Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Kathleen Le Messurier
Country (sports) Australia
Died(1981-01-01)1 January 1981
Adelaide, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1932)
Wimbledon2R (1930)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1924, 1925, 1928, 1932)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1926)

Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and later the Semaphore and East Torrens Tennis Clubs.[1]

Le Messurier was a runner-up in the 1932 Australian Championships singles competition, losing in the final to compatriot Coral McInnes Buttsworth in straight sets, 4–6, 7–9. She also reached the doubles final in 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1932 but lost on all four occasions.

In October 1927 she won the singles and doubles title at the Adelaide Championships.[2] In March 1928 she won the South Australian Championships played in Adelaide.[3]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1932 Australian Championships Grass   Coral McInnes Buttsworth 4–6, 7–9

Doubles (4 runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1924 Australian Championships Grass   Meryl O'Hara Wood   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Sylvia Lance Harper
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 1925 Australian Championships Grass   Esna Boyd Robertson   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Sylvia Lance Harper
4–6, 3–6
Loss 1928 Australian Championships Grass   Dorothy Weston   Daphne Akhurst Cozens
  Esna Boyd Robertson
3–6, 1–6
Loss 1932 Australian Championships Grass   Dorothy Weston   Coral McInnes Buttsworth
  Marjorie Cox Crawford
2–6, 2–6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Le Messurier, Kathleen. State Library of South Australia. 1904.
  2. ^ "LAWN TENNIS". Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938). Kalgoorlie, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 - 1938). Kalgoorlie, WA: National Library of Australia. 6 March 1928. p. 31. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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