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Emily Hood Westacott

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Australian tennis player (1910–1980)

Emily Hood Westacott
Full nameEmily Jane Lucy Harding Hood[1]
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1910-05-06)6 May 1910
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died9 October 1980(1980-10-09) (aged 70)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1930, 1933, 1934)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1931, 1934)

Emily Hood Westacott (néeHood; 6 May 1910– 9 October 1980), was an Australian female tennis player in the 1930s.

Emily Hood Westacott at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia (1940)

In 1930 she won the national junior singles and doubles titles as well as the doubles title withMargaret Molesworth. Due to illness she played little tennis in 1935 and the first half of 1936.[2][3][4]

She won theAustralian Championship singles in 1939, defeatingNell Hopman in straight sets.[5] In 1937 she was a finalist losing in the final toNancye Wynne Bolton in three sets.[6] Together withMargaret Molesworth, she won three women'sdoubles titles at the Australian Championships in 1930, 1933, and 1934.[7]

In 1939 the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association proposed to send Westacott andMay Hardcastle to theWimbledon Championships, but Westacott declined due to illness of her mother.[8][9]

She married Victor Clyde Westacott on 20 August 1930 at the Methodist Church in Brisbane.[10]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1937Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaNancye Wynne3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaNell Hopman6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1930Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaMargaret MolesworthAustraliaMarjorie Cox Crawford
AustraliaSylvia Lance Harper		6–3, 0–6, 7–5
Win1933Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaMargaret MolesworthAustraliaJoan Hartigan
United StatesMarjorie Gladman		6–3, 6–2
Win1934Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaMargaret MolesworthAustraliaJoan Hartigan
AustraliaUla Valkenburg		6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Loss1937Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaNell HopmanAustraliaThelma Coyne
AustraliaNancye Wynne		2–6, 2–6
Loss1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaMay HardcastleAustraliaThelma Coyne
AustraliaNancye Wynne		5–7, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1931Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaAubrey WillardAustraliaMarjorie Cox Crawford
AustraliaJack Crawford		5–7, 4–6
Loss1934Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustraliaRoy DunlopAustraliaJoan Hartigan
AustraliaEdgar Moon		3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^"Record details of Emily Jane Lucy Harding Hood".Queensland Government.The State of Queensland.
  2. ^"Tennis".The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1935. p. 10.
  3. ^"For Wimbledon tennis".The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 6 March 1939. p. 20 Supplement: Women's Supplement.
  4. ^"Women in outdoor sport".The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 23 April 1936. p. 25. Retrieved30 June 2014.
  5. ^"Hopman, Eleanor Mary (Nell) (1909–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  6. ^"National tennis titles".The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 2 February 1937. p. 13 Supplement: Women's Supplement.
  7. ^"Australian Open players archive – Emily Westacott". Tennis Australia.
  8. ^"Tennis".Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1939. p. 8. Retrieved30 June 2014.
  9. ^"Forego Wimbledon".The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 March 1939. p. 8.
  10. ^"Wedding".Morning Bulletin. Queensland, Australia. 26 August 1930. p. 12 – viaTrove.
Emily Hood Westacott in theGrand Slam tournaments
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