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Women's doubles
1925 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
Runners-upAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Score6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw18
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1924 · Australasian Championships · 1926 →

Defending champions Daphne Akhurst and Sylvia Harper defeated Esna Boyd and Kathleen Le Messurier 6–4, 6–3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1925 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

With this win Akhurst completed her first Triple Crown achievement, having already won the singles and the mixed doubles titles earlier that day.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
Australia Miss Holt
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
3 2 2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 8
4 Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Millie Mitchell
6 6 4 Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Millie Mitchell
4 6
Australia Mrs. Docker
Australia Jessie Watson
4 2 2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
4 3
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia Edie Butcherine
Australia Dorothy Weston
2 1 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
7 6
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
6 6 3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
5 3
Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Grace Paterson
4 4

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
Australia Minnie Goodman
Australia Nion Kenyon
3 4
2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
Australia Miss Holt
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
3 2
Australia Miss Holt
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
w/o
Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Miss O'Connor
2 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 8
4 Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Millie Mitchell
4 6
4 Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Millie Mitchell
7 7 6
Australia Flora Cameron
Australia Nancy Fitzhardinge
5 9 3
4 Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Millie Mitchell
6 6
Australia Muff Wilson
Australia Iris Woodd
6 6 6 Australia Mrs. Docker
Australia Jessie Watson
4 2
Australia Doris Mackie
Australia Ula Valkenburg
2 8 4 Australia Muff Wilson
Australia Iris Woodd
3 7
Australia Mrs. Docker
Australia Jessie Watson
6 6 Australia Mrs. Docker
Australia Jessie Watson
6 9
Australia Mary Cooling
Australia Mrs. G. B. Stevens
2 2

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia Anna Doyle
Australia Phyllis Lester
6 6 Australia Anna Doyle
Australia Phyllis Lester
4 1
Australia Mrs. Evans
Australia Margaret Knoblanche
2 4 1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia Edie Butcherine [a]
Australia Dorothy Weston [a]
2 1
1 Australia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
7 6
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
5 3
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
6 6
Australia Minnie Richardson
Australia Adeline Wilkins
3 1
3 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
6 6
Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Grace Paterson
4 4
Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Grace Paterson
6 9
Australia Gwen Waterhouse
Australia Rhona White
2 7

Notes

  • a Even the day before, this encounter was being announced as Akhurst and Harper vs. Weston and partner – so, logically, it had to be the first match of the tournament for Butcherine/Weston pair.

References