1937 Australian Championships – Women's doubles
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| 1937 Australian Championships | |||||||||||||
| Final | |||||||||||||
| Champions |  Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up | Nell Hopman Emily Hood Westacott | ||||||||||||
| Score | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||
| Draw | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Seeds | 4 | ||||||||||||
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1937 tennis event results
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
Thelma Coyne / Nancye Wynne (champions)- Nell Hopman / Emily Hood Westacott (final)
- May Blick / Joan Hartigan (semifinals)
- Alison Hattersley / Vera Selwin (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May Hardcastle Peg Menzies | 6 | 7 | May Hardcastle Peg Menzies | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connie Coate Gladys Farrell | 3 | 5 | 1 | Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne | 6 | 4[b] | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thelma Rice Olive Stebbing | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Alison Hattersley Vera Selwin | 3 | 6[b] | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dot Stevenson Gwen Stevenson | 6 | 1 | 4 | Thelma Rice Olive Stebbing | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alison Hattersley Vera Selwin | 6 | 6 | 4 | Alison Hattersley Vera Selwin | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lavinia Singleton Pearl Stern | 4 | 2 | 1 | Thelma Coyne Nancye Wynne | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | May Blick Joan Hartigan | 6 | 6 | 2 | Nell Hopman Emily Hood Westacott | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edna McColl Nina Vickery | 4 | 2 | 3 | May Blick Joan Hartigan | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvia Harper Kath Woodward | 6 | 6 | Sylvia Harper Kath Woodward | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Betty Lipscomb[a] Marjorie Moran | 2 | 2 | 3 | May Blick Joan Hartigan | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dorothy Dingle Muff Wilson | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Nell Hopman Emily Hood Westacott | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Bowker Beth Peach | 3 | 6 | 0 | Dorothy Dingle Muff Wilson | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Nell Hopman Emily Hood Westacott | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,909. 26 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Quist Beaten". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,911. 28 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "J. Bromwich". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,912. 29 January 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tennis Champions". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,914. 1 February 1937. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Another Tittle Surprise". The Courier-Mail. No. 1066. South Australia, Australia. 29 January 1937. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- [1] Source for seedings and the draw
