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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.
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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.
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Australasian and Australian Championships women's doubles champions (1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Marjorie Mountain • (1923) Esna Boyd Robertson / Sylvia Lance Harper • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Sylvia Lance Harper • (1925) Sylvia Lance Harper / Daphne Akhurst Cozens • (1926) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Esna Boyd Robertson • (1927) Meryl O'Hara Wood / Louie Bickerton • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Esna Boyd Robertson • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louie Bickerton • (1930) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1931) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Louise Bickerton • (1932) Coral McInnes Buttsworth / Marjorie Cox Crawford • (1933) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1934) Margaret Molesworth / Emily Hood Westacott • (1935) Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle Glover • (1936) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1937) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1938) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1939) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1940) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Joyce Fitch / Mary Bevis Hawton • (1947) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1948) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1949) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1950) Louise Brough Clapp / Doris Hart • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / Nancye Wynne Bolton • (1953) Maureen Connolly Brinker / Julie Sampson Haywood • (1954) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1955) Mary Bevis Hawton / Beryl Penrose Collier • (1956) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1957) Althea Gibson / Shirley Fry Irvin • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Thelma Coyne Long • (1959) Renee Schuurman Haygarth / Sandra Reynolds Price • (1960) Maria Bueno / Christine Truman Janes • (1961) Mary Carter Reitano / Margaret Court • (1962) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern • (1963) Margaret Court / Robyn Ebbern • (1964) Judy Tegart Dalton / Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1965) Margaret Court / Lesley Turner Bowrey • (1966) Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1968) Karen Krantzcke / Kerry Melville Reid
Australasian and Australian Championships mixed doubles champions (1922) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1923) Sylvia Lance Harper / Horrie Rice • (1924) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1925) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / John Willard • (1926) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1927) Esna Boyd Robertson / Jack Hawkes • (1928) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Jean Borotra • (1929) Daphne Akhurst Cozens / Edgar Moon • (1930) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1931) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1932) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1933) Marjorie Cox Crawford / Jack Crawford • (1934) Joan Hartigan Bathurst / Edgar Moon • (1935) Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus • (1936) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1937) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1938) Margaret Wilson / John Bromwich • (1939) Nell Hall Hopman / Harry Hopman • (1940) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1941 - 1945) No competition (due to World War II) • (1946) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1947) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1948) Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long • (1949) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1950) Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman • (1951) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1952) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1953) Julia Sampson / Rex Hartwig • (1954) Thelma Coyne Long / Rex Hartwig • (1955) Thelma Coyne Long / George Worthington • (1956) Beryl Penrose / Neale Fraser • (1957) Fay Muller / Malcolm Anderson • (1958) Mary Bevis Hawton / Bob Howe • (1959) Sandra Reynolds Price / Bob Mark • (1960) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Trevor Fancutt • (1961) Jan Lehane O'Neill / Bob Hewitt • (1962) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Fred Stolle • (1963) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1964) Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher • (1965) Robyn Ebbern / Owen Davidson • (1965) Margaret Court / John Newcombe • (1966) Judy Tegart Dalton / Tony Roche • (1967) Lesley Turner Bowrey / Owen Davidson • (1968) Billie Jean King / Dick Crealy
Categories:- 1903 births
- 1933 deaths
- Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- Australian female tennis players
- People from the Inner West (Sydney)
- Sportswomen from Sydney
- Tennis people from New South Wales
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