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1937 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1937 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
Runners-upAustralia Nell Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Score6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw14
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1936 · Australian Championships · 1938 →

Defending champions Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne defeated Nell Hopman and Emily Hood Westacott 6–2, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1937 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4]

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 Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
6 6
Australia May Hardcastle
Australia Peg Menzies
6 7 Australia May Hardcastle
Australia Peg Menzies
3 4
Australia Connie Coate
Australia Gladys Farrell
3 5 1 Australia Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
6 4[b] 6
Australia Thelma Rice
Australia Olive Stebbing
0 6 6 4 Australia Alison Hattersley
Australia Vera Selwin
3 6[b] 3
Australia Dot Stevenson
Australia Gwen Stevenson
6 1 4 Australia Thelma Rice
Australia Olive Stebbing
4 4
4 Australia Alison Hattersley
Australia Vera Selwin
6 6 4 Australia Alison Hattersley
Australia Vera Selwin
6 6
Australia Lavinia Singleton
Australia Pearl Stern
4 2 1 Australia Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
6 6
3 Australia May Blick
Australia Joan Hartigan
6 6 2 Australia Nell Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
2 2
Australia Edna McColl
Australia Nina Vickery
4 2 3 Australia May Blick
Australia Joan Hartigan
9 6
Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Kath Woodward
6 6 Australia Sylvia Harper
Australia Kath Woodward
7 1
Australia Betty Lipscomb[a]
Australia Marjorie Moran
2 2 3 Australia May Blick
Australia Joan Hartigan
4 3
Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Muff Wilson
6 2 6 2 Australia Nell Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
Australia Helen Bowker
Australia Beth Peach
3 6 0 Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Muff Wilson
0 6
2 Australia Nell Hopman
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 8

Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled Lipscombe in many sources.
  2. ^ a b Some sources[5] give 5–7 as a result of the second set.

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,909. 26 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Quist Beaten". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,911. 28 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "J. Bromwich". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,912. 29 January 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Tennis Champions". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,914. 1 February 1937. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Another Tittle Surprise". The Courier-Mail. No. 1066. South Australia, Australia. 29 January 1937. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings and the draw