Eileen Bennett
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| Full name | Eileen Viviyen Bennett Fearnley-Whittingstall |
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom
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| Born |
16 July 1907 Paddington, London, England |
| Died | 18 August 1979 (aged 72) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No.3 (1931) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | F (1928) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1928, 1932) |
| US Open | F (1931) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1928, 1931) |
| Wimbledon | F (1928) |
| US Open | W (1931) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1928, 1929) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1930, 1932) |
| US Open | W (1927) |
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (née Bennett; 16 July 1907 – ca. 18 August 1979, full name Eileen Viviyen Bennett Fearnley-Whittingstall) was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931.
Although most of her success was in women's doubles or mixed doubles, Whittingstall reached the singles final of the 1928 French Championships and the 1931 US Championships. She lost both of those finals in straight sets to Helen Wills Moody. She twice won the women's doubles title at the French Championships, in 1928 with Phoebe Holcroft Watson and in 1931 with Betty Nuthall. Whittingstall and Nuthall lost the 1932 final to the team of Moody and Elizabeth Ryan.
Whittingstall teamed with Ermyntrude Harvey to reach the 1928 women's doubles final at Wimbledon, losing to the team of Watson and Peggy Saunders 2–6, 3–6. She also teamed with Shoemaker to win the 1931 women's doubles title at the U.S. Championships, defeating Helen Jacobs and Dorothy Round Little in the final in two sets. Whittingstall twice partnered with Henri Cochet to win the mixed doubles title at the French Championships. In both 1928 and 1929, they defeated the team of Moody and Frank Hunter in the final. Whittingstall and Cochet lost the 1930 French final to the team of Bill Tilden and Cilly Aussem.
Whittingstall and Cochet won the mixed doubles title at the 1927 US Championships, defeating Hazel Wightman and René Lacoste in the final.
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