1932 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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]

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 →

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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Finals

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

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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

Section 2

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