1928 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1928 Australian Championships
Champions	Daphne Akhurst ; Jean Borotra
Runners-up	Esna Boyd ; Jack Hawkes
Final score	w/o
Details
Draw	20
Seeds	4
Events

Second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Jean Borotra won the final on a walkover against the first seeds Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Originally this final (as well as men's singles and men's doubles finals) was scheduled to be played on Saturday, February 4. As the tournament progressed, it turned out that Borotra would have been engaged in all three of them. He refused to play three matches in one day and wished to forfeit in mixed doubles event. This was not agreed to by the committee and his semi-final and subsequent final mixed doubles matches were postponed until Monday, February 6. Unfortunately, Miss Boyd, who had been in Sydney for a fortnight (as the women's events have begun on 21st of January), could not arrange to remain longer and had to scratch.^[7]^[8]

Both Miss Akhurst and Jean Borotra completed a Triple Crown achievement, having already won their singles and doubles titles.

Seeds[]

Esna Boyd / Jack Hawkes (final)
Daphne Akhurst / Jean Borotra (champions)
Sylvia Harper / Jacques Brugnon (semifinals)
Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus (semifinals)

Draw[]

Key[]

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals[]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	6	6
		1	1		2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	6	3	6
	Kathleen Le Messurier Norman Peach	4	4		3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	0	6	3
3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	6	6							2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	w/o
1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	7	4	6						1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes
	Fred Kalms	5	6	3	1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	8
	Mrs. F. Harper	3	2		4	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	1	6
4	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	6

Earlier rounds[]

Section 1[]

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	6	6
							2	0
										2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	6	6
												1	1
							2	6	6
						Lorna Utz	6	2	4
														2	Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra	6	3	6
														3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	0	6	3
						Kathleen Le Messurier Norman Peach	1	6	6
						Marjorie Cox Gar Moon	6	3	4
											Kathleen Le Messurier Norman Peach	4	4
		6	6							3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	6	6
	James Bayley	4	2				2	4
3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	4	7	6	3	Sylvia Harper Jacques Brugnon	6	6
	Rupert Wertheim	6	5	2

Section 2[]

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
		2	4		1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
	Jim Willard	11	7	6		Jim Willard	0	0
		13	5	3					1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	7	4	6
										Fred Kalms	5	6	3
						Fred Kalms	6	6
						Mall Molesworth Jack Cummings	2	4
														1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	8
														4	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	1	6
						Mrs. F. Harper	6	6
						Mrs. W. T. Rowe ^[a]	1	0
										Mrs. F. Harper	3	2
									4	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	6
					4	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	8
						Dorothy Weston	3	6

Notes[]

^a Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.

References[]

^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1928. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 2 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Borotra Wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 3 February 1928. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 4 February 1928. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Tennis. Mixed Doubles Championship". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 7 February 1928. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Borotra Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 7 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Borotra Stars In Championships". The Referee. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1928. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Preceded by	Grand Slam mixed doubles	Succeeded by

[1] "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1928. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 2 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Borotra Wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 3 February 1928. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 4 February 1928. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Tennis. Mixed Doubles Championship". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 7 February 1928. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Borotra Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 7 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "Borotra Stars In Championships". The Referee. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1928. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.

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