1929 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1929 Australian Championships
Final
Champions	Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton
Runners-up	Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood
Score	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw	12
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before.^[7]

Seeds

Draw

Key

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								2	Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6
									Edna Lawrence Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]	0	1
															2	Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood	7	6
		Birdie Bond Sydney Hocking	4	6	6										3	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	5	2
		Gwen Griffiths Vera Mathias	6	4	4				Birdie Bond Sydney Hocking	4	8	4
	3	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	6	6				3	Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston	6	6	6
		Eileen Rischbieth Roma Wadey	4	0																		2	Sylvia Harper Meryl O'Hara Wood	2	6	2
																						1	Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton	6	3	6
								4	Emily Hood Mall Molesworth	6	6
									Edna Collison Joyce Hone	0	1
															4	Emily Hood Mall Molesworth	2	2
		Lorna Bollen Anna Menz	3	6	6										1	Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton	6	6
		Bertha Kay Margaret Taylor	6	2	4				Lorna Bollen Anna Menz	3	2
	1	Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton	6	6				1	Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton	6	6
		Joyce Lillecrapp Katherine Wemyss	2	0

Notes

References

External links

• Source for seedings