1926 Australasian Championships – Women's doubles

The first seeds Esna Boyd and Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Marjorie Cox 6–3, 6–8, 8–6 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's doubles
1926 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Runners-upAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox
Score6–3, 6–8, 8–6
Details
Draw13
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
1   Esna Boyd
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
0 6 6
  Nell Hamilton
  Edna Lawrence
6 6   Nell Hamilton
  Edna Lawrence
6 2 0
  Jean Laughton
  Lois Laughton
3 2 1   Esna Boyd
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
4 8 6
  Alison Hooper
  Beryl Turner
4 6 6 3   Sylvia Harper
  Minnie Richardson
6 6 2
  Vera Mathias
  Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
6 2 0   Alison Hooper
  Beryl Turner
4 3
3   Sylvia Harper
  Minnie Richardson
6 6 3   Sylvia Harper
  Minnie Richardson
6 6
  Mrs. Menzies
  Agnes Ridgway
1 1 1   Esna Boyd
  Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6 8
2   Daphne Akhurst
  Marjorie Cox
3 8 6
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
6 6
  Molly Finlayson [b]
  Mary Laidlaw
1 4
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston
5 1
  Margaret Officer
  Margaret Taylor
8 9 2   Daphne Akhurst
  Marjorie Cox
7 6
  Jocelyn Bowman
  Joyce Lillecrapp
6 7   Margaret Officer
  Margaret Taylor
4 3
2   Daphne Akhurst
  Marjorie Cox
6 6 2   Daphne Akhurst
  Marjorie Cox
6 6
  Lorna Bollen
  Anna Menz
1 2

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  • a Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.
  • b Most likely. Often spelled Miss C. Finlayson, even in sources that mentioned her as Miss M. Finlayson in other articles.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "A Day Without Surprises". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 26 January 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australasian Championships". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 27 January 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Gemmell Shines Again". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 28 January 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Rowe's Amazing". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 29 January 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Australasian Champion Defeated". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 31 January 1926. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Disappointing Final Day". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 2 February 1926. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Australasian Tennis Championships". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 18 January 1926. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Australasian Tennis Championships. List of Entrants". The Observer. Adelaide, Australia. 23 January 1926. p. 49 – via National Library of Australia.
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