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Esna Boyd

Australian tennis player (1899–1966)

Summary

Australian tennis player (1899–1966)

Field	Value
name	Esna Boyd
image	Esna Boyd (cropped).jpg
caption	Boyd in 1925
fullname	Esna Boyd Robertson
country	Australia
birth_date
birth_place	Melbourne, Australia
death_date
death_place	Scotland
website
singlestitles	37
highestsinglesranking	No. 10 (1928, A. Wallis Myers)
AustralianOpenresult	W (1927)
FrenchOpenresult	3R (1928)
Wimbledonresult	QF (1925)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1922, 1923, 1926, 1928)
Mixed
AustralianOpenMixedresult	W (1922, 1926, 1927)

Esna Boyd Robertson ( 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.

Personal life

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. She married Angus Robertson on 11 March 1929; they had a son, William, in 1930 and a daughter Mary, in 1933.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1922	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Margaret Molesworth	3–6, 8–10
Loss	1923	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Margaret Molesworth	1–6, 5–7
Loss	1924	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Sylvia Lance Harper	3–6, 6–3, 6–8
Loss	1925	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens	6–1, 6–8, 4–6
Loss	1926	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens	1–6, 3–6
Win	1927	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Sylvia Lance Harper	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1928	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Daphne Akhurst Cozens	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1922	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Marjorie Mountain	AUS Gwen Utz
AUS Floris St. George	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	1923	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Sylvia Lance Harper	AUS Margaret Molesworth
AUS Beryl Turner	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1925	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Kathleen Le Messurier	AUS Daphne Akhurst
AUS Sylvia Lance Harper	4–6, 3–6
Win	1926	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood	AUS Daphne Akhurst
AUS Marjorie Cox Crawford	6–3, 6–8, 8–6
Loss	1927	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Sylvia Lance Harper	AUS Louise Bickerton
AUS Meryl O'Hara Wood	3–6, 3–6
Win	1928	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Daphne Akhurst	AUS Kathleen Le Messurier
GBR Dorothy Weston	6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1922	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS John Hawkes	AUS Gwen Utz
AUS Harold Utz	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1924	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS Gar Hone	AUS Daphne Akhurst
AUS Jim Willard	3–6, 4–6
Win	1926	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS John Hawkes	AUS Daphne Akhurst
AUS Jim Willard	6–1, 6–4
Win	1927	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS John Hawkes	AUS Youtha Anthony
AUS Jim Willard	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1928	Australian Championships	Grass	AUS John Hawkes	AUS Daphne Akhurst
FRA Jean Borotra	default

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	Career SR
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.

References

Collins, Bud. (2008). "The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book". New Chapter Press.
"Boyd, James Arthur (1867–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
(16 March 1930). "TENNIS STAR'S WEDDED BLISS.". [[The Sunday Times (Western Australia).

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