Peggy Mitchell

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Margaret “Peggy” Saunders (born 28 January 1905 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England, died 19 June 1941 in Harrow, Middlesex, England) was a British tennis player of the 1920s. She is also known under her married name, Peggy Saunders-Michell.

Along with Phoebe Holcroft Watson, she won the women's doubles at Wimbledon twice consecutively in (1928 and 1929) and the US Women's National Championship in 1929.

With the same partner, she reached the final at Roland Garros in 1927.

Honours (partial)

Singles titles

None known

Singles finals lost

None known

Doubles titles

	Date	Championship	Cat.	Surf.	Partner	Opponents	Score
1	1928	The Championships Wimbledon	G. Slam	Grass (ext.)	Phoebe Watson	Ermyntrude Harvey Eileen Bennett	6-2, 6-3
2	1929	The Championships Wimbledon	G. Slam	Grass (ext.)	Phoebe Watson	Phyllis Covell Dorothy Shepherd	6-4, 8-6
3	1929	US Women's National Champ’s, Forest Hills	G. Slam	Grass (ext.)	Phoebe Watson	Phyllis Covell Dorothy Shepherd	2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles finals lost

	Date	Championship	Cat.	Surf.	Partner	Opponents	Score
1	1927	French Open Paris	G. Slam	Clay (ext.)	Phoebe Watson	Irene Bowder Peacock Bobbie Heine	6-2, 6-1

Grand Slam performances (partial)

Although the term "Grand Slam" refers to the four major tennis tournaments, it was not used for the first time until 1933, and not in common usage until the 1950s.

Singles

Not known

Doubles

Year	Australian Open		French Open		Wimbledon		US National
1927	-		Final P. H. Watson	B. Peacock Bobbie Heine	-		-
1928	-		-		Winner P. H. Watson	E. Harvey B. Whittingstall	-
1929	-		-		Winner P. H. Watson	P. H. Covell D. S. Barron	Winner P. H. Watson	P. H. Covell D. S. Barron

Result, partner, final opponent

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