1928 French Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded 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] The draw consisted of 37 players of which 8 were seeded.

Women's Singles
1928 French Championships
Champion	Helen Wills
Runner-up	Eileen Bennett
Final score	6–1, 6–2
Draw	37
Seeds	8

Seeds

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

Helen Wills (Champion)
Suzanne Deve (Second round)
Kornelia Bouman (Semifinalist)
Daphne Akhurst (Quarterfinalist)
Elisabeth Macready (Second round)
Lilly De Alvarez (First round)
Marguerite Bordes (Third round)
Eileen Bennett (Finalist)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals


	1	Helen Wills	6	6

		Madzy Rollin Couquerque	2	0
								1	Helen Wills	6	6

									Cristobel Hardie	1	1
	4	Daphne Akhurst	8	2

		Cristobel Hardie	10	6
															1	Helen Wills	6	6

															8	Eileen Bennett	1	2
		J. Vaussard	0	0

	3	Kornelia Bouman	6	6
								3	Kornelia Bouman	2	6

								8	Eileen Bennett	6	8
	8	Eileen Bennett	6	7	7

		Penelope Anderson	3	9	5

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals


								1	Wills	6	6
									Marcou	0	3
															1	Wills	6	6
																Aussem	1	2
									Aussem	3	7	6
									Watson	6	5	0
																						1	Wills	6	6
																							Couquerque	2	0
									Beauge	5	6	4
									Couquerque	7	4	6
																Couquerque	10	6
															7	Bordes	8	2
									Lycett	2	2
								7	Bordes	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals


									Amaury	1	1
								4	Akhurst	6	6
															4	Akhurst	6	6
		Fry	2	6	6											Fry	1	1
		Neufeld	6	0	2				Fry	6	6	6
		Golding							Peyre	8	2	1
		Peyre																				4	Akhurst	8	2
	5	Macready																					Hardie	10	6
		Wolfson						5	Macready	3	3
		O'Hara Wood	10	6					O'Hara Wood	6	6
		Barbier	8	3												O'Hara Wood	6	4
		Hardie	6	6												Hardie	8	6
		Gallay	2	4					Hardie	6	4	6
		Kleinadel	3	4					Henrotin	3	6	4
		Henrotin	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Vaussard
		Grasset							Vaussard	6	6
		Fourcade							Fourcade	3	2
	6	De Alvarez														Vaussard	7	6
		Nuthall	9	7												Charnelet	5	3
		Lebesnerais	7	5					Nuthall	4	4
		Wyns-Speranza							Charnelet	6	6
		Charnelet																					Vaussard	0	0
		Mallory	6	6																		3	Bouman	6	6
		Le Conte	0	2					Mallory	6	0	4
									Boyd	3	6	6
																Boyd	6	1	2
															3	Bouman	4	6	6
									Colyer	3	2
								3	Bouman	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals


									Anthony	6
									Canters	4	r
																Anthony	0	2
															8	Bennett	6	6
									Bourgeois	6	2	1
								8	Bennett	3	6	6
																						8	Bennett	6	7	7
																							Anderson	3	9	5
									Conquet	1	2
									Bickerton	6	6
																Bickerton	3	14	1
																Anderson	6	12	6
									Anderson
								2	Deve

References

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

External links

Source for the draw at Fédération Française de Tennis website, fft.fr

French Open women's singles drawsheets
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Open era	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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