1929 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's doubles
1929 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Louie Bickerton
Runners-upAustralia Sylvia Harper
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw12
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1928 · Australian Championships · 1930 →

Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before.[7]

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2   Sylvia Harper
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
  Edna Lawrence
  Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
0 1
2   Sylvia Harper
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
7 6
  Birdie Bond
  Sydney Hocking
4 6 6 3   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
5 2
  Gwen Griffiths
  Vera Mathias
6 4 4   Birdie Bond
  Sydney Hocking
4 8 4
3   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6 6 3   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6 6 6
  Eileen Rischbieth
  Roma Wadey
4 0 2   Sylvia Harper
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
2 6 2
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Louie Bickerton
6 3 6
4   Emily Hood
  Mall Molesworth
6 6
  Edna Collison
  Joyce Hone
0 1
4   Emily Hood
  Mall Molesworth
2 2
  Lorna Bollen
  Anna Menz
3 6 6 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Louie Bickerton
6 6
  Bertha Kay
  Margaret Taylor
6 2 4   Lorna Bollen
  Anna Menz
3 2
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Louie Bickerton
6 6 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Louie Bickerton
6 6
  Joyce Lillecrapp
  Katherine Wemyss
2 0

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 January 1929. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 January 1929. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Sparkling Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 23 January 1929. p. 25 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Matches In Tennis Singles Cause Great Thrills". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 24 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Class Tennis Now Being Shown In Australian Championships". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 25 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Championship Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 January 1929. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Lawn Tennis Finals". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 January 1929. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
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