1931 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1931 Australian Championships
Final
Champions	Louie Bickerton ; Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Runners-up	Nell Lloyd ; Gwen Utz
Score	6–0, 6–4
Details
Draw	21
Seeds	4
Events

The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Seeds edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	6	4	6
	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	2	6	3	2	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper^[a]
4	Dorothy Dingle Ula Valkenburg	6	4	5		Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	w/o
	Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	4	6	7							Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	0	4
1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	9	6							1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	6	6
	Birdie Bond Phyllis Lester	7	3		1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	2	7	7
	Mary Derham Ruth Tann				3	Mall Molesworth Emily Hood Westacott	6	5	5
3	Mall Molesworth Emily Hood Westacott	w/o

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					2	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	6	6
						Coral Buttsworth Nell Hall	2	3
									2	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	6	4	6
										Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	2	6	3
						Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	6	6
						Floris Conway Muff Wilson	3	2
														2	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper^[a]
															Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	w/o
					4	Dorothy Dingle Ula Valkenburg	6	6
	I. Burns Alison Hattersley	6	6			I. Burns Alison Hattersley	4	4
	Edna Gardyne Pattie Meaney	4	4						4	Dorothy Dingle Ula Valkenburg	6	4	5
	Agnes Scott Gwen Stevenson	7	2	10						Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	4	6	7
	Betty Ward Jean Wilson	5	6	8		Agnes Scott Gwen Stevenson	0	0
	Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	6	6			Nell Lloyd Gwen Utz	6	6
	E. Darvall G. Tunney	2	1

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	6	6
	Dorothy Anderson Nancy Chitty	3	0	^[b]	1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	6	6
	Youtha Anthony Frances Hoddle-Wrigley	6	5	6		Youtha Anthony Frances Hoddle-Wrigley	2	2
	Gwen Cassidy Hazel Grassick	0	7	4						1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	9	6
											Birdie Bond Phyllis Lester	7	3
						Birdie Bond Phyllis Lester	6	6
						Dorothy Bellamy Mary Edgar	3	4
														1	Louie Bickerton Daphne Akhurst Cozens	2	7	7
														3	Mall Molesworth Emily Hood Westacott	6	5	5
						Mary Derham Ruth Tann	6	9
						Kath Coleman Sadie Moon	2	7
											Mary Derham Ruth Tann
										3	Mall Molesworth Emily Hood Westacott	w/o
					3	Mall Molesworth Emily Hood Westacott	6	4	6
						Vera Selwin Helen McTaggett	4	6	4

^ ^a ^b Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg in the semifinal of the women's singles earlier that day and had to withdraw from all events she participated in.
^ Some sources give 6–4 as a result of the first set.