First-seeded
Daphne Akhurst defeated
Esna Boyd 6–1, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1926 Australasian Championships
The 1926 Australasian Championships (now known as the Australian Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 23 January to 2 February. It was the 19th edition of the Austral ...
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Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Daphne Akhurst ''(champion)''
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Esna Boyd ''(finalist)''
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Sylvia Harper
Sylvia Harper (née Lance; 1 October 1895 – 21 October 1982) was an Australia tennis player who won the singles title at the 1924 Australian Championships. She reached the singles final there two other times, in 1927, losing to Esna Boyd, and ...
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Marjorie Cox ''(semifinals)''
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Meryl O'Hara Wood
Meryl Aitken O'Hara Wood, née Waxman (died 6 May 1958 ) was an Australian tennis player active in the 1920s and 30s.
Career
Wood won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1926 and 1927. She won ...
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Kathleen Le Messurier ''(quarterfinals)''
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Minnie Richardson ''(quarterfinals)''
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Beryl Turner
Beryl ( ) is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Be3Al2Si6O18. Well-known varieties of beryl include emerald and aquamarine. Naturally occurring, hexagonal crystals of beryl can be up to several met ...
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Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
* r =
Retired
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
External links
1926 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw
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1926 in women's tennis
Women's Singles
1926 in Australian women's sport