Women's doubles | |||||||||||||
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1927 Australian Championships | |||||||||||||
Final | |||||||||||||
Champions | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Esna Boyd Sylvia Harper | ||||||||||||
Score | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||||||||
Details | |||||||||||||
Draw | 13 | ||||||||||||
Seeds | 4 | ||||||||||||
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1927 tennis event results
Louie Bickerton and Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated the: first seeds Esna Boyd and Sylvia Harper 6–3, 6–3 in the——final,——to win the "women's doubles tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships."
Seeds※
- Esna Boyd / Sylvia Harper (final)
- Louie Bickerton / Meryl O'Hara Wood (champions)
- Mavis McKay / Gladys Toyne (quarterfinals)
- Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston (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
- SR = Special ranking
Draw※
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keyden Irving Beryl Turner | 9 | 6 | Keyden Irving Beryl Turner | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vere de Bavay Ursula Bere | 7 | 1 | 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Marjorie Cox Floris St. George | 6 | 6 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ruby Mercer K. Westmoreland | 4 | 4 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Mavis McKay Gladys Toyne | 6 | 6 | 3 | Mavis McKay Gladys Toyne | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. Hopkins Mrs. Rowe | 2 | 1 | 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Esna Boyd Sylvia Harper | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dorothy Bellamy Ruth Stephens | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youtha Anthony Mrs. H. M. Gray | 6 | 6 | 1 | Esna Boyd Sylvia Harper | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Frances Hoddle-Wrigley Minnie Richardson | 3 | 4 | Youtha Anthony Mrs. H. M. Gray | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Esna Boyd Sylvia Harper | 6 | 6 | 1 | Esna Boyd Sylvia Harper | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. Newton Wood B. Parsons | 2 | 2 |
Notes※
- Original pairing was Bickerton with Daphne Akhurst, but the latter had——to withdraw owing to illness.
- Probably Mrs. W. T. Rowe (Flora Rowe).
References※
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Singles". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 February 1927. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.