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
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd
Runners-upAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
Score6–3, 6–1
Draw14
Seeds4


Seeds
  1. Australia Daphne Akhurst / Australia Esna Boyd (champions)
  2. Australia Louie Bickerton / Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood (semifinals)
  3. Australia Marjorie Cox / Australia Sylvia Harper (semifinals)
  4. Australia Kathleen Le Messurier / Australia Dorothy Weston (final)

Draw

Key

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd 		6 6
Australia Coral Buttsworth [a]
Australia Mall Molesworth 		6 6 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Mall Molesworth 		1 2
Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Lorna Utz 		4 2 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd 		6 2 6
Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Gwen Waterhouse 		6 6 3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper 		4 6 3
Australia Mrs. E. Dyer
Australia Mrs. O. Waddington 		1 3 Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Gwen Waterhouse 		1 2
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper 		6 8 3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper 		6 6
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Iris Luckie 		0 6 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Esna Boyd 		6 6
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		w/o 4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston 		3 1
Australia Millie Membrey
Australia Grace Paterson 		2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		6 6
Australia Mrs. Bolton
Australia Edith Freudenstein 		w/o Australia Mrs. Bolton
Australia Edith Freudenstein 		2 0
Australia Kath Hayes [a]
Australia Mrs. F. Harper 		2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		4 6 2
Australia Floris Conway
Australia Pattie Meaney 		6 6 4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston 		6 0 6
Australia Eileen Rischbieth
Australia Mrs. W. T. Rowe [b] 		0 0 Australia Floris Conway
Australia Pattie Meaney 		6 6
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia 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.

References
  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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