1928 Australian Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1928 Australian Championships
Champion	Daphne Akhurst
Runner-up	Esna Boyd
Score	7–5, 6–2
Draw	19
Seeds	4

Daphne Akhurst defeated Esna Boyd 7–5, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships.

Seeds

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

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

Draw

Key

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Daphne Akhurst	6	6
		Dorothy Weston	1	2
								2	Daphne Akhurst	6	7
									Meryl O'Hara Wood	2	5
		Meryl O'Hara Wood	1	6	6
		Kathleen Le Messurier	6	4	2
															2	Daphne Akhurst	7	6
															1	Esna Boyd	5	2
	1	Esna Boyd	7	6
		Mall Molesworth	5	2
								1	Esna Boyd	6	6
								3	Louis Bickerton	2	3
		Pattie Meaney	6	1	1
	3	Louie Bickerton	4	6	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								2	Daphne Akhurst	6	6
									Nell Lloyd	1	2
															2	Akhurst	6	6
																Weston	1	2
									Dorothy Weston [a]	6	6
									Gwen Waterhouse	3	4
																						2	Akhurst	6	7
																							O'Hara Wood	2	5
									Meryl O'Hara Wood	6	6
									Coral Buttsworth	1	2
																O'Hara Wood	1	6	6
		Kathleen Le Messurier	6	6												Le Messurier	6	4	2
		Edith Freudenstein [a]	0	0					Le Messurier	1	6	6
	4	Sylvia Harper	6	6				4	Harper	6	3	3
		Floris Conway	4	1

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Esna Boyd	7	6
									Marjorie Cox	5	2
															1	Boyd	7	6
																Molesworth	5	2
									Mall Molesworth	[b]
		Iris Luckie	10	9	6				Luckie	[b]
		Grace Paterson	8	11	3																	1	Boyd	6	6
																						3	Bickerton	2	3
									Pattie Meaney	6	6
									Dorothy Dingle	1	2
																Meaney	6	1	1
															3	Bickerton	4	6	6
								3	Louie Bickerton	6	6
									Birdie Bond	3	2

See also

• 1928 Australian Championships – Men's singles

Notes

• ^a 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.
• ^b This is most confusing one. No source gives an information about such a draw, let alone the result.

External links

• [1] Source for the draw at ausopen.com
• [2] Source for seedings