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1928 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
1928 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
Runners-upAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
Scorew/o
Details
Draw20
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Jean Borotra won the final on a walkover against the first seeds Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Originally this final (as well as men's singles and men's doubles finals) was scheduled to be played on Saturday, February 4. As the tournament progressed, it turned out that Borotra would have been engaged in all three of them. He refused to play three matches in one day and wished to forfeit in mixed doubles event. This was not agreed to by the committee and his semi-final and subsequent final mixed doubles matches were postponed until Monday, February 6. Unfortunately, Miss Boyd, who had been in Sydney for a fortnight (as the women's events have begun on 21 January), could not arrange to remain longer and had to scratch.[7][8]

Both Miss Akhurst and Jean Borotra completed a Triple Crown achievement, having already won their singles and doubles titles.

Seeds

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Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
6 6
Australia Joan Wheaton
Australia Dick Medcalf
1 1 2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
6 3 6
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Norman Peach
4 4 3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
0 6 3
3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
6 6 2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
w/o
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
7 4 6 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Fred Kalms
5 6 3 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 8
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
Australia Elliott M. Dunn
3 2 4 Australia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
1 6
4 Australia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
6 6

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
6 6
Australia Kath Hayes
Australia Cecil Ward
2 0
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
6 6
Australia Joan Wheaton
Australia Dick Medcalf
1 1
Australia Joan Wheaton
Australia Dick Medcalf
2 6 6
Australia Lorna Utz
Australia Darby Louden
6 2 4
2 Australia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
6 3 6
3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
0 6 3
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Norman Peach
1 6 6
Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Gar Moon
6 3 4
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Norman Peach
4 4
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia V. E. Page
6 6 3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
6 6
Australia Grace Paterson
Australia James Bayley
4 2 Australia Birdie Bond
Australia V. E. Page
2 4
3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
4 7 6 3 Australia Sylvia Harper
France Jacques Brugnon
6 6
Australia Floris Conway
Australia Rupert Wertheim
6 5 2

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 6
Australia Gwen Waterhouse
Australia Guy Williams
2 4 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 6
Australia Dorothy Bickerton
Australia Jim Willard
11 7 6 Australia Dorothy Bickerton
Australia Jim Willard
0 0
Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Len Thurlow
13 5 3 1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
7 4 6
Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Fred Kalms
5 6 3
Australia Pattie Meaney
Australia Fred Kalms
6 6
Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Jack Cummings
2 4
1 Australia Esna Boyd
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 8
4 Australia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
1 6
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
Australia Elliott M. Dunn
6 6
Australia Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
Australia Ron Ford
1 0
Australia Mrs. F. Harper
Australia Elliott M. Dunn
3 2
4 Australia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
6 6
4 Australia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
6 8
Australia Dorothy Weston
Australia Frank Peach
3 6

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 February 1928. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Borotra Wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 February 1928. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 February 1928. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Tennis. Mixed Doubles Championship". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. 7 February 1928. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Borotra Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Borotra Stars In Championships". The Referee. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1928. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
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