1925 Australasian Championships – Women's doubles

Defending champions Daphne Akhurst and Sylvia Harper defeated Esna Boyd and Kathleen Le Messurier 6–4, 6–3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1925 Australasian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's doubles
1925 Australasian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Harper
Runners-upAustralia Esna Boyd
Australia Kathleen Le Messurier
Score6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw18
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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With this win Akhurst completed her first Triple Crown achievement, having already won the singles and the mixed doubles titles earlier that day.

Seeds

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
  Miss Holt
  Mrs. F. Harper
3 2 2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 8
4   Pattie Meaney
  Millie Mitchell
6 6 4   Pattie Meaney
  Millie Mitchell
4 6
  Mrs. Docker
  Jessie Watson
4 2 2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
4 3
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
6 6 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
6 6
  Edie Butcherine
  Dorothy Weston
2 1 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
7 6
3   Marjorie Cox
  Floris St. George
6 6 3   Marjorie Cox
  Floris St. George
5 3
  Louie Bickerton
  Grace Paterson
4 4

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
  Minnie Goodman
  Nion Kenyon
3 4
2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6
  Miss Holt
  Mrs. F. Harper
3 2
  Miss Holt
  Mrs. F. Harper
w/o
  Coral Buttsworth
  Miss O'Connor
2   Esna Boyd
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 8
4   Pattie Meaney
  Millie Mitchell
4 6
4   Pattie Meaney
  Millie Mitchell
7 7 6
  Flora Cameron
  Nancy Fitzhardinge
5 9 3
4   Pattie Meaney
  Millie Mitchell
6 6
  Muff Wilson
  Iris Woodd
6 6 6   Mrs. Docker
  Jessie Watson
4 2
  Doris Mackie
  Ula Valkenburg
2 8 4   Muff Wilson
  Iris Woodd
3 7
  Mrs. Docker
  Jessie Watson
6 6   Mrs. Docker
  Jessie Watson
6 9
  Mary Cooling
  Mrs. G. B. Stevens
2 2

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
6 6
  Anna Doyle
  Phyllis Lester
6 6   Anna Doyle
  Phyllis Lester
4 1
  Mrs. Evans
  Margaret Knoblanche
2 4 1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
6 6
  Edie Butcherine [a]
  Dorothy Weston [a]
2 1
1   Daphne Akhurst
  Sylvia Harper
7 6
3   Marjorie Cox
  Floris St. George
5 3
3   Marjorie Cox
  Floris St. George
6 6
  Minnie Richardson
  Adeline Wilkins
3 1
3   Marjorie Cox
  Floris St. George
6 6
  Louie Bickerton
  Grace Paterson
4 4
  Louie Bickerton
  Grace Paterson
6 9
  Gwen Waterhouse
  Rhona White
2 7

Notes

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  • a Even the day before, this encounter was being announced as Akhurst and Harper vs. Weston and partner – so, logically, it had to be the first match of the tournament for Butcherine/Weston pair.

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1925. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Register. Adelaide, Australia. 27 January 1925. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 1925. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 January 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 1925. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 1925. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
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