1928 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

Daphne Akhurst defeated Esna Boyd 7–5, 6–2, in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.

Women's Singles
1928 Australian Championships
Champion Daphne Akhurst
Runner-up Esna Boyd
Final score7–5, 6–2
Draw19
Seeds4

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Esna Boyd (Finalist)
  2. Daphne Akhurst (Champion)
  3. Louie Bickerton (Semifinalist)
  4. Sylvia Harper (Second round)

Draw

Key
  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • R. = Retired

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
2 Daphne Akhurst 6 6
Dorothy Weston 1 2
2 Daphne Akhurst 6 7
Meryl O'Hara Wood 2 5
Meryl O'Hara Wood 1 6 6
Kathleen Le Messurier 6 4 2
2 Daphne Akhurst 7 6
1 Esna Boyd 5 2
1 Esna Boyd 7 6
Mall Molesworth 5 2
1 Esna Boyd 6 6
3 Louis Bickerton 2 3
Pattie Meaney 6 1 1
3 Louie Bickerton 4 6 6

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Daphne Akhurst 6 6
Nell Lloyd 1 2
2 Akhurst 6 6
Weston 1 2
Dorothy Weston [a] 6 6
Gwen Waterhouse 3 4
2 Akhurst 6 7
O'Hara Wood 2 5
Meryl O'Hara Wood 6 6
Coral Buttsworth 1 2
O'Hara Wood 1 6 6
Kathleen Le Messurier 6 6 Le Messurier 6 4 2
Edith Freudenstein [a] 0 0 Le Messurier 1 6 6
4 Sylvia Harper 6 6 4 Harper 6 3 3
Floris Conway 4 1

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Esna Boyd 7 6
Marjorie Cox 5 2
1 Boyd 7 6
Molesworth 5 2
Mall Molesworth [b]
Iris Luckie 10 9 6 Luckie [b]
Grace Paterson 8 11 3 1 Boyd 6 6
3 Bickerton 2 3
Pattie Meaney 6 6
Dorothy Dingle 1 2
Meaney 6 1 1
3 Bickerton 4 6 6
3 Louie Bickerton 6 6
Birdie Bond 3 2

Notes
  • a In an original draw [1] Le Messurier and Weston - both representatives of South Australia - have been drawn together in the first round (Freudenstein received a bye into the second round to play against Waterhouse). This was protested by the South Australian Council as being against the regulations.[2]
  • b This is most confusing one. No source gives an information about such a draw, let alone the result.

See also

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 18 January 1928. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Sports and Pastimes". The Register. South Australia, Australia. 20 January 1928. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia.
  • Source for the draw at australianopen.com
  • Source for seedings
Preceded by
1927 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
1928 French Championships – Women's Singles


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