1931 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

April 2026 1931 Australian Championships s AUS Louie Bickerton AUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens AUS Nell Lloyd AUS Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 21 4 Australian Championships – Women's doubles Australian Championships – Women's doubles grand slam The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21673920 Many Surprises. Australian Championship The Brisbane Courier 28 February 1931 7 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205835621 Lawn Tennis The Age Victoria, Australia 3 March 1931 3 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45752436 Quist Takes Set From Moon Advertiser and Register South Australia 5 March 1931 10 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224664513 A Shock The Sun (Sydney) New South Wales, Australia 5 March 1931 14 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205829379 Lawn Tennis The Age Victoria, Australia 7 March 1931 15 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205824549 Lawn Tennis The Age Victoria, Australia 9 March 1931 4 National Library of Australia Seeds AUS Louie Bickerton / AUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens (champions) AUS Marjorie Cox / AUS Sylvia Harper (semifinals) AUS Mall Molesworth / AUS Emily Hood Westacott (semifinals) AUS Dorothy Dingle / AUS Ula Valkenburg (quarterfinals) Draw Finals 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes 15 185 2 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 6 4 6 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 2 6 3 4 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Ula Valkenburg 6 4 5 AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz 4 6 7 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 9 6 AUS Birdie BondAUS Phyllis Lester 7 3 AUS Mary DerhamAUS Ruth Tann 3 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Emily Hood Westacott w/o 2 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harperinjury Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg in the semifinal of the women's singles earlier that day and had to withdraw from all events she participated in. AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz w/o 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 2 7 7 3 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Emily Hood Westacott 6 5 5 AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz 0 4 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 6 6 Earlier rounds Section 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals yes 5 185 15 AUS I. BurnsAUS Alison Hattersley 6 6 AUS Edna GardyneAUS Pattie Meaney 4 4 AUS Agnes ScottAUS Gwen Stevenson 7 2 10 AUS Betty WardAUS Jean Wilson 5 6 8 AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz 6 6 AUS E. DarvallAUS G. Tunney 2 1 2 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 6 6 AUS Coral ButtsworthAUS Nell Hall 2 3 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 6 6 AUS Floris ConwayAUS Muff Wilson 3 2 4 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Ula Valkenburg 6 6 AUS I. BurnsAUS Alison Hattersley 4 4 AUS Agnes ScottAUS Gwen Stevenson 0 0 AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz 6 6 2 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 6 4 6 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 2 6 3 4 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Ula Valkenburg 6 4 5 AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz 4 6 7 2 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harperinjury AUS Nell LloydAUS Gwen Utz w/o Section 2 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals yes 6 185 15 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 6 6 AUS Dorothy AndersonAUS Nancy Chitty 3 0 score Some sources give 6–4 as a result of the first set. AUS Youtha AnthonyAUS Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 6 5 6 AUS Gwen CassidyAUS Hazel Grassick 0 7 4 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 6 6 AUS Youtha AnthonyAUS Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 2 2 AUS Birdie BondAUS Phyllis Lester 6 6 AUS Dorothy BellamyAUS Mary Edgar 3 4 AUS Mary DerhamAUS Ruth Tann 6 9 AUS Kath ColemanAUS Sadie Moon 2 7 3 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Emily Hood Westacott 6 4 6 AUS Vera SelwinAUS Helen McTaggett 4 6 4 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 9 6 AUS Birdie BondAUS Phyllis Lester 7 3 AUS Mary DerhamAUS Ruth Tann 3 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Emily Hood Westacott w/o 1 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens 2 7 7 3 AUS Mall MolesworthAUS Emily Hood Westacott 6 5 5 Notes References External links Source for seedings expanded Category:1931 in Australian tennis Category:1931 in women's tennis Category:1931 in Australian women's sport Women's Doubles