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1926 Australasian Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
1926 Australasian Championships
Final
Champions	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes
Runners-up	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	20
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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1926 tennis event results

Second-seeded Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes defeated the first seeds Daphne Akhurst and Jim Willard 6–2, 6–4 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

With this win Hawkes completed a Triple Crown^{[broken anchor]} achievement, having already won his singles and doubles titles.

Seeds[edit]

Esna Boyd / Jack Hawkes (champions)

Meryl O'Hara Wood / Pat O'Hara Wood (semifinals)

Sylvia Harper / Gar Hone (semifinals)

Marjorie Cox / Rupert Wertheim (quarterfinals)

Kathleen Le Messurier / Bob Schlesinger (quarterfinals)

Dorothy Weston / Ernest Rowe (first round)

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	7	6
	6	Kathleen Le Messurier Bob Schlesinger	5	2				2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	5	6
		Lorna Bollen Jack Crawford	4	4				4	Sylvia Harper Gar Hone	2	7	4
	4	Sylvia Harper Gar Hone	6	6											2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
	1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	7	6	6										1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	2	4
	5	Marjorie Cox Rupert Wertheim	9	3	3			1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	7	6
		Alison Hooper Gar Moon	0	0				3	Meryl O'Hara Wood Pat O'Hara Wood	5	4
	3	Meryl O'Hara Wood Pat O'Hara Wood	6	6

Earlier rounds[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
									Edna Lawrence Alan Treloar	3	0
															2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	7	6
															6	Kathleen Le Messurier Bob Schlesinger	5	2
								6	Kathleen Le Messurier Bob Schlesinger	6	6
									Beryl Turner Dudley Cameron	2	2
																						2	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	5	6
		Margaret Officer Rice Gemmell	6	8																		4	Sylvia Harper Gar Hone	2	7	4
	8	Dorothy Weston Ernest Rowe	2	6					Margaret Officer Rice Gemmell	4	6	2
		Lorna Bollen Jack Crawford	6	3	6				Lorna Bollen Jack Crawford	6	3	6
		Anna Menz Don Mellish	4	6	3											Lorna Bollen Jack Crawford	4	4
															4	Sylvia Harper Gar Hone	6	6
								4	Sylvia Harper Gar Hone	6	6
									Jocelyn Bowman Jack Sherwood	1	3

Section 2[edit]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	7	7
		Nell Hamilton Ron Hone	5	5				1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	6	6
		Minnie Richardson Colin Newton	7	6	6				Minnie Richardson Colin Newton	3	1
		Molly Finlayson [b] Clifford Sproule	5	8	3										1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	7	6	6
															5	Marjorie Cox Rupert Wertheim	9	3	3
								5	Marjorie Cox Rupert Wertheim	6	6
									Constance Halloran Bob Fotheringham	2	2
																						1	Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard	7	6
																						3	Meryl O'Hara Wood Pat O'Hara Wood	5	4
									Alison Hooper Gar Moon	w/o	[d]
								(7)	Vera Mathias Ken Berriman [c]		[d]
																Alison Hooper Gar Moon	0	0
															3	Meryl O'Hara Wood Pat O'Hara Wood	6	6
								3	Meryl O'Hara Wood Pat O'Hara Wood	6	6
									Joyce Lillecrapp Harry Hopman	2	2

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Source for seedings