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List Of Australian Open Women's Doubles Champions
This is a list of all the champions of the women's doubles event for the Australian Open. Champions Australasian Championships Australian Championships Australian Open Notes References See also Australian Open other competitions *List of Australian Open men's singles champions *List of Australian Open men's doubles champions *List of Australian Open women's singles champions * List of Australian Open mixed doubles champions Grand Slam women's doubles *List of French Open women's doubles champions *List of Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions *List of US Open women's doubles champions *List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions {{Australian Open women's doubles champions women Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Novak Djokovic has the most Australian Open mens singles titles of all time with 9. Before 1988, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007, blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019, and blue GreenSet since 2020. First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "the happy sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Cox Crawford
Marjorie Cox Crawford (née Cox; 1903–1983) was an Australian tennis player who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event. Her best result was a runner-up finish in 1931, losing to Coral McInnes Buttsworth in three sets. Crawford teamed with Buttsworth in 1932 to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships. Crawford was the runner-up in that event in 1926 (teaming with Daphne Akhurst Cozens) and 1930 (teaming with Sylvia Lance Harper). She also partnered with Jack Crawford, a six-time winner of singles titles in Grand Slam tournaments and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport Casino, includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indo ..., to win the mixed doubles title at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott claimed their second domestic title by defeating Joan Hartigan and Midge Van Ryn 6–3, 6–3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1933 Australian Championships. Seeds # Coral Buttsworth / Marjorie Crawford ''(quarterfinals)'' # Meryl O'Hara Wood / Gladys Toyne ''(quarterfinals)'' # Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott (champions) # ('' Dorothy Bellamy / Molly Muirhead'') ''(quarterfinals)'' # Joan Hartigan Joan Marcia Bathurst (née Hartigan; 6 June 1912 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian Champion tennis player. Early life and education Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daughter of Thomas Joseph (Tom) Hartigan, a railways commissio ... / Midge Van Ryn ''(final)'' # Nell Hall / Frances Hoddle-Wrigley ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Notes References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coral Buttsworth
Coral Annabell Buttsworth (née McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 she again made the final of the Australian Championships but was defeated in straight sets by first-seeded Joan Hartigan. Buttsworth was the only multiple winner of the singles title at the Australian Championships who never won a state singles title. A strong, thick-set woman from Sydney, she was addicted to chopping the ball, with an excellent drop shot, and was quick around the court. She was a player who preferred to maneuver opponents out of position by running them up and back on the court rather than from side to side. Grand Slam finals Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles (1 title) Grand Slam singles tournament timeline References See also * List of Australian Open women's singles champions The Australian Open i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
Second-seeded Coral Buttsworth and Marjorie Crawford defeated the fourth seeds Kathleen Le Messurier and Dorothy Weston 6–2, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1932 Australian Championships. Earlier that day both Mrs. Buttsworth and Mrs. Crawford had already won one title each – Women's singles and Mixed Doubles, respectively. Seeds # n/a # Coral Buttsworth / Marjorie Crawford (champions) # Frances Hoddle-Wrigley / Emily Hood Westacott ''(semifinals)'' # Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston Dorothy Weston (21 February 1900 – 17 March 1998) was an Australian tennis player from the inter-war period. She was twice a double ladies finalist at the Australian Championships in 1928 and 1932, each time alongside Kathleen Le Messuri ... ''(final)'' Draw Draw Notes References External links Source for seedings Source for the draw. {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships Women's Doubles 1932 1932 in Australian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Lloyd
Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of: People Given name * Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist * Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer * Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress * Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author * Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach * Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist * Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England * Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model * Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist * Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress * Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer * Nell Scott, American politician * Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter * Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter * Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships. Seeds # Louie Bickerton / Daphne Akhurst Cozens Daphne Jessie Akhurst (22 April 1903 – 9 January 1933) known also by her married name Daphne Cozens, was an Australian tennis player. Akhurst won the women's singles title at the Australian Championships five times between 1925 and 1930. A ... (champions) # Marjorie Cox Crawford, Marjorie Cox / Sylvia Lance Harper, Sylvia Harper ''(semifinals)'' # Margaret Molesworth, Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott ''(semifinals)'' # Dorothy Dingle / Ula Valkenburg ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Notes References External links Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Women's Doubles,1931 1931 in Australian tennis 1931 in women's tennis 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Hood Westacott
Emily Hood Westacott (''née'' Hood; 6 May 1910– 9 October 1980), was an Australian female tennis player in the 1930s. In 1930 she won the national junior singles and doubles titles as well as the doubles title with Margaret Molesworth. Due to illness she played little tennis in 1935 and the first half of 1936. She won the Australian Championship singles in 1939, defeating Nell Hopman in straight sets. In 1937 she was a finalist losing in the final to Nancye Wynne Bolton in three sets. Together with Margaret Molesworth, she won three women's doubles titles at the Australian Championships in 1930, 1933, and 1934. In 1939 the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association proposed to send Westacott and May Hardcastle to the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Molesworth
Maud Margaret 'Mall' Molesworth (née Mutch; 18 October 1894 – 9 July 1985) was a tennis player from Queensland, Australia who won the inaugural Australasian Championships women's singles title in 1922 and successfully defended her title in 1923. Tennis career She won her first major tennis title in 1914 – the Queensland ladies doubles. For much of the next five years, sporting contests in Australia were cancelled due to World War I. Molesworth won tennis championships in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania beginning in 1919. At the first Australian Championships in 1922, Molesworth defeated fellow Australian Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3, 10–8 in the final. A year later, she successfully defended her title, again defeating Robertson in the final. Molesworth was unable to compete overseas until 1934 when, at age 40, she reached the last sixteen of the French Championships. At the 1934 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round of the singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
Third-seeded Emily Hood and Mall Molesworth defeated the second seeds Marjorie Cox and Sylvia Harper 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1930 Australian Championships. Seeds # Daphne Akhurst / Louie Bickerton ''(semifinals)'' # Marjorie Cox / Sylvia Harper ''(final)'' # Emily Hood / Mall Molesworth (champions) # Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston Dorothy Weston (21 February 1900 – 17 March 1998) was an Australian tennis player from the inter-war period. She was twice a double ladies finalist at the Australian Championships in 1928 and 1932, each time alongside Kathleen Le Messuri ... ''(semifinals)'' Draw Draw References External links Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Women's Doubles,1930 1930 in Australian tennis 1930 in women's tennis 1930 in Australian women's sport Women's Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles
First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships. Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before. Seeds # Daphne Akhurst / Louie Bickerton (champions) # Sylvia Harper / Meryl O'Hara Wood ''(final)'' # Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston Dorothy Weston (21 February 1900 – 17 March 1998) was an Australian tennis player from the inter-war period. She was twice a double ladies finalist at the Australian Championships in 1928 and 1932, each time alongside Kathleen Le Messuri ... ''(semifinals)'' # Emily Hood / Mall Molesworth ''(semifinals)'' Draw Draw Notes * Mother of Ernest Rowe, most likely ''Flora'' Rowe. References External links Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Weston
Dorothy Weston (21 February 1900 – 17 March 1998) was an Australian tennis player from the inter-war period. She was twice a double ladies finalist at the Australian Championships in 1928 and 1932, each time alongside Kathleen Le Messurier Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and .... In 1934 she was the South Australia singles champion. Grand Slam finals Doubles (2 runner-ups) References 1900 births 1981 deaths Australian female tennis players Tennis people from South Australia 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from South Australia {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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