1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles
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Women's doubles | |
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1928 Australian Championships | |
Champions | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd |
Runners-up | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston |
Final score | 6–3, 6–1 |
Draw | 14 |
Seeds | 4 |
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[]
- Daphne Akhurst / Esna Boyd (champions)
- Louie Bickerton / Meryl O'Hara Wood (semifinals)
- Marjorie Cox / Sylvia Harper (semifinals)
- Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston (final)
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 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coral Buttsworth [a] Mall Molesworth | 6 | 6 | Coral Buttsworth Mall Molesworth | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lorna Utz | 4 | 2 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. E. Dyer Mrs. O. Waddington | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 6 | 8 | 3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | w/o | 4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. Bolton | w/o | Mrs. Bolton | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
[a] Mrs. F. Harper | 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. W. T. Rowe [b] | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kathleen Le Messurier 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[]
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 23 January 1928. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
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