sport.wikisort.org - AthleteMeryl Aitken O'Hara Wood, née Waxman (died 6 May 1958[1]) was an Australian tennis player active in the 1920s and 30s.
Australian tennis player
Meryl O'Hara Wood Meryl O'Hara Wood, with Gerald Patterson, at the 1928 French Championships |
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Died | 6 May 1958 |
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Australian Open | SF (1928) |
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Australian Open | W (1926, 1927) |
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Australian Open | F (1932) |
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Career
Wood won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1926 and 1927. She won the 1926 title with compatriot Esna Boyd, defeating Daphne Akhurst and Marjorie Cox in the final in three close sets: 6–3, 6–8, 8–6. She successfully defended her title the following year with partner Louie Bickerton, winning in the final against Esna Boyd and Sylvia Lance in two straight sets.[2]
On 3 August 1923, she married Australian tennis player Pat O'Hara Wood.[3][4]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result |
Year |
Championship |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Loss | 1924 |
Australasian Championships |
Grass |
Kathrine Le Mesurier |
Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Lance Harper |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 1926 |
Australasian Championships |
Grass |
Esna Boyd |
Daphne Akhurst Marjorie Cox |
6–3, 6–8, 8–6 |
Win | 1927 |
Australian Championships |
Grass |
Louie Bickerton |
Esna Boyd Sylvia Lance Harper |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 1929 |
Australian Championships |
Grass |
Sylvia Lance Harper |
Daphne Akhurst Louie Bickerton |
2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
Result |
Year |
Championship |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Loss | 1932 |
Australian Championships |
Grass |
Jiro Satoh |
Marjorie Cox Crawford Jack Crawford |
8–6, 6–8, 3–6 |
References
Australian Open women's doubles champions |
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Pre-Open Era |
- 1922: Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain
- 1923: Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1924: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1925: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1926: Esna Boyd Robertson / Meryl O'Hara Wood
- 1927: Louie Bickerton / Meryl O'Hara Wood
- 1928: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson
- 1929: Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton
- 1930: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1931: Louie Bickerton / Daphne Akhurst Cozens
- 1932: Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford
- 1933: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1934: Mall Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott
- 1935: Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle
- 1936: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1937: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1938: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1939: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1940: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1946: Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis Hawton
- 1947: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1948: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1949: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1950: Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart
- 1951: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1952: Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1953: Maureen Connolly / Julia Sampson
- 1954: Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose
- 1955: Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose
- 1956: Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long
- 1957: Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin
- 1958: Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long
- 1959: Renée Schuurman / Sandra Reynolds Price
- 1960: Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes
- 1961: Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court
- 1962: Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern
- 1963: Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern
- 1964: Judy Tegart-Dalton / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1965: Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey
- 1966: Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey
- 1967: Lesley Turner Bowrey / Judy Tegart-Dalton
- 1968: Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville Reid
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