1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
# 1927 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Lilí de Álvarez 6–2, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.

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

## Seeds

    01. Helen Wills (champion)
    02. Kitty Godfree (quarterfinals)
    03. Kea Bouman (fourth round)
    04. Lili de Álvarez (final)
    05. Elizabeth Ryan (semifinals)
    06. Molla Mallory (third round)
    07. Bobbie Heine (third round)
    08. Irene Peacock (quarterfinals)

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

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

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

### Top half

**Section 1**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth 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

**Section 5**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth 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**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth 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 | | | | | | | | |
