First-seeded

Daphne Akhurst Daphne Jessie Akhurst (22 April 1903 – 9 January 1933), also known by her married name Daphne Cozens, was an Australian tennis player. Akhurst won the women's singles title at the Australian Championships five times between 1925 and 1930. ...

defeated

Louie Bickerton Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens (née Bickerton) (11 August 1902 – 6 June 1998) was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Austr ...

6–1, 5–7, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the

1929 Australian Championships The 1929 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive Park, Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 19 January to 28 January. It was the 22nd edition of the Australian Championships ...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(champion)'' #

''(finalist)'' # Marjorie Cox ''(semifinals)'' # Sylvia Harper ''(semifinals)'' #

Meryl O'Hara Wood Meryl Aitken O'Hara Wood, née Waxman (died 6 May 1958 ) was an Australian tennis player active in the 1920s and 30s. Career Wood won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tenn ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Mall Molesworth Maud Margaret "Mall" Molesworth ( Mutch; 18 October 1894 – 9 July 1985) was an Australian tennis player who won the inaugural Australian Open, Australasian Championships women's singles title in 1922 and successfully defended her title in 192 ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Kathleen Le Messurier Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Birdie Bond ''(first round)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC =

Wild card Wild card most commonly refers to: * Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games * Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...

* LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness ...

* r =

Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Notes

* Possibly Vera Lucy Mathias.

External links

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Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Women's Singles, 1929 1929 in women's tennis

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

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