1935
Dates: January 1-14
Venue: Kooyong, Melbourne (some early matches held on the Albert Ground)
Surface: Grass
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Singles (Draw=32)
1st Round
Dorothy Round (GB) [1] d Dot Stevenson 6-2 6-3
Doris Mauger d Kath Le Messurier 6-1 6-4
May Blick [7] d Sadie Berryman 6-2 4-6 8-6
Mall Molesworth d Lorna Dickens 6-2 6-2
Emily Westacott [3] d. Truda Cox 6-3 6-0
Dot Bellamy d Dot Greenwood 6-1 6-2
Evelyn Dearman (GB) [5] d Edna Harry 6-1 6-2
Nancye Wynne d Doreen Malcolm (SA) 6-1 6-2
Nancy Lyle (GB) [4] d Gwyn Stevenson 6-0 6-0
Shirley Whittaker d Thora Chittick 6-3 15-13
Louie Bickerton [6] d Alma Cox 6-4 6-3
Kath Woodward d Birdy Bond 4-6 7-5 8-6
Nell Hopman [8] d Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 6-2 6-3
Dot Weston d Thelma Coyne 6-2 6-3
Nancy Chitty d Rosemary Rees 6-4 6-1
Joan Walters d Amy Lewis 6-3 8-6
2nd Round
Round [1] d. Mauger 6-2 6-2
Blick [7] d. Molesworth 6-4 4-6 7-5
Westacott [3] d. Bellamy 6-4 6-2
Dearman [5] d. Wynne 6-3 6-2
Lyle [4] d. Whittaker 6-0 6-2
Bickerton [6] d. Woodward 6-4 6-4
Hopman [8] d. Weston 11-9 6-3
Walters d Chitty 7-5 6-4
Quarterfinals
Round [1] d. Blick [7] 6-4 6-0
Westacott [3] d. Dearman [5] 9-7 7-5
Lyle [4] d. Bickerton [6] 6-2 8-6
Hopman [8] d. Walters 4-6 6-1 6-3
Semifinals
Round [1] d. Westacott [3] 6-4 6-2
Lyle [4] d. Hopman [8] 6-1 7-5
Final
Dorothy Round [1] d. Nancy Lyle [4] 1-6 6-1 6-3
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Junior Girls
FI: Thelma Coyne d Nancy Wynne 6-4 6-2
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Doubles (Draw=15)
1st Round
Evelyn Dearman (GB)/Nancy Lyle (GB) [2] d. Thora Chittick/Dot Greenwood 6-1 6-3
Frances Hoddle-Wrigley/Rosemary Rees d. Birdie Bond/Miranda Richardson 6-4 5-7 8-6
Dot Stevenson/Gwyn Stevenson d. Kath Le Messurier/Dot Weston 6-2 6-8 6-1
Mall Molesworth/Emily Westacott [3] d. Doris Mauger/Shirley Whittaker 4-6 6-2 6-4
Louie Bickerton/Nell Hopman [4] d. Truda Cox/Gladys Toyne 6-1 6-4
Dot Bellamy/Sylvia Harper d. Edna Harry/Agnes Scott 7-5 1-6 6-3
Nancy Chitty/Doreen Malcolm (SA) d. May Blick/Kath Woodward 6-2 6-0
Thelma Coyne/Dorothy Round [1] d Margery Carnie/Alma Cox 6-4 4-6 6-2
Quarterfinals
Dearman/Lyle [2] d. Hoddle Wrigley/Rees 6-1 6-3
Molesworth/Westacott [3] d. Stevenson/Stevenson 6-3 6-3
Bickerton/Hopman [4] d. Bellamy/Harper 6-1 6-3
Coyne/Round [1] d. Chitty/Malcolm 6-2 6-0
Semifinals
Dearman/Lyle [2] d. Molesworth/Westacott [3] 6-4 6-4
Bickerton/Hopman [4] d. Coyne/Round [1] 6-2 6-4
Final
Evelyn Dearman/Nancy Lyle [2] d. Louie Bickerton/Nell Hopman [4] 6-3 6-4*
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Mixed Doubles (Draw=24)
1st Round
Dorothy Round (GB)/Fred Perry (GB) [1]-bye
Mall Molesworth/John Grinstad-bye
Emily Westacott/Ronald Cummings [8]-bye
Kath Le Messurier/Don Turnbull-bye
Evelyn Dearman (GB)/Enrique Maier (Sp) [4] d Dot Weston/Allan Knight 6-4 6-2
Birdie Bond/Vernon Kirby (SA) d Miranda Richardson/James Derham 6-3 6-4
Shirley Whittaker/Gar Moon [5]* d Truda Cox/Jack Harper 4-6 6-2 6-3
Sylvia Harper/Giogio de Stefani (Ity) d Nina Vickery/J Davidson default
Nell Hopman/Hary Hopman [2] d Doris Mauger/Timonthy Fitchett 7-5 6-2
Kath Woodward/Roderick Menzel (Cz) d Thora Chittick/William Ryan 6-3 6-3
Louie Bickerton/Christian Boussus (Fra) [7] d C McRae/Robert Vroland 6-1 6-3
May Blick/Jack Clemenger d Rosemary Rees/Colin McKenzie 4-6 6-2 6-2
Nancy Lyle (GB)/Adrian Quist [3]-bye
Gwyn Stevenson/Bert Tonkin-bye
Doreen Malcolm (SA)/Roy Malcolm (SA)-bye
Dot Bellamy/Toto Brugnon (Fra) [6]-bye
Second Round
Round/Perry [1] d Molesworth/Grinstead 6-3 6-3
Westacott/Cummings d Le Messurier/Cummings 3-6 6-4 6-3
Bond/Kirby d Dearman/Maier [4] 6-4 7-5
Whittaker/Moon [5] d Harper/Stefani 5-7 10-8 6-4
Woodward/Menzel d Hopman/Hopman [2] 6-3 6-2
Bickerton/Boussus [7] d Blick/Clemenger 6-2 6-4
Lyle/Quist [3] d G Stevenson/Tonkin 8-6 7-5
Malcolm/Malcolm d Bellamy/Brugnon [6] 6-4 8-6
Quarterfinals
Round/Perry [1] d Westacott/Cummings [8] 6-3 6-1
Bond/Kirby d Whittaker/Moon [5] 6-3 6-4
Bickerton/Boussus [7] d Woodward/Menzel 6-3 7-5
Lyle/Quist [3] d Malcolm/Malcolm 6-0 6-1
Semifinals
Round/Perry [1] d Bond/Kirby 4-6 6-4 6-3
Bickerton/Boussus [7] d Lyle/Quist [3] 6-4 11-9
Final
Dorothy Round/Fred Perry [1] d Louie Bickerton/Christian Boussus [7] 6-1 3-6 6-3
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Draw notes:
#2 seed Joan Hartigan withdrew due to flu. Originally slated to play doubles with Dorothy Round, her place in doubles is taken by Thelma Coyne. Joan Walters takes her spot in singles.
Margery Carnie=Mrs R H Carnie
Alma Cox=AC Cox
Doreen Malcolm of South Africa was married to fellow player Roy Malcolm
Allan Walter Knight was an engineer from Tasmania.
The doubles final was halted by darkness at one set apiece. The next day (Monday) it was restarted from scratch, the British pair winning in straights.
The #5 seeding for Whittaker/Moon is an educated guess. All the other mixed seedings have been confirmed. The Melbourne Argus lists only 4 seeds for the mixed, but the Aussie web site has seeds to #8.
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Summary:
Round becomes the first foreigner to walk away with the Aussie women's crown. The Wimbledon champ waltzed through until the final, in which she had to recover after dropping the first set. At 3-4 in the third Lyle had a chance at 0-40, but Round won 5 straight points and soon won.
Westacott had upset the British Dearman with her fearsome forehand, but it wasn't enough vs. Round in the semis.
It was a minor miracle the event was held at all. One week before, torrential rain had left Kooyong under 30 feet of water. The courts were deemed soggy but playable.
Dorothy Round came to Australia as the reigning Wimbledon champion having defeated Helen Jacobs in a memorable final when at 3 all in the third set, she had staked everything on an all out attack which carried her to victory. Australian fans saw a highly gifted all-court player. Her sweeping ground shots were hit flat and hard, her backhand being the stronger side and had fine touch for volleys and the dropshot. A Sunday school teacher and devoutly religious, she always refused to play on Sundays, a fact which caused French and American officials to undertake a bit of rescheduling when she was playing in their countries. It was not a problem in Australia, which did not yet condone public sport on the Sabbath.
Round won the championships of Victoria, New South Wales and came into the national titles in Melbourne a firm favorite, especially as the defending champion Joan Hartigan was absent through illness.
Round encountered graceful local girl May Blick in the quarterfinals, winning 6-4 6-0, her tardy start attributed by the press to Round's "weekend by the sea which had taken her mind off tennis". Also in the quarters, Nancy Lyle, another of the visiting British girls (daughter of British parliamentarian Sir Leonard Lyle, who had been a successful tournament player) was too good for Louie Bickerton 6-2 8-6. Bickerton had tried to out-drive Lyle in the first set before coming to the realization that Lyle, like Round, thrived on pace. She softballed her in the second set and reached set point at 5-4 before Lyle steadied to come through in straight sets.
Emily Westacott salvaged some honor for Australia by flummoxing another British girl Evelyn Dearman with her curling kicking serve to win 9-7 7-5. The Age reporter who covered the match commended Westacott for her "unorthodox joyous wallops" and added that the crowd cheered her to the end because they love "a gallant swatter".
Nell Hopman did her best in the semifinals against Lyle to wear down and frustrate the English girl with consistency. But Lyle held too great an edge in power and placement, though she did fall into Hopman's game of interminable backhand to backhand rallies in the second set, before scoring 6-1 7-5.
Westacott was plainly overawed by Round, not hitting out with her usual abandon. She did manage, however, to lead 4-2 in the first set before Round increased the length, speed and placement of her ground shots. The score of 6-4 6-2 accurately reflected the difference between the players on the day.
In the final, Round once again got off to a slow start, spraying her shots, moving sluggishly and experiencing difficulties with her ball toss on service. Lyle, at the peak of her form, took the first set 6-1. By the second set Round's much vaunted fitness was standing her good stead in the excessive heat, and she was winning almost all the vital points. At 3-all in the third set, Round showed her quality by overcoming a love-40 deficit on service. Lyle battled the match right out, but Round became the first foreign woman to win the Australian singles title 1-6 6-1 6-3.
Note that Mrs E Bond, md at least as far back as 1928, was a multiple winner of the Tasmanian Chmps
Summary Notes courtesy of Louloubelle and Rollo
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Sources:
The official Australian open website
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/149586151 (provided some key missing names)