1931 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's doubles
1931 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Runners-upAustralia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
Score6–0, 6–4
Details
Draw21
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1930 · Australian Championships · 1932 →

Seeds

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2   Marjorie Cox
  Sylvia Harper
6 4 6
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
2 6 3 2   Marjorie Cox
  Sylvia Harper[a]
4   Dorothy Dingle
  Ula Valkenburg
6 4 5   Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
w/o
  Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
4 6 7   Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
0 4
1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
9 6 1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
  Birdie Bond
  Phyllis Lester
7 3 1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
2 7 7
  Mary Derham
  Ruth Tann
3   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 5 5
3   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
w/o

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2   Marjorie Cox
  Sylvia Harper
6 6
  Coral Buttsworth
  Nell Hall
2 3
2   Marjorie Cox
  Sylvia Harper
6 4 6
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
2 6 3
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6 6
  Floris Conway
  Muff Wilson
3 2
2   Marjorie Cox
  Sylvia Harper[a]
  Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
w/o
4   Dorothy Dingle
  Ula Valkenburg
6 6
  I. Burns
  Alison Hattersley
6 6   I. Burns
  Alison Hattersley
4 4
  Edna Gardyne
  Pattie Meaney
4 4 4   Dorothy Dingle
  Ula Valkenburg
6 4 5
  Agnes Scott
  Gwen Stevenson
7 2 10   Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
4 6 7
  Betty Ward
  Jean Wilson
5 6 8   Agnes Scott
  Gwen Stevenson
0 0
  Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
6 6   Nell Lloyd
  Gwen Utz
6 6
  E. Darvall
  G. Tunney
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Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
  Dorothy Anderson
  Nancy Chitty
3 0 [b] 1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
  Youtha Anthony
  Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
6 5 6   Youtha Anthony
  Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
2 2
  Gwen Cassidy
  Hazel Grassick
0 7 4 1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
9 6
  Birdie Bond
  Phyllis Lester
7 3
  Birdie Bond
  Phyllis Lester
6 6
  Dorothy Bellamy
  Mary Edgar
3 4
1   Louie Bickerton
  Daphne Akhurst Cozens
2 7 7
3   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 5 5
  Mary Derham
  Ruth Tann
6 9
  Kath Coleman
  Sadie Moon
2 7
  Mary Derham
  Ruth Tann
3   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
w/o
3   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 4 6
  Vera Selwin
  Helen McTaggett
4 6 4

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg in the semifinal of the women's singles earlier that day and had to withdraw from all events she participated in.
  2. ^ Some sources give 6–4 as a result of the first set.

References

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  1. ^ "Many Surprises. Australian Championship". The Brisbane Courier. 28 February 1931. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 3 March 1931. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Quist Takes Set From Moon". Advertiser and Register. South Australia, Australia. 5 March 1931. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "A Shock". The Sun (Sydney). New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1931. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 7 March 1931. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 9 March 1931. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings