1928 Australian Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1928 Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open):
Jean Borotra
defeated
Ronald O. Cummings
6-4 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-3
Daphne Akhurst
defeated Esna Boyd
7-5, 6-2
Men's singles
Final - Jean BorotraJean Borotra
Jean Robert Borotra was a French champion tennis player. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Career:...
defeated
Ronald O. CummingsJack Cummings (tennis)
Jack Cummings was an Australian tennis player.Cummings finished runner-up to Jean Borotra at the Australian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1928.-Runner-up :-References:...
6-4 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-3
Women's singles
Final - Daphne AkhurstDaphne Akhurst
Daphne Jessie Akhurst Cozens was an Australian tennis player. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Cozens was ranked World No. 3 in 1928....
defeated
Esna BoydEsna Boyd
Esna Boyd Robertson was an Australian tennis player who reached seven consecutive women's singles finals at the Australian Championships from 1922 through 1928. She won one of those finals, defeating Sylvia Lance Harper in 1927...
7-5, 6-2