Kathleen Le Messurier

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Kathleen Le Messurier
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Died(1981-01-01)1 January 1981
Adelaide, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open F (1932)
Wimbledon 2R (1930)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open F (1924, 1925, 1928, 1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open SF (1926)

Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and later the Semaphore and East Torrens Tennis Clubs. [1]

Le Messurier was a runner-up in the 1932 Australian Championships singles competition, losing in the final to compatriot Coral McInnes Buttsworth in straight sets, 4–6, 7–9. She also reached the doubles final in 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1932 but lost on all four occasions.

In October 1927 she won the singles and doubles title at the Adelaide Championships. [2] In March 1928 she won the South Australian Championships played in Adelaide. [3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1932 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Coral McInnes Buttsworth 4–6, 7–9

Doubles (4 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1924 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Meryl O'Hara Wood Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Lance Harper
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 1925 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd Robertson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sylvia Lance Harper
4–6, 3–6
Loss 1928 Australian Championships Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Weston Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd Robertson
3–6, 1–6
Loss 1932 Australian Championships Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Weston Flag of Australia (converted).svg Coral McInnes Buttsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marjorie Cox Crawford
2–6, 2–6

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References

  1. "Le Messurier, Kathleen". State Library of South Australia.
  2. "LAWN TENNIS". Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) . Kalgoorlie, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938) . Kalgoorlie, WA: National Library of Australia. 6 March 1928. p. 31. Retrieved 18 October 2012.