1935 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

In an all-unseeded final, Louie Bickerton and Christian Boussus defeated Birdie Bond and Vernon Kirby 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Mixed doubles
1935 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Louie Bickerton
France Christian Boussus
Runners-upAustralia Birdie Bond
South Africa Vernon Kirby
Score1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw24
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1934 · Australian Championships · 1936 →

Bond and Kirby won the first set with ease. The second one was interrupted by rain thrice, which got them out of their rhythm and opponents won three remaining games. In the last three games of the third set Bickerton/Boussus lost only two points.[7]

Seeds

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  1.   Dorothy Round /   Fred Perry (quarterfinals)
  2.   Nell Hopman /   Harry Hopman (second round)
  3.   Nancy Lyle /   Adrian Quist (semifinals)
  4.   Evelyn Dearman /   Enrique Maier (second round)

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Dorothy Round
  Fred Perry
3 1
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Jack Cummings
6 6   Emily Hood Westacott
  Jack Cummings
6 4 3
  Shirley Whittaker
  Gar Moon
3 4   Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
4 6 6
  Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
6 6   Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
6 3 3
3   Nancy Lyle
  Adrian Quist
6 6   Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
1 6 6
  Doreen Malcolm
  Roy Malcolm
0 1 3   Nancy Lyle
  Adrian Quist
4 9
  Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 7   Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 11
  Kath Woodward
  Roderich Menzel
3 5

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Dorothy Round
  Fred Perry
6 6
  Mall Molesworth
  John Grinstead
3 3
1   Dorothy Round
  Fred Perry
3 1
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Jack Cummings
6 6
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Jack Cummings
3 6 6
  Kathleen Le Messurier
  Don Turnbull
6 4 3
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Jack Cummings
6 4 3
  Shirley Whittaker
  Gar Moon
4 6 6   Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
4 6 6
  Truda Cox
  Jack Harper
6 2 3   Shirley Whittaker
  Gar Moon
5 10 6
  Sylvia Harper
  Giorgio de Stefani
w/o   Sylvia Harper
  Giorgio de Stefani
7 8 4
  Nina Vickery
  J. Davidson
  Shirley Whittaker
  Gar Moon
3 4
4   Evelyn Dearman
  Enrique Maier
6 6   Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
6 6
  Dorothy Weston
  Allan Knight
4 2 4   Evelyn Dearman
  Enrique Maier
4 5
  Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
6 6   Birdie Bond
  Vernon Kirby
6 7
  Mary Richardson
  James Derham
3 4

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3   Nancy Lyle
  Adrian Quist
8 10
  Gwen Stevenson
  Bert Tonkin
6 8
3   Nancy Lyle
  Adrian Quist
6 6
  Doreen Malcolm
  Roy Malcolm
0 1
  Doreen Malcolm
  Roy Malcolm
6 8
  Dorothy Bellamy
  Jacques Brugnon
4 6
3   Nancy Lyle
  Adrian Quist
4 9
  Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 6   Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 11
  Claire McCrae
  Robert Vroland
1 3   Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 6
  May Blick
  Jack Clemenger
4 6 6   May Blick
  Jack Clemenger
2 4
  Rosemary Rees
  Colin McKenzie
6 2 2   Louie Bickerton
  Christian Boussus
6 7
2   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
7 6   Kath Woodward
  Roderich Menzel
3 5
  Doris Mauger
  Tim Fitchett
5 2 2   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
3 2
  Kath Woodward
  Roderich Menzel
6 6   Kath Woodward
  Roderich Menzel
6 6
  Thora Chittick
  Bill Ryan
3 3

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Championships Begin Brightly". The Argus. No. 27,573. Melbourne. 2 January 1935. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Italian Tennis Champion". The Argus. No. 27,575. Melbourne. 4 January 1935. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Day Of Thrills At Kooyong". The Argus. No. 27,576. Melbourne. 5 January 1935. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "McGrath In Rare Form". The Argus. No. 27,578. Melbourne. 8 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals". The Argus. No. 27,579. Melbourne. 9 January 1935. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Crawford And Perry Again". The Argus. No. 27,582. Melbourne. 12 January 1935. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Crawford's Skill And Strategy Defeat Perry". The Argus. No. 27,583. Melbourne. 14 January 1935. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings