Louie Bickerton
Louie[1] Mildred Bickerton Cozens (née Bickerton) (11 August 1902 – 6 June 1998) was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Australian Championships. She won the mixed doubles title at those championships in 1935 and was the runner-up in the 1929 singles and 1935 women's doubles at that tournament.
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| Full name | Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens |
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| Country (sports) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Born | 11 August 1902 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 6 June 1998 (aged 95) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1929) |
| French Open | 3R (1928) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1928) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1927, 1929, 1931) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1935) |
Perhaps Bickerton's biggest singles victory outside of Australia was her first round defeat of 44-year-old and eight time U.S. champion Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in the first round of Wimbledon in 1928. The score was 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.
Bickerton was friends with Daphne Akhurst Cozens. In 1935 she married Daphne's widower, Royston Stuckey Cozens, to whom she remained married for 63 years until her death at the age of 95.[2][3]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1929 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst | 1–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1927 | Australian Championships | Grass | Meryl O'Hara Wood | Esna Boyd Sylvia Lance Harper | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 1929 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst | Sylvia Lance Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 1931 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst | Nell Lloyd Lorna Utz | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1935 | Australian Championships | Grass | Nell Hopman |  Evelyn Dearman Nancy Lyle | 3–6, 4–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | 2R | A | SF | SF | F | SF | QF | A | A | SF | QF | 0 / 8 |
| French Championships | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| U.S. Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 10 |
Notes
- Her name is commonly misspelt as "Louise"
- Jones, Cathy. "Louie Bickerton". Strathfield History. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- "Cozens and Bickerton". NSW Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2008.