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1931 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1931 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Runners-upAustralia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
Score6–0, 6–4
Details
Draw21
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1930 · Australian Championships · 1932 →

The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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 Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 4 6
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
2 6 3 2 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper[a]
4 Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 4 5 Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
w/o
Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
4 6 7 Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
0 4
1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
9 6 1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Phyllis Lester
7 3 1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
2 7 7
Australia Mary Derham
Australia Ruth Tann
3 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 5 5
3 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
w/o

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 6
Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Nell Hall
2 3
2 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper
6 4 6
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
2 6 3
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Dorothy Weston
6 6
Australia Floris Conway
Australia Muff Wilson
3 2
2 Australia Marjorie Cox
Australia Sylvia Harper[a]
Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
w/o
4 Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 6
Australia I. Burns
Australia Alison Hattersley
6 6 Australia I. Burns
Australia Alison Hattersley
4 4
Australia Edna Gardyne
Australia Pattie Meaney
4 4 4 Australia Dorothy Dingle
Australia Ula Valkenburg
6 4 5
Australia Agnes Scott
Australia Gwen Stevenson
7 2 10 Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
4 6 7
Australia Betty Ward
Australia Jean Wilson
5 6 8 Australia Agnes Scott
Australia Gwen Stevenson
0 0
Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
6 6 Australia Nell Lloyd
Australia Gwen Utz
6 6
Australia E. Darvall
Australia G. Tunney
2 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
Australia Dorothy Anderson
Australia Nancy Chitty
3 0 [b] 1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
6 6
Australia Youtha Anthony
Australia Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
6 5 6 Australia Youtha Anthony
Australia Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
2 2
Australia Gwen Cassidy
Australia Hazel Grassick
0 7 4 1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
9 6
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Phyllis Lester
7 3
Australia Birdie Bond
Australia Phyllis Lester
6 6
Australia Dorothy Bellamy
Australia Mary Edgar
3 4
1 Australia Louie Bickerton
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
2 7 7
3 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 5 5
Australia Mary Derham
Australia Ruth Tann
6 9
Australia Kath Coleman
Australia Sadie Moon
2 7
Australia Mary Derham
Australia Ruth Tann
3 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
w/o
3 Australia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
6 4 6
Australia Vera Selwin
Australia Helen McTaggett
4 6 4

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Mrs. Harper severely strained a muscle of a leg in the semifinal of the women's singles earlier that day and had to withdraw from all events she participated in.
  2. ^ Some sources give 6–4 as a result of the first set.

References

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  1. ^ "Many Surprises. Australian Championship". The Brisbane Courier. 28 February 1931. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 3 March 1931. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Quist Takes Set From Moon". Advertiser and Register. South Australia, Australia. 5 March 1931. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "A Shock". The Sun (Sydney). New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1931. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 7 March 1931. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 9 March 1931. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings