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1929 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

The fourth-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Gar Moon defeated the first seeds Marjorie Cox and Jack Crawford 6–0, 7–5 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Mixed doubles
1929 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Gar Moon
Runners-upAustralia Marjorie Cox
Australia Jack Crawford
Score6–0, 7–5
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1928 · Australian Championships · 1930 →

Seeds edit

  1.   Marjorie Cox /   Jack Crawford (final)
  2.   Meryl O'Hara Wood /   Pat O'Hara Wood (semifinals)
  3.   Mall Molesworth /   Colin Gregory (quarterfinals)
  4.   Daphne Akhurst /   Gar Moon (champions)

Draw edit

Key edit

Draw edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Marjorie Cox
  Jack Crawford 		6 6
  Emily Hood
  Colin Cropper 		1 4 1   Marjorie Cox
  Jack Crawford 		6 6
  Nancy Day
  Peter Hooper 		w/o   Nancy Day
  Peter Hooper 		4 0
  Birdie Bond
  V. E. Page [a] 		1   Marjorie Cox
  Jack Crawford 		6 6
  Louie Bickerton
  Rupert Wertheim 		6 8   Louie Bickerton
  Rupert Wertheim 		2 2
  Edna Lawrence
  Ray Hone 		2 6   Louie Bickerton
  Rupert Wertheim 		6 6
3   Mall Molesworth
  Colin Gregory 		w/o 3   Mall Molesworth
  Colin Gregory 		2 3
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Don Turnbull [b] 		1   Marjorie Cox
  Jack Crawford 		0 5
4   Daphne Akhurst
  Gar Moon 		6 6 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Gar Moon 		6 7
  Dorothy Weston
  Ron Hone 		3 1 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Gar Moon 		6 6
  Lorna Bollen
  D'Arcy Mullamphy 		8 3 8   Lorna Bollen
  D'Arcy Mullamphy 		3 4
  Gwen Griffiths
  Jim Black 		6 6 6 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Gar Moon 		7 6
  Sylvia Harper
  Ian Collins 		6 6 2   Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Pat O'Hara Wood 		5 2
  Mrs. V. Mathias [c]
  Cliff Harvey 		0 4   Sylvia Harper
  Ian Collins 		3 6 2
2   Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Pat O'Hara Wood 		6 6 2   Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Pat O'Hara Wood 		6 2 6
  Sydney Hocking
  Lyall Reynolds 		0 3

Notes edit

  • a Page didn't show up at all because of health issues.[8]
  • b Turnbull severely injured his thumb the preceding day in the Linton Cup final.[9]
  • c Possibly Vera Lucy Mathias.

References edit

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 January 1929. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Tennis Championships Become Interesting". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 22 January 1929. p. 12 – 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. ^ "Gregory Is Now In Final Of Tennis Singles". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia. 26 January 1929. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Championship Tennis". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 January 1929. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Examiner. Tasmania, Australia. 18 January 1929. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Champions Meet In Delightful Tennis Weather". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia, Australia. 21 January 1929. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.

External links edit

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