Esna Boyd, a pioneering women's tennis player who dominated the Australian Championship in the 1920s, is being inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. Due to a lack of information about her life, Tennis Australia is appealing to the public for any details they may have about this mysterious champion.
Pioneering women's tennis player Esna Boyd will be honored at the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. She dominated women's tennis in the Australian Championship throughout the 1920s, reaching seven consecutive singles finals in as many years.Tennis Australia is calling for members of the public with knowledge of Boyd to help share her story with the world. She was a pioneer of women's tennis, won eight Australian Championship titles and is about to be inducted into Tennis Australia's Hall of Fame.
But so little is known about Esna Boyd that Tennis Australia has launched an international call-out to her descendants for information about the mysterious champion. From 1922 to 1928, Boyd competed in national and international fixtures alongside players like Daphne Akhurst and Margaret Molesworth. 'She's very much part of a group of talented and quite charismatic players,' tennis author Michael Sexton said. 'Mostly women involved with cricket at that stage were making afternoon tea, whereas with tennis, women were playing.' Australian tennis went through a transformation during the early 1920s as it became more formalized, including allowing women into tournament draws.Boyd played in seven consecutive finals, including the debut Australian tournament, and won eight titles overall. Claiming victories in four women's doubles and three mixed doubles, a peak of her career was her 1927 singles win. 'Sylvia Harper took the first set off her, the first set she dropped the whole week, and that must have spurned her to action because then she won the second two sets,' Mr Sexton said.Boyd also competed in Australia's international women's team both in 1925 and 1928, reaching the quarter finals for ladies' doubles at Wimbledon in the latter.'When the ball got hit to her forehand side, it was like, 'Kaboom.'' After Boyd's success on the Australian and international courts, little is known about her life after she stopped competing in the championship
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