Peggy Michell

Peggy Saunders Michell ( born January 28, 1905 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England; † 19 June 1941 in Harrow, Middlesex, England) was a British tennis player in the late 1920s.

Career

Peggy Saunders won in 1928 and 1929 with her ​​compatriot, the successful tennis player Phoebe Holcroft Watson, the competition in the women's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships. They defeated 1928 Eileen Bennett and Harvey Ermyntrude in two sets 6:2, 6:3. The following year, the dual pairing repeated the success and retained in the final 6-4, 8-6 against Phyllis Covell and Dorothy Shepherd Barron the upper hand.

Source

• Tingay, L.: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, p 214 ISBN 978-0900424717.