1938 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and second seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals.

Mixed doubles
1938 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Margaret Wilson
Australia John Bromwich
Runners-upAustralia Nancye Wynne
Australia Colin Long
Score6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw23
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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In an all-unseeded final Margaret Wilson and John Bromwich defeated Nancye Wynne and Colin Long 6–3, 6–2, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1938 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Seeds edit

  1.   Dorothy Bundy /   Don Budge (quarterfinals)
  2.   Nell Hopman /   Harry Hopman (quarterfinals)
  3.   Thelma Coyne /   Jack Crawford (semifinals)
  4.   Dorothy Workman /   Gene Mako (semifinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
          
  Margaret Wilson
  John Bromwich
5 6 6
3   Thelma Coyne
  Jack Crawford
7 4 4
  Margaret Wilson
  John Bromwich
6 6
  Nancye Wynne
  Colin Long
3 2
  Nancye Wynne
  Colin Long
6 6
4   Dorothy Workman
  Gene Mako
2 3

Earlier rounds edit

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Dorothy Bundy
  Don Budge
6 6
  Truda Cox
  Tom Warhurst
2 2
1   Dorothy Bundy
  Don Budge
0 2
  Margaret Wilson
  John Bromwich
6 6
  Margaret Wilson
  John Bromwich
6 8
  Nina Vickery
  Max Bonner
1 6
  Margaret Wilson
  John Bromwich
5 6 6
3   Thelma Coyne
  Jack Crawford
6 7 3   Thelma Coyne
  Jack Crawford
7 4 4
  Gwen Stevenson
  Lionel Brodie
0 5 3   Thelma Coyne
  Jack Crawford
6 6
  May Hardcastle
  Alfred Chave
3 6 6   May Hardcastle
  Alfred Chave
0 3
  Nancy Chitty
  Frank Walsh
6 3 2 3   Thelma Coyne
  Jack Crawford
3 6 6
  Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
6 4 6   Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
6 4 2
  Dorothy Weston
  Fred Bennett
0 6 1   Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
6 7
  Jean Davies
  Les Hancock
6 1 7   Jean Davies
  Les Hancock
3 5
  Joan Walters
  Cliff Harvey
4 6 5

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
6 6
  Eileen McGill
  Jimmy McGill
1 0 2   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
6 6
  Connie Coate
  George Holland
7 6   Connie Coate
  George Holland
3 2
  Birdie Bond
  Harold Whillans
5 1 2   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
3 2
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Gar Moon
6 6   Nancye Wynne
  Colin Long
6 6
  Val Woods
  Anthony Maggs
4 4   Emily Hood Westacott
  Gar Moon
13 3
  Nancye Wynne
  Colin Long
15 6
  Nancye Wynne
  Colin Long
6 6
4   Dorothy Workman
  Gene Mako
2 3
4   Dorothy Workman
  Gene Mako
6 6
  Kath Woodward
  Jack Clemenger
2 1
4   Dorothy Workman
  Gene Mako
6 6
  Joan Hartigan
  Arthur Huxley
4 2
  Joan Hartigan
  Arthur Huxley
3 9 6
  Gwen O'Halloran
  Len Schwartz
6 7 2

References edit

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis – Australian Championships". The West Australian. Vol. 54, no. 16,091. Western Australia, Australia. 24 January 1938. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis – Australian Championships". The West Australian. Vol. 54, no. 16,092. Western Australia, Australia. 25 January 1938. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Stirring Tennis Duels". The Age. No. 25,828. Victoria, Australia. 27 January 1938. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Bromwich Surprises". The Age. No. 25, 829. Victoria, Australia. 28 January 1938. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis – Australian Title to Budge". The West Australian. Vol. 54, no. 16,097. Western Australia, Australia. 31 January 1938. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Easy Win". The Age. No. 25, 832. Victoria, Australia. 1 February 1938. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.

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