1929 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
Women's Doubles | |
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1929 Australian Championships | |
Champions | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton |
Runners-up | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood |
Final score | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Draw | 12 |
Seeds | 4 |
First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before.[7]
Seeds[]
- Daphne Akhurst / Louie Bickerton (Champions)
- Sylvia Harper / Meryl O'Hara Wood (Final)
- Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston (Semifinals)
- Emily Hood / Mall Molesworth (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
Draw[]
First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a] | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Emily Hood Mall Molesworth | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Emily Hood Mall Molesworth | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton | 6 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 |
Notes[]
- a Mother of Ernest Rowe, most likely Flora Rowe.
References[]
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 January 1929. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 January 1929. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sparkling Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 January 1929. p. 25 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Matches In Tennis Singles Cause Great Thrills". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 24 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Class Tennis Now Being Shown In Australian Championships". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 25 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Championship Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 January 1929. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis Finals". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 January 1929. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
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