1924 Australasian Championships – Women's doubles

First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Sylvia Lance defeated the fourth seeds Kathleen Le Messurier and Meryl O'Hara Wood 7–5, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1924 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's doubles
1924 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Lance
Runners-upAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Score7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2   Esna Boyd
  Marjorie Todd
6 6
  Violet Mather
  Doris Mountain
1 2 2   Esna Boyd
  Marjorie Todd
9 6
  Louie Boddington
  Nell Thyne
6 6   Louie Boddington
  Nell Thyne
7 3
  Ruby Mercer
  Isabel Wade
3 1 2   Esna Boyd
  Marjorie Todd
4 3
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6 4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
  Vere de Bavay
  Ursula Bere
2 1 4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
  Gwen Hack
  Mrs. W. T. Rowe
6 8 7   Gwen Hack
  Mrs. W. T. Rowe
2 1
  Mrs G. B. Goodes
  Helen Outhwaite
8 6 5 4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
5 2
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Lance
6 6 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Lance
7 6
  Kathleen Roberts
  Jessie Salter
1 1 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Lance
6 6
  Minnie Richardson
  Jessie Simpson
6 6   Minnie Richardson
  Jessie Simpson
3 2
  Dorothy Hope
  Mavis McIver [a]
3 4 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Lance
6 6
3   Mall Molesworth
  Dorothy Rendall
6 6 3   Mall Molesworth
  Dorothy Rendall
3 1
  M. Farnsworth
  I. Morton
4 1 3   Mall Molesworth
  Dorothy Rendall
6 6
  Youtha Anthony
  Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
w/o   Youtha Anthony
  Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
3 2
  Nancy Grant
  Hester Phillimore

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 January 1924. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Championship Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 January 1924. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 January 1924. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "National Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 24 January 1924. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "National Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 25 January 1924. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 January 1924. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
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