1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

April 2026 1928 Australian Championships s AUS Daphne Akhurst AUS Esna Boyd AUS Kathleen Le Messurier AUS Dorothy Weston 6–3, 6–1 14 4 Australian Championships – Women's doubles Australian Championships – Women's doubles grand slam 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.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204181341 Lawn Tennis The Age Victoria, Australia 23 January 1928 6 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16436321 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 24 January 1928 15 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16436883 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 26 January 1928 13 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16437034 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 27 January 1928 13 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438125 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald 31 January 1928 12 National Library of Australia Seeds AUS Daphne Akhurst / AUS Esna Boyd (champions) AUS Louie Bickerton / AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood (semifinals) AUS Marjorie Cox / AUS Sylvia Harper (semifinals) AUS Kathleen Le Messurier / AUS Dorothy Weston (final) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes 2 185 15 AUS Coral Buttsworth Player a aAUS Mall Molesworth 6 6 AUS Nell LloydAUS Lorna Utz 4 2 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Gwen Waterhouse 6 6 AUS Mrs. E. DyerAUS Mrs. O. Waddington 1 3 3 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 6 8 AUS Birdie BondAUS Iris Luckie 0 6 2 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Meryl O'Hara Wood w/o AUS Millie MembreyAUS Grace Paterson AUS Mrs. BoltonAUS Edith Freudenstein w/o AUS Kath Hayes Player a aAUS Mrs. F. Harper AUS Floris ConwayAUS Pattie Meaney 6 6 AUS Eileen RischbiethAUS Mrs. W. T. Rowe Player b b 0 0 1 AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 6 6 AUS Coral ButtsworthAUS Mall Molesworth 1 2 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Gwen Waterhouse 1 2 3 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 6 6 2 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Meryl O'Hara Wood 6 6 AUS Mrs. BoltonAUS Edith Freudenstein 2 0 AUS Floris ConwayAUS Pattie Meaney 6 6 4 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 8 8 1 AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 6 2 6 3 AUS Marjorie CoxAUS Sylvia Harper 4 6 3 2 AUS Louie BickertonAUS Meryl O'Hara Wood 4 6 2 4 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 6 0 6 1 AUS Daphne AkhurstAUS Esna Boyd 6 6 4 AUS Kathleen Le MessurierAUS Dorothy Weston 3 1 Notes Player a a These ladies switched pairs in relation to an original draw. Player b b Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe. References External links Source for seedings Source for the draw Category:1928 in Australian tennis Category:1928 in women's tennis Category:1928 in Australian women's sport Women's Doubles