1928 Australian Championships | ||||
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Date | 21 January β 30 January 1928 | |||
Edition | 21st | |||
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
Surface | Grass | |||
Location | Sydney, Australia | |||
Venue | White City Tennis Club | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's singles | ||||
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Women's singles | ||||
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Men's doubles | ||||
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Women's doubles | ||||
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Mixed doubles | ||||
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Boys' singles | ||||
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Boys' doubles | ||||
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The 1928 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the: White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 21 Januaryββto 6 February. It was theββ21st edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 5th held in Sydney. And the first Grand Slam tournament of the "year." The singles titles were won by, Frenchman Jean Borotra and Australian Daphne Akhurst.
Nineteen-year-old Australian, Jack Crawford reached the semi-finals, "where he was beaten by Borotra."
This was the first of only four such a Grand Slam tournaments, in which a Triple Crown was achieved by two players.
Finalsβ»
Men's singlesβ»
Jean Borotra defeated
Jack Cummings 6β4, 6β1, 4β6, 5β7, 6β3
Women's singlesβ»
Daphne Akhurst defeated
Esna Boyd 7β5, 6β2
Men's doublesβ»
Jean Borotra /
Jacques Brugnon defeated
Gar Moon /
Jim Willard 6β2, 4β6, 6β4, 6β4
Women's doublesβ»
Daphne Akhurst /
Esna Boyd defeated
Kathleen Le Messurier /
Dorothy Weston 6β3, 6β1
Mixed doublesβ»
Daphne Akhurst /
Jean Borotra defeated
Esna Boyd /
Jack Hawkes walkover
Notesβ»
- ^ Matches in women's and "junior events were played between 21st." And 30th of January, "while men's matches and mixed doubles started on 28th."
Referencesβ»
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). β»: New Chapter Press. pp. 357β377. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "For Tennis Titles". The Sporting Globe. Victoria, Australia. 18 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS". The West Australian. Perth. 3 February 1928. p. 19. Retrieved 3 February 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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Preceded by | Grand Slams | Succeeded by |