1925 Australasian Championships – Women's doubles
1925 tennis event results
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Defending champions Daphne Akhurst and Sylvia Harper defeated Esna Boyd and Kathleen Le Messurier 6â4, 6â3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1925 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Champions
Daphne Akhurst
Sylvia Harper
Daphne Akhurst Sylvia HarperRunners-up Esna Boyd
Kathleen Le Messurier
Esna Boyd Kathleen Le MessurierScore6â4, 6â3
Draw18
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1925 Australasian Championships | |
| Champions | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper |
| Runners-up | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier |
| Score | 6â4, 6â3 |
| Draw | 18 |
| Seeds | 4 |
With this win Akhurst completed her first Triple Crown achievement, having already won the singles and the mixed doubles titles earlier that day.
Seeds
- Daphne Akhurst / Sylvia Harper (champions)
- Esna Boyd / Kathleen Le Messurier (final)
- Marjorie Cox / Floris St. George (semifinals)
- Pattie Meaney / Millie Mitchell (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Miss Holt Mrs. F. Harper
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pattie Meaney Millie Mitchell
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Pattie Meaney Millie Mitchell
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mrs. Docker Jessie Watson
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Edie Butcherine Dorothy Weston
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Louie Bickerton Grace Paterson
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Earlier rounds
Section 1
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnie Goodman Nion Kenyon
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Holt Mrs. F. Harper
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Holt Mrs. F. Harper
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coral Buttsworth Miss O'Connor
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Esna Boyd Kathleen Le Messurier
| 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pattie Meaney Millie Mitchell
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pattie Meaney Millie Mitchell
| 7 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flora Cameron Nancy Fitzhardinge
| 5 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pattie Meaney Millie Mitchell
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muff Wilson Iris Woodd
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Mrs. Docker Jessie Watson
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doris Mackie Ula Valkenburg
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Muff Wilson Iris Woodd
| 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Docker Jessie Watson
| 6 | 6 | Mrs. Docker Jessie Watson
| 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Cooling Mrs. G. B. Stevens
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 2
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anna Doyle Phyllis Lester
| 6 | 6 | Anna Doyle Phyllis Lester
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Evans Margaret Knoblanche
| 2 | 4 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Edie Butcherine [a] Dorothy Weston [a]
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Harper
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnie Richardson Adeline Wilkins
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Marjorie Cox Floris St. George
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louie Bickerton Grace Paterson
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louie Bickerton Grace Paterson
| 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gwen Waterhouse Rhona White
| 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- a Even the day before, this encounter was being announced as Akhurst and Harper vs. Weston and partner â so, logically, it had to be the first match of the tournament for Butcherine/Weston pair.