1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Women's doubles
1928 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
Runners-upAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
Score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw14
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1927 · Australian Championships · 1929 →


Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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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

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  • a These ladies switched pairs in relation to an original draw.
  • b Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 23 January 1928. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
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