Eileen Bennett Whittingstall

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.

According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Whittingstall was ranked in the world top ten in 1928, 1929, 1931, and 1932, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in those rankings in 1931.

Bennett is credited with first wearing an above-the-knee form of divided skirt for competitive tennis.

She was married on 19 November 1929 to Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall, a painter, and divorced in 1936. She married Marcus Marsh, a racehorse trainer, on 28 September 1936 and gave birth to a daughter on 7 March 1937. She was divorced from Mr Marsh in early 1947 and married Mr Geoffrey Ackroyd in June 1947. She married for a fourth and final time in June 1957 to Mr Carl Vyvyan Forslind who outlived her.

Bennett (r) and Phoebe Holcroft Watson at the 1928 French Championships

Singles (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1928	French Championships	Clay	Helen Wills	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1931	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Helen Wills	4–6, 1–6

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1928	French Championships	Clay	Phoebe Holcroft	Suzanne Deve Sylvie Jung	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	1928	Wimbledon	Grass	Ermyntrude Harvey	Peggy Saunders Phoebe Holcroft	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1931	French Championships	Clay	Betty Nuthall	Cilly Aussem Elizabeth Ryan	9–7, 6–2
Winner	1931	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Betty Nuthall	Helen Jacobs Dorothy Round	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1932	French Championships	Clay	Betty Nuthall	Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills	1–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1927	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Henri Cochet	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman René Lacoste	6–2, 6–0, 6–3
Winner	1928	French Championships	Clay	Henri Cochet	Helen Wills Frank Hunter	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1929	French Championships	Clay	Henri Cochet	Helen Wills Frank Hunter	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1930	French Championships	Clay	Henri Cochet	Cilly Aussem Bill Tilden	4–6, 4–6

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.