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1932 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
1932 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
Runners-upAustralia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
Score6–8, 8–6, 6–3
Details
Draw20
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1931 · Australian Championships · 1933 →

Marjorie Crawford and Jack Crawford successfully defended their title by defeating Meryl O'Hara Wood and Jiro Sato 6–8, 8–6, 6–3 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1932 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

This match was scheduled to be the sole Final for Friday, 12 February but – because of falling light – remain unfinished that day with the score at one set all. The deciding set was played the next day following on the Singles and before the Doubles finals.

Seeds

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Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Australia Gwen Stevenson
Australia Bert Tonkin
6 4 7
Australia Mollie McGrath
Australia Cliff Harvey
4 6 5 Australia Gwen Stevenson
Australia Bert Tonkin
2 6 2
3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
6 6 3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
6 4 6
Australia Nancy Lewis
Australia Aubrey Willard
3 2 3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
8 6 3
1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
w/o 1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
6 8 6
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Don Turnbull[b]
1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
6 6
Australia Edna Lawrence
Australia Ron Hone
4 5 4 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Charles Donohoe
3 2
4 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Charles Donohoe
6 7

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Australia Gwen Stevenson
Australia Bert Tonkin
2 6 6
Australia Edna Collison
Japan Takeichi Harada
6 4 4
Australia Gwen Stevenson
Australia Bert Tonkin
6 4 7
Australia Mollie McGrath
Australia Cliff Harvey
4 6 5
Australia Mollie McGrath
Australia Cliff Harvey
6 6
Australia Christabel Finlayson
Australia Rupert Shepherd
2 1
Australia Gwen Stevenson
Australia Bert Tonkin
2 6 2
3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
6 4 6
3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
6 6
Australia Dorothy Weston
Australia Ernest Rowe
2 0
3 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
Japan Jiro Sato
6 6
Australia Nancy Lewis
Australia Aubrey Willard
8 7 6 Australia Nancy Lewis
Australia Aubrey Willard
3 2
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Australia Gar Moon
6 9 3 Australia Nancy Lewis
Australia Aubrey Willard
4 6 7
Australia Gwen Griffiths
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 1 6 Australia Gwen Griffiths
Australia Jack Hawkes
6 4 5
Australia Dorothy Anderson
Australia Clifford Sproule
4 6 3

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
6 6
Australia Dot Stevenson
Australia Reg Ewin
2 3 1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
6 6
Australia Joyce Williams
Australia Gar Hone
6 6 Australia Joyce Williams
Australia Gar Hone
2 1
Australia Joyce Lillecrapp
Australia Robert Barbour
4 3 1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
w/o
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Don Turnbull[b]
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Australia Don Turnbull
6 6
Australia Truda Cox
Australia Allan Knight
1 4
1 Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford
6 6
4 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Charles Donohoe
3 2
Australia Edna Lawrence
Australia Ron Hone
8 6
Australia Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
Japan Ryosuke Nunoi
6 3
Australia Edna Lawrence
Australia Ron Hone
4 5
4 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Charles Donohoe
6 7
4 Australia Coral Buttsworth
Australia Charles Donohoe
4 8 6
Australia Florence Francisco
Australia Jack Cummings
6 6 2

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally the second seeds were Takeichi Harada and Esna Boyd Robertson but the latter withdrew from the tournament[7] because of serious illness and – ultimately – death of her mother on the eve of the event.
  2. ^ a b Turnbull withdrew due to illness.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Singles". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 8 February 1932. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Nunoi's Form Brilliant". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 9 February 1932. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Yesterday's Results". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 10 February 1932. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Yesterday's Results". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 11 February 1932. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Yesterday's Results". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 13 February 1932. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 15 February 1932. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Linton Cup". Telegraph. Brisbane. 4 February 1932. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Tennis Titles". The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 12 February 1932. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings
  • [2] Source for the draw.