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1935 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

The first seeds Evelyn Dearman and Nancy Lyle defeated Louie Bickerton and Nell Hopman 6–3, 6–4 in the wholly replayed[1] final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Women's doubles
1935 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Evelyn Dearman
United Kingdom Nancy Lyle
Runners-upAustralia Louie Bickerton
Australia Nell Hopman
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1934 · Australian Championships · 1936 →

The original final encounter had to be ceased because of falling light. The score stood at set all: 6–3, 2–6.[9]

Seeds edit

  1.   Evelyn Dearman /   Nancy Lyle (champions)
  2.   Thelma Coyne[a] /   Dorothy Round (semifinals)
  3.   Louie Bickerton /   Nell Hopman (final)
  4.   Mall Molesworth /   Emily Hood Westacott (semifinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

Draw edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Evelyn Dearman
  Nancy Lyle 		6 6
  Thora Chittick
  Dorothy Greenwood 		1 3 1   Evelyn Dearman
  Nancy Lyle 		6 6
  Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
  Rosemary Rees 		6 5 8   Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
  Rosemary Rees 		1 3
  Birdie Bond
  Mary Richardson 		4 7 6 1   Evelyn Dearman
  Nancy Lyle 		6 6
  Dot Stevenson
  Gwen Stevenson 		6 6 6 4   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott 		4 4
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Dorothy Weston 		2 8 1   Dot Stevenson
  Gwen Stevenson 		3 3
4   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott 		4 6 6 4   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott 		6 6
  Doris Mauger
  Shirley Whittaker 		6 2 4 1   Evelyn Dearman
  Nancy Lyle 		6 6
3   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hopman 		6 6 3   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hopman 		3 4
  Truda Cox
  Gladys Toyne 		1 4 3   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hopman 		6 6
  Dorothy Bellamy
  Sylvia Harper 		7 1 6   Dorothy Bellamy
  Sylvia Harper 		1 3
  Edna Harry
  Agnes Scott 		5 6 3 3   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hopman 		6 6
  Nancy Chitty
  Doreen Malcolm 		6 6 2   Thelma Coyne
  Dorothy Round 		2 4
  May Blick
  Kath Woodward 		2 0   Nancy Chitty
  Doreen Malcolm 		2 0
2   Thelma Coyne
  Dorothy Round 		6 4 6 2   Thelma Coyne
  Dorothy Round 		6 6
  Madge Carnie
  Alma Cox 		4 6 2

Notes edit

  • a Joan Hartigan, the original doubles partner for Miss Round, withdrew acting on medical advice. (See: reference #2).

References edit

  1. ^ "Last Of Kooyong Title Matches". The Argus. No. 27,584. Melbourne. 15 January 1935. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "International Tennis Players In Form". The Argus. No. 27,574. Melbourne. 3 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Day Of Thrills At Kooyong". The Argus. No. 27,576. Melbourne. 5 January 1935. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "McGrath In Rare Form". The Argus. No. 27,578. Melbourne. 8 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals". The Argus. No. 27,579. Melbourne. 9 January 1935. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Perry Bounds To Victory". The Argus. No. 27,580. Melbourne. 10 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Crawford Wins Valiantly". The Argus. No. 27,581. Melbourne. 11 January 1935. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Crawford's Skill And Strategy Defeat Perry". The Argus. No. 27,583. Melbourne. 14 January 1935. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Crawford And Perry Again". The Argus. No. 27,582. Melbourne. 12 January 1935. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.

External links edit

[1] Source for seedings

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