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
Champions Daphne Akhurst
Esna Boyd
Runners-up Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston
Final score6–3, 6–1
Draw14
Seeds4


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

Draw

Key

Draw
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
  • 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. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
Preceded by
1927 U.S. National Championships – Women's Doubles		 Grand Slam women's doubles Succeeded by
1928 French Championships – Women's Doubles
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