1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1928 Australian Championships
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
Runners-upAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
Final score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw14
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
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The first seeds Daphne Akhurst and Esna Boyd defeated the fourth seeds Kathleen Le Messurier and Dorothy Weston 6–3, 6–1 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]


Seeds[]

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

Draw[]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
6 6
Australia Coral Buttsworth [a]
Australia Mall Molesworth
6 6 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Mall Molesworth
1 2
Australia
Australia Lorna Utz
4 2 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
6 2 6
Australia
Australia
6 6 3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
4 6 3
Australia Mrs. E. Dyer
Australia Mrs. O. Waddington
1 3 Australia
Australia
1 2
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 8 3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia
Australia
0 6 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
6 6
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
w/o 4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
3 1
Australia
Australia
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
Australia Mrs. Bolton
Australia
w/o Australia Mrs. Bolton
Australia
2 0
Australia [a]
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
4 6 2
Australia
Australia
6 6 4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
6 0 6
Australia
Australia Mrs. W. T. Rowe [b]
0 0 Australia
Australia
6 6
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
8 8

Notes[]

  • a These ladies switched pairs in relation to an original draw.
  • b Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 23 January 1928. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Preceded by Grand Slam women's doubles Succeeded by
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