1928 Australian Championships – Men's doubles

The second-seeds Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon defeated the unseeded Gar Moon and Jim Willard 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]

Men's doubles
1928 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsFrance Jean Borotra
France Jacques Brugnon
Runners-upAustralia Gar Moon
Australia Jim Willard
Score6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw20
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   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
6 6 6
  Ray Dunlop
  Guy Williams
2 0 3 1   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
5 5 4
  Dick North
  Norman Peach
3 3 8 7   Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
7 7 6
  Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
6 6 6 9   Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
2 6 4 4
2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
8 6 7 2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
6 4 6 6
  Les Baker
  Jack Cummings
6 3 5 2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
6 3 5 6 6
  Bob Schlesinger
  Rupert Wertheim
6 6 4 6 7   Bob Schlesinger
  Rupert Wertheim
4 6 7 1 1
3   Jack Crawford
  Harry Hopman
8 1 6 1 5

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
6 6 6
  Dick Medcalf
  Frank Peach
1 2 2
1   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
6 6 6
  Ray Dunlop
  Guy Williams
2 0 3
  Ray Dunlop
  Guy Williams
4 6 6 6
  James Bayley
  A. N. Kerr
6 2 1 1
1   Jack Hawkes
  Gerald Patterson
5 5 4
  Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
7 7 6
  Dick North
  Norman Peach
6 6 6
  Norman McDougall
  Len Thurlow
1 1 3
  Dick North
  Norman Peach
3 3 8 7
  Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
6 6 6   Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
6 6 6 9
  E. M. Dunn
  Cecil Ward
4 2 2   Gar Moon
  Jim Willard
6 7 8 3 9
4   Christian Boussus
  Fred Kalms
6 6 6 4   Christian Boussus
  Fred Kalms
4 5 10 6 7
  Cliff S. Colvin
  Clifford Sproule
1 3 4

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
8 6 6
  Herb Coram
  Vin Munns
6 0 3 2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
6 6 6
  Jim Fitzgerald
  Possum Munro
6 6 7   Jim Fitzgerald
  Possum Munro
4 2 3
  Arthur Cattanach
  Dudley Frankenberg
0 1 5 2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
8 6 7
  Les Baker
  Jack Cummings
6 3 5
  Les Baker
  Jack Cummings
6 6 6
  Ron Ford
  Bill Halliday
2 3 2
2   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
6 3 5 6 6
  Bob Schlesinger
  Rupert Wertheim
4 6 7 1 1
  Bob Schlesinger
  Rupert Wertheim
6 6 6
  Bruce Dive
  Jack McCausland
4 1 3
  Bob Schlesinger
  Rupert Wertheim
6 6 4 6 7
3   Jack Crawford
  Harry Hopman
8 1 6 1 5
3   Jack Crawford
  Harry Hopman
6 6 6
  Arthur Down
  H. W. Smith
0 2 1

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The West Australian. Western Australia, Australia. 31 January 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Borotra Wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 February 1928. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 February 1928. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Play". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 February 1928. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
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