The 1928 Australian Championships was a

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tournament that took place on outdoor

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s at the White City Tennis Club,

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, Australia from 21 January to 6 February. It was the 21st edition of the

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n Championships (now known as the

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), the 5th held in Sydney, and the first

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tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Frenchman

Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the "The Four Musketeers (tennis), Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra wa ...

and Australian

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. Nineteen-year-old Australian, Jack Crawford reached the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Borotra. This was the first of only four such a Grand Slam tournaments, in which a

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was achieved by two players.

Finals

Men's singles

defeated Jack Cummings 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3

Women's singles

defeated

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7–5, 6–2

Men's doubles

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defeated

Gar Moon Edgar "Gar" Moon (3 December 1904 – 26 May 1976) was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He wo ...

Jim Willard Arthur James Willard (22 April 1893 – 10 June 1968), better known as ''Jim Willard'', was an Australian tennis player. Tennis career Willard won two mixed doubles titles alongside Daphne Akhurst at the Australasian Championships, the futur ...

6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

defeated

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 ...

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 ...

6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles

defeated

/ Jack Hawkes walkover

Notes

References

External links

Australian Open official website
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