1937 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

April 2026 1937 Australian Championships s AUS Thelma Coyne AUS Nancye Wynne AUS Nell Hopman AUS Emily Hood Westacott 6–2, 6–2 14 4 Australian Championships – Women's doubles Australian Championships – Women's doubles grand slam 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.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17305989 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald ((30,909)) 26 January 1937 15 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27988932 Quist Beaten The Sydney Morning Herald ((30,911)) 28 January 1937 15 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17299939 J. Bromwich The Sydney Morning Herald ((30,912)) 29 January 1937 17 National Library of Australiahttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17308917 Tennis Champions The Sydney Morning Herald ((30,914)) 1 February 1937 13 National Library of Australia Seeds AUS Thelma Coyne / AUS Nancye Wynne (champions) AUS Nell Hopman / AUS Emily Hood Westacott (final) AUS May Blick / AUS Joan Hartigan (semifinals) AUS Alison Hattersley / AUS Vera Selwin (semifinals) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes 2 185 15 AUS May HardcastleAUS Peg Menzies 6 7 AUS Connie CoateAUS Gladys Farrell 3 5 AUS Thelma RiceAUS Olive Stebbing 0 6 6 AUS Dot StevensonAUS Gwen Stevenson 6 1 4 4 AUS Alison HattersleyAUS Vera Selwin 6 6 AUS Lavinia SingletonAUS Pearl Stern 4 2 3 AUS May BlickAUS Joan Hartigan 6 6 AUS Edna McCollAUS Nina Vickery 4 2 AUS Sylvia HarperAUS Kath Woodward 6 6 AUS Betty Lipscombspel Also spelled Lipscombe in many sources.AUS Marjorie Moran 2 2 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Muff Wilson 6 2 6 AUS Helen BowkerAUS Beth Peach 3 6 0 1 AUS Thelma CoyneAUS Nancye Wynne 6 6 AUS May HardcastleAUS Peg Menzies 3 4 AUS Thelma RiceAUS Olive Stebbing 4 4 4 AUS Alison HattersleyAUS Vera Selwin 6 6 3 AUS May BlickAUS Joan Hartigan 9 6 AUS Sylvia HarperAUS Kath Woodward 7 1 AUS Dorothy DingleAUS Muff Wilson 0 6 2 AUS Nell HopmanAUS Emily Hood Westacott 6 8 1 AUS Thelma CoyneAUS Nancye Wynne 6 4res Some sourceshttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36880076 Another Tittle Surprise The Courier-Mail ((1066)) South Australia 29 January 1937 7 National Library of Australia give 5–7 as a result of the second set. 6 4 AUS Alison HattersleyAUS Vera Selwin 3 6res 3 3 AUS May BlickAUS Joan Hartigan 4 3 2 AUS Nell HopmanAUS Emily Hood Westacott 6 6 1 AUS Thelma CoyneAUS Nancye Wynne 6 6 2 AUS Nell HopmanAUS Emily Hood Westacott 2 2 Notes References External links Source for seedings and the draw expanded Category:1937 in Australian tennis Category:1937 in women's tennis Category:1937 in Australian women's sport Women's Doubles