1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles
1928 tennis event results
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The first seeds Daphne Akhurst and Esna Boyd defeated the fourth seeds Kathleen Le Messurier and Dorothy Weston 6â3, 6â1 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]
Champions
Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
Daphne Akhurst Esna BoydRunners-up Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston
Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy WestonScore6â3, 6â1
Draw14
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1928 Australian Championships | |
| Champions | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd |
| Runners-up | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston |
| Score | 6â3, 6â1 |
| Draw | 14 |
| Seeds | 4 |
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
- 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
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coral Buttsworth [a] 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 [a] 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 [b]
| 0 | 0 | Floris Conway Pattie Meaney
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- a These ladies switched pairs in relation to an original draw.
- b Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.