Daphne Akhurst

Daphne Jessie Akhurst Cozens (22 April 1903, in Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales – 9 January 1933, in Sydney) 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.^[1]

Cozens won the women's singles title at the Australian Championships five times, in 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, and 1930. She ranks third on the list of most women's singles titles at the Australian Championships, behind only Margaret Court with eleven titles and Nancye Wynne Bolton with six titles.

Cozens also won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times: in 1924 and 1925 with Sylvia Lance Harper, in 1928 with Esna Boyd Robertson, and in 1929 and 1931 with Louie Bickerton. Cozens and Marjorie Cox were the runner-ups in 1926.

Cozens won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Championships four times: in 1924 and 1925 with John Willard, in 1928 with Jean Borotra, and in 1929 with Gar Moon. Cozens and Willard were the runner-ups in 1926.

Cozens and her partner Jack Crawford reached the mixed doubles final at Wimbledon in 1928, losing to the team of Elizabeth Ryan and Patrick Spence 7–5, 6–4.

Cozens died of an ectopic pregnancy on 9 January 1933, at the age of 29. The trophy presented each year to the winner of the women's singles at the Australian Open is named the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup in her honour.

Cozens was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day, 26 January 2006.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1925	Australian Championships	Esna Boyd Robertson	1–6, 8–6, 6–4
1926	Australian Championships (2)	Esna Boyd Robertson	6–1, 6–3
1928	Australian Championships (3)	Esna Boyd Robertson	7–5, 6–2
1929	Australian Championships (4)	Louie Bickerton	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
1930	Australian Championships (5)	Sylvia Lance Harper	10-8, 2–6, 7–5

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	Career SR
Australian Championships	SF	W	W	2R	W	W	W	5 / 7
French Championships1	NH	A	A	A	QF	A	A	0 / 1
Wimbledon	A	QF	A	A	SF	A	A	0 / 2
U.S. Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
SR	0 / 1	1 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 3	1 / 1	1 / 1	5 / 10

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹The French Championships were not held in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris that year.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 0-942257-41-3. 

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Name	Akhurst, Daphne
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Date of birth	22 April 1903
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Date of death	9 January 1933
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