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Women's singles
1929 Australian Championships
Final
Champion	Daphne Akhurst
Runner-up	Louie Bickerton
Score	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Details
Draw	17
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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First-seeded Daphne Akhurst defeated Louie Bickerton 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1929 Australian Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Daphne Akhurst (champion)
2. Louie Bickerton (finalist)
3. Marjorie Cox (semifinals)
4. Sylvia Harper (semifinals)
5. Meryl O'Hara Wood (quarterfinals)
6. Mall Molesworth (quarterfinals)
7. Kathleen Le Messurier (quarterfinals)
8. Birdie Bond (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Daphne Akhurst	6	6
	5	Meryl O'Hara Wood	4	3
								1	Daphne Akhurst	6	6
								4	Sylvia Harper	3	1
	4	Sylvia Harper	6	6
	6	Mall Molesworth	1	4
															1	Daphne Akhurst	6	5	6
															2	Louie Bickerton	1	7	2
	2	Louie Bickerton	6	8
	7	Kathleen Le Messurier	0	6
								2	Louie Bickerton	6	6
								3	Marjorie Cox	1	3
	3	Marjorie Cox	6	6
		Emily Hood	0	1

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Akhurst	6	6
									Bollen	0	3
															1	Akhurst	6	6
															5	O'Hara Wood	4	3
								5	O'Hara Wood	6	6
									Lillecrapp	2	2
																						1	Akhurst	6	6
																						4	Harper	3	1
								4	Harper	6	6
									Lawrence	1	2
															4	Harper	6	6
															6	Molesworth	1	4
								6	Molesworth	6	6
		Griffiths	4	6	6				Griffiths	3	0
		Mrs. V. Mathias	6	4	3

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								2	Bickerton	6	6
									Menz	0	1
															2	Bickerton	6	8
															7	Le Messurier	0	6
								7	Le Messurier	6	6
									Hocking	2	2
																						2	Bickerton	6	6
																						3	Cox	1	3
								3	Cox	6	6
									Weston	3	4
															3	Cox	6	6
																Hood	0	1
									Hood	11	7
								8	Bond	9	5

Notes

• Possibly Vera Lucy Mathias.

External links

• Source for the draw at ausopen.com
• Source for seedings

• 1929 in women's tennis
• Australian Championships (tennis) by year – Women's singles
• 1929 in Australian tennis
• 1929 in Australian women's sport
• 1929 Australian Championships