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1928 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

{{GrandSlamEvents|1928|Australian Championships|s

| champ = {{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst
{{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd

| runner = {{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Weston

| score = 6–3, 6–1

| draw = 14

| seeds = 4

| after_name = Australian Championships – Women's doubles

| before_name = Australian Championships – Women's doubles

| type = grand slam

}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204181341 |title=Lawn Tennis |newspaper=The Age |location=Victoria, Australia |date=23 January 1928 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16436321 |title=Lawn Tennis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 January 1928 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16436883 |title=Lawn Tennis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 January 1928 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16437034 |title=Lawn Tennis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 January 1928 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16438125 |title=Lawn Tennis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 January 1928 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Seeds

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  1. {{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst / {{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd (champions)
  2. {{flagicon|AUS}} Louie Bickerton / {{flagicon|AUS}} Meryl O'Hara Wood (semifinals)
  3. {{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox / {{flagicon|AUS}} Sylvia Harper (semifinals)
  4. {{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier / {{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Weston (final)

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Draw

{{Draw key}}

=Draw=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

| seeds =yes

| byes = 2

| team-width=185

| score-width=15

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team01=

| RD1-score01-1=

| RD1-score01-2=

| RD1-score01-3=

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=

| RD1-score02-1=

| RD1-score02-2=

| RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Coral Buttsworth {{Ref label|Player|a|a}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mall Molesworth

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score03-3=

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Nell Lloyd
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lorna Utz

| RD1-score04-1=4

| RD1-score04-2=2

| RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Dingle
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gwen Waterhouse

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=6

| RD1-score05-3=

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. E. Dyer
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. O. Waddington

| RD1-score06-1=1

| RD1-score06-2=3

| RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07=3

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox
{{flagicon|AUS}} Sylvia Harper

| RD1-score07-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=8

| RD1-score07-3=

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Birdie Bond
{{flagicon|AUS}} Iris Luckie

| RD1-score08-1=0

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09=2

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} Louie Bickerton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Meryl O'Hara Wood

| RD1-score09-1=w/o

| RD1-score09-2=

| RD1-score09-3=

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|AUS}} Millie Membrey
{{flagicon|AUS}} Grace Paterson

| RD1-score10-1=

| RD1-score10-2=

| RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. Bolton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Edith Freudenstein

| RD1-score11-1=w/o

| RD1-score11-2=

| RD1-score11-3=

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|AUS}} Kath Hayes {{Ref label|Player|a|a}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. F. Harper

| RD1-score12-1=

| RD1-score12-2=

| RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|AUS}} Floris Conway
{{flagicon|AUS}} Pattie Meaney

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score13-3=

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} Eileen Rischbieth
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. W. T. Rowe {{Ref label|Player|b|b}}

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| RD1-score14-2=0

| RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=

| RD1-score15-1=

| RD1-score15-2=

| RD1-score15-3=

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=

| RD1-score16-1=

| RD1-score16-2=

| RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst
{{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Coral Buttsworth
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mall Molesworth

| RD2-score02-1=1

| RD2-score02-2=2

| RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Dingle
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gwen Waterhouse

| RD2-score03-1=1

| RD2-score03-2=2

| RD2-score03-3=

| RD2-seed04=3

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox
{{flagicon|AUS}} Sylvia Harper

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|AUS}} Louie Bickerton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Meryl O'Hara Wood

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Mrs. Bolton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Edith Freudenstein

| RD2-score06-1=2

| RD2-score06-2=0

| RD2-score06-3=

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|AUS}} Floris Conway
{{flagicon|AUS}} Pattie Meaney

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Weston

| RD2-score08-1=8

| RD2-score08-2=8

| RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst
{{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=2

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-seed02=3

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox
{{flagicon|AUS}} Sylvia Harper

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score02-3=3

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Louie Bickerton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Meryl O'Hara Wood

| RD3-score03-1=4

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=2

| RD3-seed04=4

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Weston

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score04-2=0

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|AUS}} Daphne Akhurst
{{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=

| RD4-seed02=4

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dorothy Weston

| RD4-score02-1=3

| RD4-score02-2=1

| RD4-score02-3=

}}

Notes

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  • {{note label|Player|a|a}} These ladies switched pairs in relation to an original draw.
  • {{note label|Player|b|b}} Most likely Flora Rowe, mother of Ernest Rowe.

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References

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External links

  • [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245503202 Source for seedings]
  • [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179733849 Source for the draw]

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