Women's doubles | |||||||||||||
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1928 Australian Championships | |||||||||||||
Final | |||||||||||||
Champions | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | ||||||||||||
Score | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||||||||
Details | |||||||||||||
Draw | 14 | ||||||||||||
Seeds | 4 | ||||||||||||
Events | |||||||||||||
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1928 tennis event results
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."
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
- SR = Special ranking
Draw※
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coral Buttsworth Mall Molesworth | 6 | 6 | Coral Buttsworth Mall Molesworth | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nell Lloyd Lorna Utz | 4 | 2 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dorothy Dingle Gwen Waterhouse | 6 | 6 | 3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. E. Dyer Mrs. O. Waddington | 1 | 3 | Dorothy Dingle Gwen Waterhouse | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 6 | 8 | 3 | Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Birdie Bond Iris Luckie | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Millie Membrey Grace Paterson | 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. Bolton Edith Freudenstein | w/o | Mrs. Bolton Edith Freudenstein | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kath Hayes Mrs. F. Harper | 2 | Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Floris Conway Pattie Meaney | 6 | 6 | 4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eileen Rischbieth Mrs. W. T. Rowe | 0 | 0 | Floris Conway Pattie Meaney | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 8 | 8 |
Notes※
- These ladies switched pairs in relation——to an original draw.
- 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. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.