1924 Australasian Championships – Mixed doubles

The fourth-seeds Daphne Akhurst and Jim Willard defeated the third seeded Esna Boyd and Gar Hone 6–3, 6–4 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1924 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mixed doubles
1924 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Jim Willard
Runners-upAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Gar Hone
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1923 · Australasian Championships · 1925 →

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Dorothy Hope
  Bob Schlesinger
3 6 6
1   Meryl O'Hara Wood
  Pat O'Hara Wood
6 2 4   Dorothy Hope
  Bob Schlesinger
4 6 6
  Minnie Richardson
  Colin Newton
6 1 6   Minnie Richardson
  Colin Newton
6 2 3
  Gwen Hack
  Clive Fitts
2 6 4   Dorothy Hope
  Bob Schlesinger
5 2
4   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 6 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
7 6
  Mrs. W. T. Rowe
  Frank Drews
2 4 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 6
  Mall Molesworth
  Norman Roberts
6 6   Mall Molesworth
  Norman Roberts
3 0
  Hester Phillimore
  Noel Heath
4 2 4   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 6
2   Sylvia Lance
  Ian McInnes
7 6 3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
3 4
  Vere de Bavay
  Rupert Wertheim
5 1 2   Sylvia Lance
  Ian McInnes
6 6
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  W. H. Smith
6 3 9   Kathleen Le Messurier
  W. H. Smith
0 3
  Quentin Winter-Irving
  Basil Henty
2 6 7 2   Sylvia Lance
  Ian McInnes
1 4
3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 7 3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 6
  Mavis McIver
  Tim Fitchett
2 5 3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 6
  Marjorie Todd
  Jack Clemenger
6 4 6   Marjorie Todd
  Jack Clemenger
3 3
  Ursula Bere
  Alec Sandral
2 6 1

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 January 1924. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Championship Tennis". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 January 1924. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Tennis Championships". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 January 1924. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "National Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 25 January 1924. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "National Tennis". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 31 January 1924. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
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