1928 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
	1928 Australian Championships
Champions	Daphne Akhurst ; Esna Boyd
Runners-up	Kathleen Le Messurier ; Dorothy Weston
Final score	6–3, 6–1
Draw	14
Seeds	4

The first seeds Daphne Akhurst and Esna Boyd defeated the fourth seeds Kathleen Le Messurier and Dorothy Weston 6–3, 6–1 in the final, to win the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]

Seeds

First Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final


				1	Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd	6	6
	Coral Buttsworth ^[a] Mall Molesworth	6	6		Coral Buttsworth Mall Molesworth	1	2
	Nell Lloyd Lorna Utz	4	2					1	Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd	6	2	6
	Dorothy Dingle Gwen Waterhouse	6	6					3	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	4	6	3
	Mrs. E. Dyer Mrs. O. Waddington	1	3		Dorothy Dingle Gwen Waterhouse	1	2
3	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	6	8	3	Marjorie Cox Sylvia Harper	6	6
	Birdie Bond Iris Luckie	0	6										1	Daphne Akhurst Esna Boyd	6	6
2	Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood	w/o											4	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	3	1
	Millie Membrey Grace Paterson			2	Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6
	Mrs. Bolton Edith Freudenstein	w/o			Mrs. Bolton Edith Freudenstein	2	0
	Kath Hayes ^[a] Mrs. F. Harper							2	Louie Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood	4	6	2
	Floris Conway Pattie Meaney	6	6					4	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	6	0	6
	Eileen Rischbieth Mrs. W. T. Rowe ^[b]	0	0		Floris Conway Pattie Meaney	6	6
				4	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	8	8

"Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 23 January 1928. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
"Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
"Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
"Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 27 January 1928. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
"Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

Preceded by 1927 U.S. National Championships – Women's Doubles	Grand Slam women's doubles	Succeeded by 1928 French Championships – Women's Doubles

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