1925 Australasian Championships – Mixed doubles

The first-seeds Daphne Akhurst and Jim Willard successfully defended their title by defeating the second seeded Sylvia Harper and Bob Schlesinger 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1925 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mixed doubles
1925 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Jim Willard
Runners-upAustralia Sylvia Harper
Australia Bob Schlesinger
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw17
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
8 7
  Pattie Meaney
  Aubrey Willard
6 5 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 3 6
  Louie Bickerton
  Frank Peach
2 4 3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
3 6 2
3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 6 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 6
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Les Baker
6 6 2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
4 4
  Flora Cameron
  George Crouch
3 3 4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Les Baker
4 3
  Marjorie Cox
  Rupert Wertheim
1 4 2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
6 6
2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
6 6

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
8 6
  Phyllis Lester
  Norman McDougall
6 3
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
8 7
  Pattie Meaney
  Aubrey Willard
6 5
  Pattie Meaney
  Aubrey Willard
6 6
  Ula Valkenburg
  Dick Medcalf
4 2
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Jim Willard
6 3 6
3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
3 6 2
  Louie Bickerton
  Frank Peach
7 6
  Grace Paterson
  M. Henry Marsh
7 7   Grace Paterson
  M. Henry Marsh
5 3
  Iris Woodd
  Guy Williams
5 5   Louie Bickerton
  Frank Peach
2 4
3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 6
3   Esna Boyd
  Gar Hone
6 6
  Rhona White
  Frank Blaxland
4 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Les Baker
6 12
  Muff Wilson
  Bob Spencer
1 10
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Les Baker
6 6
  Flora Cameron
  George Crouch
3 3
  Flora Cameron
  George Crouch
6 6
  Dorothy Weston
  Morris Smith
3 3
4   Kathleen Le Messurier
  Les Baker
4 3
2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
6 6
  Marjorie Cox
  Rupert Wertheim
6 4 6
  Minnie Richardson
  Robert Berriman
2 6 2
  Marjorie Cox
  Rupert Wertheim
1 4
2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
6 6
2   Sylvia Harper
  Bob Schlesinger
6 6
  Floris St. George
  Fred Kalms
2 4

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 27 January 1925. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 1925. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 January 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1925. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 1925. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
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