Margaret “Peggy” Amy Michell (''née'' Saunders; 28 January 1905 – 19 June 1941) was a British female

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player active in the 1920s. She is also known under her married name, Peggy Saunders-Michell. She was educated at

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in London. Along with

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, she won two consecutive women's doubles titles at Wimbledon (1928 and 1929) and the US Women's National Championship in 1929. With the same partner, she reached the final at the

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in 1927 in which they were defeated by

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and Bobbie Heine. Her best singles results at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1929 when she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Championships where she lost to Elsie Goldsack and

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respectively. Michell competed in nine Wimbledon editions between 1925 and 1938. She won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wood courts at the Queen's Club in London, in 1926 and 1929. Ath the same event she also won the doubles title from 1929 to 1933, with four different partners, and the mixed doubles in 1928 and 1928. Michell was part of the British

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team in

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and

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and won the cup against the United States in 1928.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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