1937 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

Nell Hopman and Harry Hopman successfully defended their title by defeating Dot Stevenson and Don Turnbull 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1937 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mixed doubles
1937 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Nell Hopman
Australia Harry Hopman
Runners-upAustralia Dot Stevenson
Australia Don Turnbull
Score3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw14
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1936 · Australian Championships · 1938 →

Seeds

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  1.   Nell Hopman /   Harry Hopman (champions)
  2.   Dot Stevenson /   Don Turnbull (final)
  3.   Nancye Wynne /   Gar Moon (semifinals)
  4.   Joan Hartigan /   Arthur Huxley (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
6 6
  Gwen O'Halloran
  Len Schwartz
6 1 7   Gwen O'Halloran
  Len Schwartz
2 4
  Vera Selwin
  Fred Bennett
3 6 5 1   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
3 6 6
  May Blick
  Neil Turvey
6 6 3   Nancye Wynne
  Gar Moon
6 3 4
  Connie Coate
  Norm Brimson
1 4   May Blick
  Neil Turvey
1 2
3   Nancye Wynne
  Gar Moon
2 6 6 3   Nancye Wynne
  Gar Moon
6 6
  Peg Menzies
  Max Bonner
6 2 3 1   Nell Hopman
  Harry Hopman
3 6 6
4   Joan Hartigan
  Arthur Huxley
8 6 2   Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
6 3 2
  May Hardcastle
  Vince Kelly
6 4 4   Joan Hartigan
  Arthur Huxley
6 4 4
  Thelma Rice
  Howard Lewis
6 8   Thelma Rice
  Howard Lewis
3 6 6
  Alison Hattersley
  Les Hancock
4 6   Thelma Rice
  Howard Lewis
3 3
  Emily Hood Westacott
  Jim Gilchrist
6 6 2   Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
6 6
  Kath Woodward
  William F. Stephen
3 2   Emily Hood Westacott
  Jim Gilchrist
6 0 1
2   Dot Stevenson
  Don Turnbull
2 6 6

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis". The Courier-Mail. No. 1062. Brisbane. 25 January 1937. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,909. 26 January 1937. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Miss Hartigan". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,910. 27 January 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Many Surprises". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,913. 30 January 1937. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Doubles Title". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30,915. 2 February 1937. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings and the draw