1935 Australian Championships – Mixed doubles

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Mixed doubles
1935 Australian Championships
Final
Champions	Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus
Runners-up	Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby
Score	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	24
Seeds	4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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1935 tennis event results

In an all-unseeded final, Louie Bickerton and Christian Boussus defeated Birdie Bond and Vernon Kirby 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Bond and Kirby won the first set with ease. The second one was interrupted by rain thrice, which got them out of their rhythm and opponents won three remaining games. In the last three games of the third set Bickerton/Boussus lost only two points.^[7]

Seeds

1. Dorothy Round / Fred Perry (quarterfinals)
2. Nell Hopman / Harry Hopman (second round)
3. Nancy Lyle / Adrian Quist (semifinals)
4. Evelyn Dearman / Enrique Maier (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Dorothy Round Fred Perry	3	1
		Emily Hood Westacott Jack Cummings	6	6					Emily Hood Westacott Jack Cummings	6	4	3
		Shirley Whittaker Gar Moon	3	4					Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	4	6	6
		Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	6	6												Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	6	3	3
	3	Nancy Lyle Adrian Quist	6	6												Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	1	6	6
		Doreen Malcolm Roy Malcolm	0	1				3	Nancy Lyle Adrian Quist	4	9
		Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	7					Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	11
		Kath Woodward Roderich Menzel	3	5

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Dorothy Round Fred Perry	6	6
									Mall Molesworth John Grinstead	3	3
															1	Dorothy Round Fred Perry	3	1
																Emily Hood Westacott Jack Cummings	6	6
									Emily Hood Westacott Jack Cummings	3	6	6
									Kathleen Le Messurier Don Turnbull	6	4	3
																							Emily Hood Westacott Jack Cummings	6	4	3
		Shirley Whittaker Gar Moon	4	6	6																		Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	4	6	6
		Truda Cox Jack Harper	6	2	3				Shirley Whittaker Gar Moon	5	10	6
		Sylvia Harper Giorgio de Stefani	w/o						Sylvia Harper Giorgio de Stefani	7	8	4
		Nina Vickery J. Davidson														Shirley Whittaker Gar Moon	3	4
	4	Evelyn Dearman Enrique Maier	6	6												Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	6	6
		Dorothy Weston Allan Knight	4	2				4	Evelyn Dearman Enrique Maier	4	5
		Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	6	6					Birdie Bond Vernon Kirby	6	7
		Mary Richardson James Derham	3	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								3	Nancy Lyle Adrian Quist	8	10
									Gwen Stevenson Bert Tonkin	6	8
															3	Nancy Lyle Adrian Quist	6	6
																Doreen Malcolm Roy Malcolm	0	1
									Doreen Malcolm Roy Malcolm	6	8
									Dorothy Bellamy Jacques Brugnon	4	6
																						3	Nancy Lyle Adrian Quist	4	9
		Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	6																			Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	11
		Claire McCrae Robert Vroland	1	3					Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	6
		May Blick Jack Clemenger	4	6	6				May Blick Jack Clemenger	2	4
		Rosemary Rees Colin McKenzie	6	2	2											Louie Bickerton Christian Boussus	6	7
	2	Nell Hopman Harry Hopman	7	6												Kath Woodward Roderich Menzel	3	5
		Doris Mauger Tim Fitchett	5	2				2	Nell Hopman Harry Hopman	3	2
		Kath Woodward Roderich Menzel	6	6					Kath Woodward Roderich Menzel	6	6
		Thora Chittick Bill Ryan	3	3

References

1. ^ "Tennis Championships Begin Brightly". The Argus. No. 27,573. Melbourne. 2 January 1935. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "Italian Tennis Champion". The Argus. No. 27,575. Melbourne. 4 January 1935. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "Day Of Thrills At Kooyong". The Argus. No. 27,576. Melbourne. 5 January 1935. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "McGrath In Rare Form". The Argus. No. 27,578. Melbourne. 8 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals". The Argus. No. 27,579. Melbourne. 9 January 1935. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ "Crawford And Perry Again". The Argus. No. 27,582. Melbourne. 12 January 1935. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
7. ^ "Crawford's Skill And Strategy Defeat Perry". The Argus. No. 27,583. Melbourne. 14 January 1935. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Source for seedings