1929 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's doubles
1929 Australian Championships
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton
Runners-upAustralia Sylvia Harper
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Draw12
Seeds4

Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before.[7]

Seeds
  1. Australia Daphne Akhurst / Australia Louie Bickerton (champions)
  2. Australia Sylvia Harper / Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood (final)
  3. Australia Kathleen Le Messurier / Australia Dorothy Weston (semifinals)
  4. Australia Emily Hood / Australia Mall Molesworth (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		6 6
Australia Edna Lawrence
Australia Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a] 		0 1
2 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		7 6
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Sydney Hocking 		4 6 6 3 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston 		5 2
Australia Gwen Griffiths
Australia Vera Mathias 		6 4 4 Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Sydney Hocking 		4 8 4
3 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston 		6 6 3 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston 		6 6 6
Australia Eileen Rischbieth
Australia Roma Wadey 		4 0 2 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		2 6 2
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton 		6 3 6
4 Australia Emily Hood
Australia Mall Molesworth 		6 6
Australia Edna Collison
Australia Joyce Hone 		0 1
4 Australia Emily Hood
Australia Mall Molesworth 		2 2
Australia Lorna Bollen
Australia Anna Menz 		3 6 6 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton 		6 6
Australia Bertha Kay
Australia Margaret Taylor 		6 2 4 Australia Lorna Bollen
Australia Anna Menz 		3 2
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton 		6 6 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton 		6 6
Australia Joyce Lillecrapp
Australia Katherine Wemyss 		2 0

Notes
  • a Mother of Ernest Rowe, most likely Flora Rowe.

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 January 1929. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 January 1929. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Sparkling Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 January 1929. p. 25 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Matches In Tennis Singles Cause Great Thrills". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 24 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Class Tennis Now Being Shown In Australian Championships". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 25 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Championship Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 January 1929. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Lawn Tennis Finals". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 January 1929. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
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