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
Champions Thelma Coyne
Nancye Wynne
Runners-up Nell Hopman
Emily Hood Westacott
Final score6–2, 6–2
Draw14
Seeds4

Seeds
  1. Thelma Coyne / Nancye Wynne (Champions)
  2. Nell Hopman / Emily Hood Westacott (Final)
  3. May Blick / Joan Hartigan (Semifinals)
  4. Alison Hattersley / Vera Selwin (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
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[lower-alpha 1] 6
Thelma Rice
Olive Stebbing 		0 6 6 4 Alison Hattersley
Vera Selwin 		3 6[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
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
  1. Some sources[5] give 5–7 as a result of the second set.
  2. Also spelled Lipscombe in many sources.

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald (No. 30, 909). New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Quist Beaten". The Sydney Morning Herald (No. 30, 911). New South Wales, Australia. 28 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "J. Bromwich". The Sydney Morning Herald (No. 30, 912). New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Tennis Champions". The Sydney Morning Herald (No. 30, 914). New South Wales, Australia. 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.
  • Source for seedings and the draw
Preceded by
1936 U.S. National Championships – Women's Doubles		 Grand Slam women's doubles Succeeded by
1937 French Championships – Women's Doubles
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