1940 Australian Championships – Women's doubles

Thelma Coyne and Nancye Wynne secured their fifth consecutive title by defeating Joan Hartigan and Edie Niemeyer 7–5, 6–2 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1940 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4]

Women's doubles
1940 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Thelma Coyne
Australia Nancye Wynne
Runners-upAustralia Joan Hartigan
Australia Edie Niemeyer
Score7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw11
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1939 · Australian Championships · 1946 →

Seeds

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Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Rosemary Rees
  Kath Woodward
9 3 6
2   May Hardcastle
  Nell Hopman
7 6 4
  Rosemary Rees
  Kath Woodward
5 4
4   Joan Hartigan
  Edie Niemeyer
6 6 4   Joan Hartigan
  Edie Niemeyer
7 6
  Mary Chapman
  Pat Searl[a]
1 3 4   Joan Hartigan
  Edie Niemeyer
7 6
  Doris Mauger
  Gwen O'Halloran
w/o   Doris Mauger
  Gwen O'Halloran
5 2
  Clare Proctor
  Thelma Rice
4   Joan Hartigan
  Edie Niemeyer
5 2
1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
w/o 1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
7 6
  Beth Peach[b]
  Pat Searl
1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
w/o
  Vivienne Berg[c]
  Dorothy Jenkins
1   Thelma Coyne
  Nancye Wynne
6 6
3   Alison Hattersley
  Olive Stebbing
2 3
3   Alison Hattersley
  Olive Stebbing
6 6
  Connie Coate
  Audrey Lewin
2 1

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  1. ^ In the original draw Mary Chapman plays with a 'partner', while Pat Searl makes a team with Beth Peach and they are drawn against Coyne/Wynne.
  2. ^ Apparent withdrawal of Beth Peach. Pat Searl becomes the 'partner' of Mary Chapman.
  3. ^ Miss Berg withdrew due to injury.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Title Surprise". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31,845. 23 January 1940. p. 15 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Crawford and McGrath". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31,846. 24 January 1940. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Tennis Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31,849. 27 January 1940. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Bromwich Goes Down". The Argus. No. 29,153. Melbourne. 29 January 1940. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Victorian Girls Too Strong". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. IV, no. 260 (New Series). New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1938. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings and the draw