Coral Buttsworth defeated

Marjorie 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 fin ...

1–6, 6–3, 6–4, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the

1931 Australian Championships The 1931 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 27 February to 9 March. It was the 24th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as t ...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Coral Buttsworth is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(finalist)'' #

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 ...

''(semifinals)'' #

Louie Bickerton Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens (née Bickerton) (11 August 1902 – 6 June 1998) was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Aus ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Coral Buttsworth ''(champion)'' #

Mall 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 1 ...

''(first round)'' # Emily Hood Westacott ''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

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 ...

''(semifinals)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Notes

*a Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg and had to withdraw.

References

External links

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Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Women's Singles,1931 1931 in women's tennis

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

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