1928 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

1928 Australian Championships s AUS Daphne Akhurst FRA Jean Borotra AUS Esna Boyd AUS Jack Hawkes w/o 20 4 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles Australian Championships – Mixed doubles grand slam Second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Jean Borotra won the final on a walkover against the first seeds Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438125 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 31 January 1928 12 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438357 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 1 February 1928 16 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438491 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1928 12 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438783/1205178 Borotra Wins The Sydney Morning Herald 3 February 1928 14 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16439345 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 4 February 1928 17 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67571521 Tennis. Mixed Doubles Championship The Advocate Tasmania, Australia 7 February 1928 4 National Library of Australia Originally this final (as well as men's singles and men's doubles finals) was scheduled to be played on Saturday, February 4. As the tournament progressed, it turned out that Borotra would have been engaged in all three of them. He refused to play three matches in one day and wished to forfeit in mixed doubles event. This was not agreed to by the committee and his semi-final and subsequent final mixed doubles matches were postponed until Monday, February 6. Unfortunately, Miss Boyd, who had been in Sydney for a fortnight (as the women's events have begun on 21 January), could not arrange to remain longer and had to scratch.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16439792 Borotra Again The Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 1928 12 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127895480 Borotra Stars In Championships The Referee New South Wales, Australia 8 February 1928 18 National Library of Australia Both Miss Akhurst and Jean Borotra completed a Triple Crown achievement, having already won their singles and doubles titles. Seeds AUS Esna Boyd / AUS Jack Hawkes (final) AUS Daphne Akhurst / FRA Jean Borotra (champions) AUS Sylvia Harper / FRA Jacques Brugnon (semifinals) AUS Louie Bickerton / FRA Christian Boussus (semifinals) Draw Finals 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes 15 185 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra 6 6 AUS Joan WheatonAUS Dick Medcalf 1 1 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Norman Peach 4 4 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 6 6 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 7 4 6 AUS Pattie MeaneyAUS Fred Kalms 5 6 3 AUS Mrs. F. HarperAUS Elliott M. Dunn 3 2 4 AUS Louie BickertonFRA Christian Boussus 6 6 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra 6 3 6 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 0 6 3 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 6 8 4 AUS Louie BickertonFRA Christian Boussus 1 6 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra w/o 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes Earlier rounds Section 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals yes 6 185 15 AUS Birdie BondAUS V. E. Page 6 6 AUS Grace PatersonAUS James Bayley 4 2 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 4 7 6 AUS Floris ConwayAUS Rupert Wertheim 6 5 2 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra 6 6 AUS Kath HayesAUS Cecil Ward 2 0 AUS Joan WheatonAUS Dick Medcalf 2 6 6 AUS Lorna UtzAUS Darby Louden 6 2 4 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Norman Peach 1 6 6 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Gar Moon 6 3 4 AUS Birdie BondAUS V. E. Page 2 4 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 6 6 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra 6 6 AUS Joan WheatonAUS Dick Medcalf 1 1 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Norman Peach 4 4 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 6 6 2 AUS Daphne AkhurstFRA Jean Borotra 6 3 6 3 AUS Sylvia HarperFRA Jacques Brugnon 0 6 3 Section 2 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals yes 6 185 15 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 6 6 AUS Gwen WaterhouseAUS Guy Williams 2 4 AUS Dorothy BickertonAUS Jim Willard 11 7 6 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Len Thurlow 13 5 3 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 6 6 AUS Dorothy BickertonAUS Jim Willard 0 0 AUS Pattie MeaneyAUS Fred Kalms 6 6 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Jack Cummings 2 4 AUS Mrs. F. HarperAUS Elliott M. Dunn 6 6 AUS Mrs. W. T. Rowe Player a aAUS Ron Ford 1 0 4 AUS Louie BickertonFRA Christian Boussus 6 8 AUS Dorothy WestonAUS Frank Peach 3 6 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 7 4 6 AUS Pattie MeaneyAUS Fred Kalms 5 6 3 AUS Mrs. F. HarperAUS Elliott M. Dunn 3 2 4 AUS Louie BickertonFRA Christian Boussus 6 6 1 AUS Esna BoydAUS Jack Hawkes 6 8 4 AUS Louie BickertonFRA Christian Boussus 1 6 Notes Player a a Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe. References External links Source for seedings Source for the draw expanded Category:1928 in Australian tennis Mixed Doubles 1928