1935 Australian Championships – Mixed Doubles

In an all-unseeded final, Louie Bickerton and Christian Boussus defeated Birdie Bond and Vernon Kirby 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mixed Doubles
1935 Australian Championships
Champions Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
Runners-up Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
Final score1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Draw24
Seeds4

Bond and Kirby won the first set with ease. The second one was interrupted by rain thrice, which got them out of their rhythm and opponents won three remaining games. In the last three games of the third set Bickerton/Boussus lost only two points.[7]

Seeds

  1. Dorothy Round / Fred Perry (Quarterfinals)
  2. Nell Hopman / Harry Hopman (Second round)
  3. Nancy Lyle / Adrian Quist (Semifinals)
  4. Evelyn Dearman / Enrique Maier (Second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Dorothy Round
Fred Perry
3 1
Emily Hood Westacott
Jack Cummings
6 6 Emily Hood Westacott
Jack Cummings
6 4 3
Shirley Whittaker
Gar Moon
3 4 Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
4 6 6
Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
6 6 Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
6 3 3
3 Nancy Lyle
Adrian Quist
6 6 Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
1 6 6
Doreen Malcolm
Roy Malcolm
0 1 3 Nancy Lyle
Adrian Quist
4 9
Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 7 Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 11
Kath Woodward
Roderich Menzel
3 5

Section 1

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Dorothy Round
Fred Perry
6 6
Mall Molesworth
John Grinstead
3 3
1 Dorothy Round
Fred Perry
3 1
Emily Hood Westacott
Jack Cummings
6 6
Emily Hood Westacott
Jack Cummings
3 6 6
Kathleen Le Messurier
Don Turnbull
6 4 3
Emily Hood Westacott
Jack Cummings
6 4 3
Shirley Whittaker
Gar Moon
4 6 6 Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
4 6 6
Truda Cox
Jack Harper
6 2 3 Shirley Whittaker
Gar Moon
5 10 6
Sylvia Harper
Giorgio de Stefani
w/o Sylvia Harper
Giorgio de Stefani
7 8 4
Nina Vickery
J. Davidson
Shirley Whittaker
Gar Moon
3 4
4 Evelyn Dearman
Enrique Maier
6 6 Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
6 6
Dorothy Weston
Allan Knight
4 2 4 Evelyn Dearman
Enrique Maier
4 5
Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
6 6 Birdie Bond
Vernon Kirby
6 7
Mary Richardson
James Derham
3 4

Section 2

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 Nancy Lyle
Adrian Quist
8 10
Gwen Stevenson
Bert Tonkin
6 8
3 Nancy Lyle
Adrian Quist
6 6
Doreen Malcolm
Roy Malcolm
0 1
Doreen Malcolm
Roy Malcolm
6 8
Dorothy Bellamy
Jacques Brugnon
4 6
3 Nancy Lyle
Adrian Quist
4 9
Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 6 Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 11
Claire McCrae
Robert Vroland
1 3 Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 6
May Blick
Jack Clemenger
4 6 6 May Blick
Jack Clemenger
2 4
Rosemary Rees
Colin McKenzie
6 2 2 Louie Bickerton
Christian Boussus
6 7
2 Nell Hopman
Harry Hopman
7 6 Kath Woodward
Roderich Menzel
3 5
Doris Mauger
Tim Fitchett
5 2 2 Nell Hopman
Harry Hopman
3 2
Kath Woodward
Roderich Menzel
6 6 Kath Woodward
Roderich Menzel
6 6
Thora Chittick
Bill Ryan
3 3

References

  1. "Tennis Championships Begin Brightly". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 573). Victoria, Australia. 2 January 1935. p. 12 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Italian Tennis Champion". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 575). Victoria, Australia. 4 January 1935. p. 9 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Day Of Thrills At Kooyong". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 576). Victoria, Australia. 5 January 1935. p. 24 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "McGrath In Rare Form". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 578). Victoria, Australia. 8 January 1935. p. 11 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 579). Victoria, Australia. 9 January 1935. p. 10 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Crawford And Perry Again". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 582). Victoria, Australia. 12 January 1935. p. 27 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Crawford's Skill And Strategy Defeat Perry". The Argus (Melbourne) (No. 27, 583). Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1935. p. 4 via National Library of Australia.

Source for seedings

Preceded by
1934 U.S. National Championships – Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles Succeeded by
1935 French Championships – Mixed Doubles
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