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Women's doubles
1927 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Runners-upAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Sylvia Harper
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw13
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1926 · Australian Championships · 1928 →

Louie Bickerton and Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated the first seeds Esna Boyd and Sylvia Harper 6–3, 6–3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Seeds

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
Australia Keyden Irving
Australia Beryl Turner
9 6 Australia Keyden Irving
Australia Beryl Turner
2 1
Australia Vere de Bavay
Australia Ursula Bere
7 1 2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 5 6
Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
6 6 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
1 7 4
Australia Ruby Mercer
Australia K. Westmoreland
4 4 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Floris St. George
6 6
3 Australia Mavis McKay
Australia Gladys Toyne
6 6 3 Australia Mavis McKay
Australia Gladys Toyne
4 4
Australia G. Hopkins
Australia Mrs. Rowe [b]
2 1 2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
6 6
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Sylvia Harper
3 3
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
6 6
Australia Dorothy Bellamy
Australia Ruth Stephens
3 3
4 Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
2 3
Australia Youtha Anthony
Australia Mrs. H. M. Gray
6 6 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
Australia Minnie Richardson
3 4 Australia Youtha Anthony
Australia Mrs. H. M. Gray
3 6
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 8
Australia Mrs. Newton Wood
Australia B. Parsons
2 2

Notes

  • a Original pairing was Bickerton with Daphne Akhurst, but the latter had to withdraw owing to illness.
  • b Probably Mrs. W. T. Rowe (Flora Rowe).

References

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 January 1927. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "The Singles". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 February 1927. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.

Source for seedings