Esna Boyd

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Esna Boyd Tennis player
Esna Boyd
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: September 21, 1899
Date of death: April 8, 1966
singles
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open S (1927)
French Open AF (1928)
Wimbledon VF (1928, 1930)
US Open -
Double
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  4
Australian Open S (1922, 1923, 1926, 1928)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Esna Boyd (born September 21, 1899 in Melbourne , † April 8, 1966 in Scotland ) was an Australian tennis player .

She was from 1922 to 1928 seven years in a row in the final of the Australian Tennis Championships in women's singles. In 1927 she was able to defeat Sylvia Lance Harper 5: 7, 6: 1 and 6: 2 and win her only championship.

She was successful in doubles in 1922, 1923, 1926 and 1928.

Personal

In October 1928 she got engaged to Angus Robertson in London . The wedding took place in Edinburgh on March 12, 1929 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Esna Boyd engaged. In: The Lithgow Mercury. National Library of Australia, October 26, 1928, accessed December 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Miss Esna Boyd Married in Edinburgh. In: The Observer, Adelaide. National Library of Australia, March 16, 1929, accessed December 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Boyd, Esna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1966
Place of death Scotland