1928 Australian Championships – Women's singles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. AUS Esna Boyd (finalist)
2. AUS Daphne Akhurst (champion)
3. AUS Louie Bickerton (semifinals)
4. AUS Sylvia Harper (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Finals

| team-width=175 | RD3-team1=AUS Daphne Akhurst | RD3-seed1=2 | RD3-team2=AUS Esna Boyd | RD3-seed2=1 | RD3-score1-1=7 | RD3-score2-1=5 | RD3-score1-2=6 | RD3-score2-2=2 | RD2-team1=AUS Daphne Akhurst | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team2=AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood | RD2-seed2= | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=7 | RD2-score2-2=5 | RD2-team3=AUS Esna Boyd | RD2-seed3=1 | RD2-team4=AUS Louis Bickerton | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-score3-1=6 | RD2-score4-1=2 | RD2-score3-2=6 | RD2-score4-2=3 | RD1-team1=AUS Daphne Akhurst | RD1-seed1=2 | RD1-team2=AUS Dorothy Weston | RD1-seed2= | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-team3=AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team4=AUS Kathleen Le Messurier | RD1-seed4= | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-score4-1=6 | RD1-score3-2=6 | RD1-score4-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-score4-3=2 | RD1-team5=AUS Esna Boyd | RD1-seed5=1 | RD1-team6=AUS Mall Molesworth | RD1-seed6= | RD1-score5-1=7 | RD1-score6-1=5 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score6-2=2 | RD1-team7=AUS Pattie Meaney | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team8=AUS Louie Bickerton | RD1-seed8=3 | RD1-score8-1=4 | RD1-score7-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=6 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score8-3=6 | RD1-score7-3=1

Earlier rounds

Section 1

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| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= | RD1-score11-1= | RD1-score11-2= | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12-1= | RD1-score12-2= | RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=AUS Kathleen Le Messurier | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS Edith Freudenstein | RD1-score14-1=0 | RD1-score14-2=0 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15=4 | RD1-team15=AUS Sylvia Harper | RD1-score15-1=6 | RD1-score15-2=6 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=AUS Floris Conway | RD1-score16-1=4 | RD1-score16-2=1 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=2 | RD2-team01=AUS Daphne Akhurst | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=AUS Nell Lloyd | RD2-score02-1=1 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=AUS Dorothy Weston | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=AUS Gwen Waterhouse | RD2-score04-1=3 | RD2-score04-2=4 | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=AUS Coral Buttsworth | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3=

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=AUS Le Messurier | RD2-score07-1=1 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-seed08=4 | RD2-team08=AUS Harper | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=3 | RD2-score08-3=3

| RD3-seed01=2 | RD3-team01=AUS Akhurst | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=AUS Weston | RD3-score02-1=1 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=AUS O'Hara Wood | RD3-score03-1=1 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=6 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=AUS Le Messurier | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score04-3=2

| RD4-seed01=2 | RD4-team01=AUS Akhurst | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=AUS O'Hara Wood | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score02-2=5 | RD4-score02-3=

Section 2

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| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=AUS Iris Luckie | RD1-score07-1=10 | RD1-score07-2=9 | RD1-score07-3=6 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=AUS Grace Paterson | RD1-score08-1=8 | RD1-score08-2=11 | RD1-score08-3=3

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| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13= | RD1-score13-1= | RD1-score13-2= | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= | RD1-score14-1= | RD1-score14-2= | RD1-score14-3=

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| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=AUS Esna Boyd | RD2-score01-1=7 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=AUS Marjorie Cox | RD2-score02-1=5 | RD2-score02-2=2 | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=AUS Mall Molesworth | RD2-score03-1= | RD2-score03-2= | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=AUS Luckie | RD2-score04-1= | RD2-score04-2= | RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=AUS Pattie Meaney | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=AUS Dorothy Dingle | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3=

| RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07=AUS Louie Bickerton | RD2-score07-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=AUS Birdie Bond | RD2-score08-1=3 | RD2-score08-2=2 | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=AUS Boyd | RD3-score01-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=AUS Molesworth | RD3-score02-1=5 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=AUS Meaney | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=1 | RD3-score03-3=1 | RD3-seed04=3 | RD3-team04=AUS Bickerton | RD3-score04-1=4 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=6

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=AUS Boyd | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=3 | RD4-team02=AUS Bickerton | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score02-2=3 | RD4-score02-3=

Notes

• In an original draw Le Messurier and Weston – both representatives of South Australia – have been drawn together in the first round (Freudenstein received a bye into the second round to play against Waterhouse). This was protested by the South Australian Council as being against the regulations.
• This is most confusing one. No source gives an information about such a draw, let alone the result.

References

References

1. (18 January 1928). "Lawn Tennis". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
2. (20 January 1928). "Sports and Pastimes". [[The Register (Adelaide).