Esna Boyd
Full name | Esna Boyd Robertson |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | (1899-09-21)21 September 1899 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 13 November 1966(1966-11-13) (aged 67) Scotland |
Singles | |
Career titles | 37 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (1928, A. Wallis Myers) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1927) |
French Open | 3R (1928) |
Wimbledon | QF (1925) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1922, 1923, 1926, 1928) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1922, 1926, 1927) |
Esna Boyd Robertson (née Boyd; 21 September 1899 – 13 November 1966) 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. Robertson participated in the first women's singles final at the Australian Championships in 1922 against fellow Australian Margaret Molesworth.
According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Robertson was ranked world No. 10 in 1928.[1]
Boyd was born in Melbourne on 21 September 1899, the daughter of James Boyd, a politician, and Emma Flora McCormack. She had a sister, Alva who became a medical practitioner.[2] She married Angus Robertson on 11 March 1929; they had a son, William, in 1930 and a daughter Mary, in 1933.[3]
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1922 | Australian Championships | Grass | Margaret Molesworth | 3–6, 8–10 |
Loss | 1923 | Australian Championships | Grass | Margaret Molesworth | 1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1924 | Australian Championships | Grass | Sylvia Lance Harper | 3–6, 6–3, 6–8 |
Loss | 1925 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst Cozens | 6–1, 6–8, 4–6 |
Loss | 1926 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst Cozens | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1927 | Australian Championships | Grass | Sylvia Lance Harper | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 1928 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst Cozens | 5–7, 2–6 |
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1922 | Australian Championships | Grass | Marjorie Mountain | Gwen Utz Floris St. George | 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 1923 | Australian Championships | Grass | Sylvia Lance Harper | Margaret Molesworth Beryl Turner | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 1925 | Australian Championships | Grass | Kathleen Le Messurier | Daphne Akhurst Sylvia Lance Harper | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1926 | Australian Championships | Grass | Meryl O'Hara Wood | Daphne Akhurst Marjorie Cox Crawford | 6–3, 6–8, 8–6 |
Loss | 1927 | Australian Championships | Grass | Sylvia Lance Harper | Louise Bickerton Meryl O'Hara Wood | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1928 | Australian Championships | Grass | Daphne Akhurst | Kathleen Le Messurier Dorothy Weston | 6–3, 6–1 |
Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1922 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Hawkes | Gwen Utz Harold Utz | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 1924 | Australian Championships | Grass | Gar Hone | Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1926 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Hawkes | Daphne Akhurst Jim Willard | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 1927 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Hawkes | Youtha Anthony Jim Willard | 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 1928 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Hawkes | Daphne Akhurst Jean Borotra | default |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | F | F | F | F | F | W | F | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1 / 8 |
French Championships1 | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | QF | A | A | 4R | A | 4R | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 |
United States Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 13 |
1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from the 1922 and 1923 editions of that tournament are shown here. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
- ^ "James Arthur Boyd (1867–1941)". Boyd, James Arthur (1867–1941). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ "TENNIS STAR'S WEDDED BLISS". The Sunday Times. Perth. 16 March 1930. p. 1 Section: First Section – via National Library of Australia.
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- 1922: Margaret Molesworth
- 1923: Margaret Molesworth
- 1924: Sylvia Lance Harper
- 1925: Daphne Akhurst
- 1926: Daphne Akhurst
- 1927: Esna Boyd Robertson
- 1928: Daphne Akhurst
- 1929: Daphne Akhurst
- 1930: Daphne Akhurst
- 1931: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1932: Coral McInnes Buttsworth
- 1933: Joan Hartigan
- 1934: Joan Hartigan
- 1935: Dorothy Round
- 1936: Joan Hartigan
- 1937: Nancye Wynne
- 1938: Dorothy Bundy Cheney
- 1939: Emily Hood Westacott
- 1940: Nancye Wynne
- 1946: Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1947: Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1948: Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1949: Doris Hart
- 1950: Louise Brough
- 1951: Nancye Wynne Bolton
- 1952: Thelma Coyne Long
- 1953: Maureen Connolly
- 1954: Thelma Coyne Long
- 1955: Beryl Penrose
- 1956: Mary Carter Reitano
- 1957: Shirley Fry
- 1958: Angela Mortimer
- 1959: Mary Carter Reitano
- 1960: Margaret Smith Court
- 1961: Margaret Smith Court
- 1962: Margaret Smith Court
- 1963: Margaret Smith Court
- 1964: Margaret Smith Court
- 1965: Margaret Smith Court
- 1966: Margaret Smith Court
- 1967: Nancy Richey
- 1968: Billie Jean Moffitt King
- 1969: Margaret Court
- 1970: Margaret Court
- 1971: Margaret Court
- 1972: Virginia Wade
- 1973: Margaret Court
- 1974: Evonne Goolagong
- 1975: Evonne Goolagong
- 1976: Evonne Goolagong
- 1977 (Jan): Kerry Reid
- 1977 (Dec): Evonne Goolagong
- 1978: Chris O'Neil
- 1979: Barbara Jordan
- 1980: Hana Mandlíková
- 1981: Martina Navratilova
- 1982: Chris Evert
- 1983: Martina Navratilova
- 1984: Chris Evert
- 1985: Martina Navratilova
- 1987: Hana Mandlíková
- 1988: Steffi Graf
- 1989: Steffi Graf
- 1990: Steffi Graf
- 1991: Monica Seles
- 1992: Monica Seles
- 1993: Monica Seles
- 1994: Steffi Graf
- 1995: Mary Pierce
- 1996: Monica Seles
- 1997: Martina Hingis
- 1998: Martina Hingis
- 1999: Martina Hingis
- 2000: Lindsay Davenport
- 2001: Jennifer Capriati
- 2002: Jennifer Capriati
- 2003: Serena Williams
- 2004: Justine Henin
- 2005: Serena Williams
- 2006: Amélie Mauresmo
- 2007: Serena Williams
- 2008: Maria Sharapova
- 2009: Serena Williams
- 2010: Serena Williams
- 2011: Kim Clijsters
- 2012: Victoria Azarenka
- 2013: Victoria Azarenka
- 2014: Li Na
- 2015: Serena Williams
- 2016: Angelique Kerber
- 2017: Serena Williams
- 2018: Caroline Wozniacki
- 2019: Naomi Osaka
- 2020: Sofia Kenin
- 2021: Naomi Osaka
- 2022: Ashleigh Barty
- 2023: Aryna Sabalenka
- 2024: Aryna Sabalenka