1929 Australian Championships – Women's doubles
Women Australian Championship
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First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6â2, 3â6, 6â2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Champions
Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton
Daphne Akhurst Louie BickertonRunners-up Sylvia Harper
Meryl O'Hara Wood
Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara WoodScore6â2, 3â6, 6â2
Draw12
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1929 Australian Championships | |
| Champions | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton |
| Runners-up | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood |
| Score | 6â2, 3â6, 6â2 |
| Draw | 12 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won the Women's Singles title earlier that day and the Mixed Doubles final the day before.[7]
Seeds
- Daphne Akhurst / Louie Bickerton (champions)
- Sylvia Harper / Meryl O'Hara Wood (final)
- Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston (semifinals)
- Emily Hood / Mall Molesworth (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
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edna Lawrence Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birdie Bond Sydney Hocking
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gwen Griffiths Vera Mathias
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Birdie Bond Sydney Hocking
| 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eileen Rischbieth Roma Wadey
| 4 | 0 | 2 | Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood
| 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Emily Hood Mall Molesworth
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edna Collison Joyce Hone
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Emily Hood Mall Molesworth
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lorna Bollen Anna Menz
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bertha Kay Margaret Taylor
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Lorna Bollen Anna Menz
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joyce Lillecrapp Katherine Wemyss
| 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- a Mother of Ernest Rowe, most likely Flora Rowe.