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1934 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1934 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Runners-upAustralia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
Score6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw16 (4 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1933 · Australian Championships · 1935 →

Defending champions Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan and Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Twenty three teams have entered for the event in which number of pairs was limited to sixteen. Twelve pairs were placed in the main draw and eleven had to play in the preliminary rounds, from which the last four qualified into the first round of the competition proper.

Seeds

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Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 7
Q Australia Mrs F. A. Harper
Australia Helen McTaggett
2 5 1 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
Australia Gwen Cassidy
Australia Muff Wilson
w/o Australia Gwen Cassidy
Australia Muff Wilson
2 3
Australia Gwen Utz
Australia partner
1 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
Australia Dot Stevenson
Australia Gwen Stevenson
1 8 7 4 Australia Nancy Chitty
Australia Nancy Lewis
4 3
Australia Edna Gardyne
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6 5 Australia Dot Stevenson
Australia Gwen Stevenson
3 5
4 Australia Nancy Chitty
Australia Nancy Lewis
6 7 4 Australia Nancy Chitty
Australia Nancy Lewis
6 7
Q Australia Edna Collison
Australia Joyce Hone
2 5 1 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 6 6
3 Australia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 6 3 Australia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
8 4 4
Q Australia Peg Menzies
Australia P. O'Connor
1 4 3 Australia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 6
Australia Dorothy Bellamy
Australia Sylvia Harper
7 6 Australia Dorothy Bellamy
Australia Sylvia Harper
2 4
Australia Floris Conway
Australia Marjorie Crawford
5 4 3 Australia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 6
Australia Alison Hattersley
Australia Vera Selwin
6 2 6 2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Nell Hall
3 1
Australia Truda Cox
Australia May Blick
3 6 3 Australia Alison Hattersley
Australia Vera Selwin
2 6
2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Nell Hall
6 6 2 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Nell Hall
6 8
Q Australia Thelma Coyne
Australia Agnes Tosh
4 2

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 January 1934. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1934. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Perry and Crawford". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1934. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings
  • [2] Source for the draw