1. Daphne Jessie Akhurst, known by her married name Daphne Cozens, was an Australian tennis player.
10 Facts About Daphne Akhurst
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The second daughter of Oscar James Akhurst, a lithographer, and his wife Jessie Florence, Daphne Akhurst won the women's singles title at the Australian Championships five times, in 1925,1926,1928,1929, and 1930.
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Daphne Akhurst is fourth on the list of most women's singles titles at the Australian Championships; behind only Margaret Court with eleven titles, Serena Williams with seven and Nancye Wynne Bolton with six titles.
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Daphne Akhurst 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.
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Daphne Akhurst won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Championships four times: in 1924 and 1925 with Jim Willard, in 1928 with Jean Borotra, and in 1929 with Gar Moon.
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Daphne Akhurst won the singles title at the German Championships in 1928 after a three-sets victory in the final against defending champion Cilly Aussem.
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On 26 February 1930 at St Philip's Church of England, Sydney, Daphne Akhurst married Royston Stuckey Cozens, a tobacco manufacturer, and retired from serious competition soon after winning the Australian ladies' doubles championship in 1931.
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Daphne Akhurst Cozens died on 9 January 1933, aged 29, from an ectopic pregnancy.
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Daphne Akhurst was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day, 2006.
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Daphne Akhurst was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.