1926 Australasian Championships - Women's Singles

1926 Australasian Championships - Women's Singles

Daphne Akhurst defeated Esna Boyd 6–1 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

1.   James Anderson (Semifinalist)
2.   Gerald Patterson
   Gerald Patterson
   Gerald Leighton Patterson MC was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Melbourne, educated at Scotch College Melbourne and died in Melbourne in 13 June 1967. He was the co-World No...
   
    (First round)
3.   Richard Schlesinger
   Richard Schlesinger (tennis)
   Richard Schlesinger was an Australian tennis player.Schlesinger was a two-time runner-up at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, losing to James Anderson in 1924, and to John Colin Gregory in 1929.-Runner-up :-References:...
   
    (Semifinalist)
4.   John Hawkes
   John Hawkes (tennis)
   John Hawkes was a former Australian male tennis player.Hawkes won the singles title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.- References :...
   
    (Champion)
5.   Pat O'Hara-Wood (Quarterfinalist)
6.   Norman Peach (Quarterfinalist)
7.   Garton Hone
   Garton Hone
   Garton Maxwell Hone was an Australian tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s. He also played Sheffield Shield cricket for South Australia....
   
    (Quarterfinalist)
8.   James Willard
   James Willard
   Arthur James Willard was an Australian tennis player.Willard won two mixed doubles titles alongside Daphne Akhurst at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1924 and 1925...
   
    (Finalist)

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

• 1926 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw