Emily Hood Westacott

Emily Hood Westacott

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	6 May 1910 Brisbane, Queensland
Died	9 October 1980 (aged 70)
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1939)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1930, 1933, 1934)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1931, 1934)

Emily Hood Westacott (6 May 1910, Brisbane – 9 October 1980), also known by her maiden name, Emily Hood, was an Australian female tennis player in the 1930s.

Emily Hood Westacott at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia (1940)

In 1930 she won the national junior singles and doubles titles as well as the doubles title with Margaret Molesworth. Due to illness she played little tennis in 1935 and the first half of 1936.^[1][2][3]

She won the Australian Championship singles in 1939, defeating Nell Hopman in straight sets.^[4] In 1937 she was a finalist losing in the final to Nancye Wynne Bolton in three sets.^[5] Together with Margaret Molesworth, she won three women's doubles titles at the Australian Championships in 1930, 1933, and 1934.^[6]

In 1939 the Queensland Lawn Tennis Association proposed to send Westacott and May Hardcastle to the Wimbledon Championships, but Westacott declined due to illness of her mother.^[7][8]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1937	Australian Championships	Grass	Nancye Wynne	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	Nell Hopman	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1930	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Molesworth	Marjorie Cox Crawford Sylvia Lance Harper	6–3, 0–6, 7–5
Winner	1933	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Molesworth	Joan Hartigan Marjorie Gladman	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1934	Australian Championships	Grass	Margaret Molesworth	Joan Hartigan Ula Valkenburg	6–8, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1937	Australian Championships	Grass	Nell Hopman	Thelma Coyne Long Nancye Wynne	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	May Hardcastle	Thelma Coyne Long Nancye Wynne	5–7, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1931	Australian Championships	Grass	Aubrey Willard	Marjorie Cox Crawford Jack Crawford	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	1934	Australian Championships	Grass	Ray Dunlop	Joan Hartigan Edgar Moon	3–6, 4–6

References

1. "Tennis.". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 27 April 1935. p. 10.
2. "For Wimbledon tennis". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 6 March 1939. p. 20 Supplement: Women's Supplement.
3. "Women in outdoor sport.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 23 April 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
4. "Hopman, Eleanor Mary (Nell) (1909–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
5. "National tennis titles.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 2 February 1937. p. 13 Supplement: Women's Supplement.
6. "Australian Open players archive – Emily Westacott". Tennis Australia.
7. "Tennis.". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW: National Library of Australia). 1 February 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
8. "Forego Wimbledon.". The Cairns Post (Qld.: National Library of Australia). 13 March 1939. p. 8.