1934 Australian Championships | |
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Date | 18–27 January 1934 |
Edition | 27th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Venue | White City Tennis Club |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Fred Perry | |
Women's singles | |
Joan Hartigan | |
Men's doubles | |
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry | |
Women's doubles | |
Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott | |
Mixed doubles | |
Joan Hartigan / Edgar Moon | |
Boys' singles | |
Neil Ennis | |
Girls' singles | |
May Blick | |
Boys' doubles | |
Neil Ennis / Colin McKenzie | |
Girls' doubles | |
Ethyl Chrystal / Edna McColl |
The 1934 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 18 January to 27 January. It was the 27th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 7th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Briton Fred Perry and Australian Joan Hartigan.
Fred Perry defeated Jack Crawford 6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Joan Hartigan defeated Mall Molesworth 6–1, 6–4
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry defeated Adrian Quist / Don Turnbull 6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan / Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Joan Hartigan / Edgar Moon defeated Emily Hood Westacott / Roy Dunlop 6–3, 6–4
Maud Margaret 'Mall' Molesworth was a tennis player from Queensland, Australia who won the inaugural Australasian Championships women's singles title in 1922 and successfully defended her title in 1923.
Coral Buttsworth defeated Marjorie Crawford 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Joan Hartigan defeated Coral Buttsworth 6–4, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1933 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Joan Hartigan defeated Mall Molesworth 6–1, 6–4, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Dorothy Round defeated Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–1, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships. The final was the first not to feature an Australian player and is the only all British final in the championship's history.
Second-seeded Nancye Wynne defeated Emily Hood Westacott 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1937 Australian Championships.
Sixth-seeded Emily Hood Westacott defeated Nell Hopman 6–1, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1939 Australian Championships held in Melbourne.
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Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne claimed their third consecutive domestic title, defeating Dorothy Bundy and Dorothy Workman 9–7, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1938 Australian Championships.
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The first seeds Evelyn Dearman and Nancy Lyle defeated Louie Bickerton and Nell Hopman 6–3, 6–4 in the wholly replayed final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.
Defending champions Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan and Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.
The second seeds Joan Hartigan and Gar Moon defeated Emily Hood Westacott and Ray Dunlop 6–3, 6–4, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.
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The first-seeded Louie Bickerton and Daphne Akhurst Cozens defeated the unseeded Nell Lloyd and Gwen Utz 6–0, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1931 Australian Championships.