  R Lacoste
3 7 4 7
  Christian Boussus
  Pierre Henri Landry
6 6 6   C Boussus
  PH Landry
5 6 4 4
  Lionel Alderson
  Maurice Summerson
1 1 0   J Borotra
  R Lacoste
7 4 6 6
  Jean Borotra
  René Lacoste
6 6 6 4   J Hawkes
  G Patterson
6 6 4 6
  Norman Brookes
  Wilbur Coen
6 6 6   R Boyd
  G Robson
4 4 6 3
  Guy Cooper
  Campbell Rodger
1 3 3   N Brookes
  W Coen
6 6 7
  John Holthouse
  HL Walcott
  J Holthouse
  HL Walcott
3 4 5
  Roberto Bocciardo
  Giorgio de Stefani
w/o   N Brookes
  W Coen
6 2 3 6 4
  Henry Brunie
  Sidney Wood
4 10 5   R Boyd
  G Robson
4 6 6 3 6
  Billy Collins
  William Radcliffe
6 12 7   W Collins
  W Radcliffe
3 3 4
  Ronaldo Boyd
  Guillermo Robson
6 6 6   R Boyd
  G Robson
6 6 6
  Norman Latchford
  RDN Pryce-Jones
1 4 4

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2   Jacques Brugnon
  Henri Cochet
  Herbert Roper Barrett
  Frank Fisher
w/o 2   J Brugnon
  H Cochet
10 6 7 4 6
  Edward Dearman
  William Powell
3 0 1   J Crawford
  H Hopman
8 2 9 6 4
  Jack Crawford
  Harry Hopman
6 6 6 2   J Brugnon
  H Cochet
6 6 6
  Bill Lingelbach
  Edward Mather
6 6 6   P Hughes
  D Pitt
2 2 4
  Turner Cole
  RC Wackett
3 4 4   W Lingelbach
  E Mather
3 4 7 5
  Pat Hughes
  Dudley Pitt
6 6 5 5 7   P Hughes
  D Pitt
6 6 5 7
  Brian Gilbert
  GR Westmacott
3 3 7 7 5 2   J Brugnon
  H Cochet
6 6 6
  George Cholmondeley
  Henry Mayes
6 5 6 3 6   H Fisher
  H Timmer
3 3 2
  Jack Hillyard
  Julien Lezard
3 7 1 6 1   G Cholmondeley
  H Mayes
6 2 3 2
  Jack Olmsted
  Claude de Ricou
8 4 6 6   J Olmsted
  C de Ricou
3 6 6 6
  Harvey Mackintosh
  WB Stott
6 6 1 4   J Olmsted
  C de Ricou
7 2 7
  Percival Davson
  Theodore Mavrogordato
6 7 2 6   H Fisher
  H Timmer
9 6 9
  Hector Cattaruzza
  Adriano Zappa
2 5 6 4   P Davson
  T Mavrogordato
5 7 1 0r
  Placido Gaslini
  Uberto de Morpurgo
w/o   H Fisher
  H Timmer
7 5 6 4
  Hector Fisher
  Hendrik Timmer

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   John Hennessey
  George Lott
7 7 6
  Roger Danet
  Antoine Gentien
5 5 3 3   J Hennessey
  G Lott
6 4 6 6
  Colin Gregory
  Charles Kingsley
3 2 6 6 6   J Gregory
  C Kingsley
3 6 0 3
  Randolph Lycett
  Pat Spence
6 6 3 2 4 3   J Hennessey
  G Lott
6 6 6
  Buster Andrews
  Norman Farquharson
7 2 0 6 4   A Lowe
  G Sherwell
2 2 3
  Arthur Lowe
  Gerald Sherwell
5 6 6 2 6   A Lowe
  G Sherwell
4 6 6 6
  Nigel Sharpe
  Noel Turnbull
  N Sharpe
  N Turnbull
6 2 1 4
  Sydney Jacob
  Roderich Menzel
w/o 3   J Hennessey
  G Lott
6 6 1 6
  Jack Cummings
  Gar Moon
6 6 6   R Cummings
  E Moon
1 1 6 3
Q   Arthur Belgrave
  EC Penny
1 2 2   R Cummings
  E Moon
6 3 7 8
  Leslie Godfree
  Donald Greig
11 6 6   L Godfree
  D Greig
4 6 5 6
  John Olliff
  Douglas Powell
9 0 1   R Cummings
  E Moon
6 6 13
  HE Forman
  WHA Hunt
6 10 5 6   H Kleinschroth
  F Rahe
1 4 11
Q   Cyril Banks
  Richard Pickersgill
2 8 7 1   HE Forman
  WHA Hunt
1 6 0 4
  Heinrich Kleinschroth
  Friedrich Rahe
  H Kleinschroth
  F Rahe
6 2 6 6
  EV Bobb
  U Kramet
w/o

References edit

  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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