1928 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
1928 Australian Championships
Final
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
Runners-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
Scorew/o
Details
Draw20
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
  1927  · Australian Championships ·  1929  

Second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Jean Borotra won the final on a walkover against the first seeds Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Originally this final (as well as men's singles and men's doubles finals) was scheduled to be played on Saturday, February 4. As the tournament progressed, it turned out that Borotra would have been engaged in all three of them. He refused to play three matches in one day and wished to forfeit in mixed doubles event. This was not agreed to by the committee and his semi-final and subsequent final mixed doubles matches were postponed until Monday, February 6. Unfortunately, Miss Boyd, who had been in Sydney for a fortnight (as the women's events have begun on 21 January), could not arrange to remain longer and had to scratch. [7] [8]

Both Miss Akhurst and Jean Borotra completed a Triple Crown [ broken anchor ] achievement, having already won their singles and doubles titles.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes (final)
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst / Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra (champions)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper / Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton / Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joan Wheaton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Medcalf
1 1 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
63 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathleen Le Messurier
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Peach
4 4 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
0 63
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
662 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
w/o
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
74 61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pattie Meaney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Kalms
5 63 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
68
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mrs. F. Harper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elliott M. Dunn
3 2 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton
Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus
1 6
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton
Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus
66

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kath Hayes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cecil Ward
2 0
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joan Wheaton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Medcalf
1 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joan Wheaton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Medcalf
2 66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lorna Utz
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darby Louden
62 4
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst
Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra
63 6
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
0 63
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathleen Le Messurier
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Peach
1 66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marjorie Cox
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gar Moon
63 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathleen Le Messurier
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Peach
4 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Birdie Bond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg V. E. Page
663 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Paterson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Bayley
4 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Birdie Bond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg V. E. Page
2 4
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
4 763 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Harper
Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Floris Conway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rupert Wertheim
65 2

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gwen Waterhouse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Guy Williams
2 4 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dorothy Bickerton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Willard
11 76 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dorothy Bickerton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Willard
0 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dorothy Dingle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Thurlow
135 3 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
74 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pattie Meaney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Kalms
5 63
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pattie Meaney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Kalms
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mall Molesworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Cummings
2 4
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Hawkes
68
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton
Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus
1 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mrs. F. Harper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elliott M. Dunn
66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Ford
1 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mrs. F. Harper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elliott M. Dunn
3 2
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton
Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus
66
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louie Bickerton
Flag of France.svg Christian Boussus
68
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dorothy Weston
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Peach
3 6

Notes

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