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1926 Australasian Championships – Women's doubles

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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
← 1925 · Australasian Championships · 1927 →

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]

Seeds

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Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
0 6 6
Australia Nell Hamilton
Australia Edna Lawrence
6 6 Australia Nell Hamilton
Australia Edna Lawrence
6 2 0
Australia Jean Laughton
Australia Lois Laughton
3 2 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
4 8 6
Australia Alison Hooper
Australia Beryl Turner
4 6 6 3 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Minnie Richardson
6 6 2
Australia Vera Mathias
Australia Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
6 2 0 Australia Alison Hooper
Australia Beryl Turner
4 3
3 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Minnie Richardson
6 6 3 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Minnie Richardson
6 6
Australia Mrs. Menzies
Australia Agnes Ridgway
1 1 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6 8
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox
3 8 6
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
6 6
Australia Molly Finlayson [b]
Australia Mary Laidlaw
1 4
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
5 1
Australia Margaret Officer
Australia Margaret Taylor
8 9 2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox
7 6
Australia Jocelyn Bowman
Australia Joyce Lillecrapp
6 7 Australia Margaret Officer
Australia Margaret Taylor
4 3
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox
6 6 2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox
6 6
Australia Lorna Bollen
Australia Anna Menz
1 2

Notes

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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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