1929 Australian Championships – Women's Doubles

First-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Louie Bickerton defeated the second seeds Sylvia Harper and Meryl O'Hara Wood 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Women's Doubles
1929 Australian Championships
Champions Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton
Runners-up Sylvia Harper
Meryl O'Hara Wood
Final score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Draw12
Seeds4

Miss Akhurst completed her third and last Triple Crown, having won Women's Singles title earlier that day and Mixed Doubles final the day before.[7]

Seeds
  1. Daphne Akhurst / Louie Bickerton (Champions)
  2. Sylvia Harper / Meryl O'Hara Wood (Final)
  3. Kathleen Le Messurier / Dorothy Weston (Semifinals)
  4. Emily Hood / Mall Molesworth (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Sylvia Harper
Meryl O'Hara Wood 		6 6
Edna Lawrence
Mrs. W. T. Rowe [a] 		0 1
2 Sylvia Harper
Meryl O'Hara Wood 		7 6
Birdie Bond
Sydney Hocking 		4 6 6 3 Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston 		5 2
Gwen Griffiths
Vera Mathias 		6 4 4 Birdie Bond
Sydney Hocking 		4 8 4
3 Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston 		6 6 3 Kathleen Le Messurier
Dorothy Weston 		6 6 6
Eileen Rischbieth
Roma Wadey 		4 0 2 Sylvia Harper
Meryl O'Hara Wood 		2 6 2
1 Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton 		6 3 6
4 Emily Hood
Mall Molesworth 		6 6
Edna Collison
Joyce Hone 		0 1
4 Emily Hood
Mall Molesworth 		2 2
Lorna Bollen
Anna Menz 		3 6 6 1 Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton 		6 6
Bertha Kay
Margaret Taylor 		6 2 4 Lorna Bollen
Anna Menz 		3 2
1 Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton 		6 6 1 Daphne Akhurst
Louie Bickerton 		6 6
Joyce Lillecrapp
Katherine Wemyss 		2 0

Notes
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References
  1. "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia, Australia. 21 January 1929. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Lawn Tennis". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia, Australia. 22 January 1929. p. 8 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Sparkling Tennis". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia, Australia. 23 January 1929. p. 25 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Matches In Tennis Singles Cause Great Thrills". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia, Australia. 24 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Class Tennis Now Being Shown In Australian Championships". The Register News-Pictorial. South Australia, Australia. 25 January 1929. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Championship Tennis". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia, Australia. 28 January 1929. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Lawn Tennis Finals". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia, Australia. 29 January 1929. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.

Source for seedings

Preceded by
1933 U.S. National Championships – Women's Doubles		 Grand Slam women's doubles Succeeded by
1928 French Championships – Women's Doubles
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