1934 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles

Defending champions Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan and Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's Doubles
1934 Australian Championships
Champions Mall Molesworth
Emily Hood Westacott
Runners-up Joan Hartigan
Ula Valkenburg
Final score6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Draw16 (4 Q )
Seeds4

Twenty three teams have entered for the event in which number of pairs was limited to sixteen. Twelve pairs were placed in the main draw and eleven had to play in the preliminary rounds, from which the last four qualified into the first round of the competition proper.

Seeds
  1. Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott (Champions)
  2. Louie Bickerton / Nell Hall (Semifinals)
  3. Joan Hartigan / Ula Valkenburg (Final)
  4. Nancy Chitty / Nancy Lewis (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Mall Molesworth
Emily Hood Westacott 		6 7
Q Mrs F. A. Harper
Helen McTaggett 		2 5 1 Mall Molesworth
Emily Hood Westacott 		6 6
Gwen Cassidy
Muff Wilson 		w/o Gwen Cassidy
Muff Wilson 		2 3
Gwen Utz
partner 		1 Mall Molesworth
Emily Hood Westacott 		6 6
Dot Stevenson
Gwen Stevenson 		1 8 7 4 Nancy Chitty
Nancy Lewis 		4 3
Edna Gardyne
Kathleen Le Messurier 		6 6 5 Dot Stevenson
Gwen Stevenson 		3 5
4 Nancy Chitty
Nancy Lewis 		6 7 4 Nancy Chitty
Nancy Lewis 		6 7
Q Edna Collison
Joyce Hone 		2 5 1 Mall Molesworth
Emily Hood Westacott 		6 6 6
3 Joan Hartigan
Ula Valkenburg 		6 6 3 Joan Hartigan
Ula Valkenburg 		8 4 4
Q Peg Menzies
P. O'Connor 		1 4 3 Joan Hartigan
Ula Valkenburg 		6 6
Dorothy Bellamy
Sylvia Harper 		7 6 Dorothy Bellamy
Sylvia Harper 		2 4
Floris Conway
Marjorie Crawford 		5 4 3 Joan Hartigan
Ula Valkenburg 		6 6
Alison Hattersley
Vera Selwin 		6 2 6 2 Louie Bickerton
Nell Hall 		3 1
Truda Cox
May Blick 		3 6 3 Alison Hattersley
Vera Selwin 		2 6
2 Louie Bickerton
Nell Hall 		6 6 2 Louie Bickerton
Nell Hall 		6 8
Q Thelma Coyne
Agnes Tosh 		4 2

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1934. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 22 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1934. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Perry and Crawford". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 27 January 1934. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.

Source for seedings Source for the draw

Preceded by
1933 U.S. National Championships – Women's Doubles		 Grand Slam women's doubles Succeeded by
1934 French Championships – Women's Doubles
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