1934 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

Defending champions Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan and Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's doubles
1934 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Mall Molesworth
Australia Emily Hood Westacott
Runners-upAustralia Joan Hartigan
Australia Ula Valkenburg
Score6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw16 (4 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1933 · Australian Championships · 1935 →

Twenty three teams have entered for the event in which number of pairs was limited to sixteen. Twelve pairs were placed in the main draw and eleven had to play in the preliminary rounds, from which the last four qualified into the first round of the competition proper.

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 7
Q   Mrs F. A. Harper
  Helen McTaggett
2 5 1   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
  Gwen Cassidy
  Muff Wilson
w/o   Gwen Cassidy
  Muff Wilson
2 3
  Gwen Utz
  partner
1   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 6
  Dot Stevenson
  Gwen Stevenson
1 8 7 4   Nancy Chitty
  Nancy Lewis
4 3
  Edna Gardyne
  Kathleen Le Messurier
6 6 5   Dot Stevenson
  Gwen Stevenson
3 5
4   Nancy Chitty
  Nancy Lewis
6 7 4   Nancy Chitty
  Nancy Lewis
6 7
Q   Edna Collison
  Joyce Hone
2 5 1   Mall Molesworth
  Emily Hood Westacott
6 6 6
3   Joan Hartigan
  Ula Valkenburg
6 6 3   Joan Hartigan
  Ula Valkenburg
8 4 4
Q   Peg Menzies
  P. O'Connor
1 4 3   Joan Hartigan
  Ula Valkenburg
6 6
  Dorothy Bellamy
  Sylvia Harper
7 6   Dorothy Bellamy
  Sylvia Harper
2 4
  Floris Conway
  Marjorie Crawford
5 4 3   Joan Hartigan
  Ula Valkenburg
6 6
  Alison Hattersley
  Vera Selwin
6 2 6 2   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hall
3 1
  Truda Cox
  May Blick
3 6 3   Alison Hattersley
  Vera Selwin
2 6
2   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hall
6 6 2   Louie Bickerton
  Nell Hall
6 8
Q   Thelma Coyne
  Agnes Tosh
4 2

References

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  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 January 1934. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 1934. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1934. p. 17 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1934. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Perry and Crawford". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1934. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings
  • [2] Source for the draw