1937 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

Defending champions Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne defeated Nell Hopman and Emily Hood Westacott 6–2, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1937 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4]

Women's doubles
1937 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
Runners-upAustralia Nell Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Score6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw14
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1936 · Australian Championships · 1938 →

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 6
  May Hardcastle
  Peg Menzies
6 7   May Hardcastle
  Peg Menzies
3 4
  Connie Coate
  Gladys Farrell
3 5 1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 4[b] 6
  Thelma Rice
  Olive Stebbing
0 6 6 4   Alison Hattersley
  Vera Selwin
3 6[b] 3
  Dot Stevenson
  Gwen Stevenson
6 1 4   Thelma Rice
  Olive Stebbing
4 4
4   Alison Hattersley
  Vera Selwin
6 6 4   Alison Hattersley
  Vera Selwin
6 6
  Lavinia Singleton
  Pearl Stern
4 2 1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 6
3   May Blick
  Joan Hartigan
6 6 2   Nell Hopman
  Emily Hood Westacott
2 2
  Edna McColl
  Nina Vickery
4 2 3   May Blick
  Joan Hartigan
9 6
  Sylvia Harper
  Kath Woodward
6 6   Sylvia Harper
  Kath Woodward
7 1
  Betty Lipscomb[a]
  Marjorie Moran
2 2 3   May Blick
  Joan Hartigan
4 3
  Dorothy Dingle
  Muff Wilson
6 2 6 2   Nell Hopman
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
  Helen Bowker
  Beth Peach
3 6 0   Dorothy Dingle
  Muff Wilson
0 6
2   Nell Hopman
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 8

Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled Lipscombe in many sources.
  2. ^ a b Some sources[5] give 5–7 as a result of the second set.

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,909. 26 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Quist Beaten". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,911. 28 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "J. Bromwich". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,912. 29 January 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Tennis Champions". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,914. 1 February 1937. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Another Tittle Surprise". The Courier-Mail. No. 1066. South Australia, Australia. 29 January 1937. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings and the draw