1931 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1931 Australian Championships
Champions	Marjorie Crawford ; Jack Crawford
Runners-up	Emily Hood Westacott ; Aubrey Willard
Final score	7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	24
Seeds	4
Events

Nell Hall and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and the second seeds, but they lost in the semifinals.

The first-seeded Marjorie Crawford and Jack Crawford defeated unseeded Emily Hood Westacott and Aubrey Willard 7–5, 6–4 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Seeds[]

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Nell Hall Harry Hopman	7	4	6
	Mall Molesworth Jack Cummings	5	6	4	2	Nell Hall Harry Hopman	10	2	5
	Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	6	7			Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	8	6	7
4	Sylvia Harper Gar Moon	4	9	r^a							Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	5	4
1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	1	6	6						1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	7	6
	Kathleen Le Messurier Don Turnbull	6	3	1	1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	3	6	6
	Charles Donohoe	3	6	8		Charles Donohoe	6	1	3
3	Louie Bickerton James Willard	6	1	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					2	Nell Hall Harry Hopman	5	10	6
						Joan Hartigan Clifford Sproule	7	8	4
										2	Nell Hall Harry Hopman	7	4	6
											Mall Molesworth Jack Cummings	5	6	4
						Mall Molesworth Jack Cummings	6	7
						V. Edwards	2	5
															2	Nell Hall Harry Hopman	10	2	5
	Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	6	7													Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	8	6	7
	Harry Hassett	3	5			Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	6	7
		2	6	6			1	5
		6	3	2							Emily Hood Westacott Aubrey Willard	6	7
	Dorothy Weston	6	7							4	Sylvia Harper Gar Moon	4	9	r^a
		3	5			Dorothy Weston	4	2
4	Sylvia Harper Gar Moon	6	6		4	Sylvia Harper Gar Moon	6	6
	Gwen Utz Norman Peach	1	4

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	6	6
	Thomas ^[b]	3	0		1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	w/o
		w/o
	partner Len Schwartz									1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	1	6	6
		9	6								Kathleen Le Messurier Don Turnbull	6	3	1
		7	0				6	4	4
	Kathleen Le Messurier Don Turnbull	6	4	6		Kathleen Le Messurier Don Turnbull	3	6	6
	Walker ^[c]	2	6	4											1	Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	3	6	6
																Charles Donohoe	6	1	3
						Charles Donohoe	w/o
						Mrs. L. Baker
											Charles Donohoe	3	6	8
										3	Louie Bickerton James Willard	6	1	6
					3	Louie Bickerton James Willard	6	7
							2	5

a^ ^ Because of rain this match had to be ceased with the score at one set all. It was scheduled to resume the next day, but Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg in the preceding semifinal of the women's singles and had to withdraw.
^b Probably either Robert K. Thomas or George Thomas - both played in the men's singles and doubles events.
^c Most likely William Bruce Walker who played in the men's singles and doubles events.

^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1931. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Quist Takes Set From Moon". Advertiser and Register. South Australia, Australia. 5 March 1931. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Lawn Tennis. Australian Championships". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1931. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "S.A. Tennis Players Have Bad Day". Advertiser and Register. South Australia, Australia. 7 March 1931. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 10 March 1931. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] Source for seedings

Preceded by	Grand Slam mixed doubles	Succeeded by

v t Australian Open mixed doubles drawsheets
Pre Open Era	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1945 (WWII) 1967 1968
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