Esna Boyd
Full nameEsna Boyd Robertson
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1899-09-21)21 September 1899
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died13 November 1966(1966-11-13) (aged 67)
Scotland
Singles
Career titles37
Highest rankingNo. 10 (1928, A. Wallis Myers)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1927)
French Open3R (1928)
WimbledonQF (1925)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1922, 1923, 1926, 1928)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1922, 1926, 1927)

Esna Boyd Robertson (née Boyd; 21 September 1899 – 13 November 1966) was an Australian tennis player who reached seven consecutive women's singles finals at the Australian Championships from 1922 through 1928. She won one of those finals, defeating Sylvia Lance Harper in 1927. Robertson participated in the first women's singles final at the Australian Championships in 1922 against fellow Australian Margaret Molesworth.

According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Robertson was ranked world No. 10 in 1928.[1]

Boyd was born in Melbourne on 21 September 1899, the daughter of James Boyd, a politician, and Emma Flora McCormack. She had a sister, Alva who became a medical practitioner.[2] She married Angus Robertson on 11 March 1929; they had a son, William, in 1930 and a daughter Mary, in 1933.[3]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1922Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Molesworth3–6, 8–10
Loss1923Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Margaret Molesworth1–6, 5–7
Loss1924Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance Harper3–6, 6–3, 6–8
Loss1925Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Daphne Akhurst Cozens6–1, 6–8, 4–6
Loss1926Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Daphne Akhurst Cozens1–6, 3–6
Win1927Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance Harper5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss1928Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Daphne Akhurst Cozens5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1922Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Marjorie MountainAustralia Gwen Utz
Australia Floris St. George
1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win1923Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance HarperAustralia Margaret Molesworth
Australia Beryl Turner
6–1, 6–4
Loss1925Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Kathleen Le MessurierAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Sylvia Lance Harper
4–6, 3–6
Win1926Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Meryl O'Hara WoodAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford
6–3, 6–8, 8–6
Loss1927Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Sylvia Lance HarperAustralia Louise Bickerton
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood
3–6, 3–6
Win1928Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Daphne AkhurstAustralia Kathleen Le Messurier
United Kingdom Dorothy Weston
6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1922Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John HawkesAustralia Gwen Utz
Australia Harold Utz
6–1, 6–1
Loss1924Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Gar HoneAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Jim Willard
3–6, 4–6
Win1926Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John HawkesAustralia Daphne Akhurst
Australia Jim Willard
6–1, 6–4
Win1927Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John HawkesAustralia Youtha Anthony
Australia Jim Willard
6–1, 6–3
Loss1928Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John HawkesAustralia Daphne Akhurst
France Jean Borotra
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Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament1922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934Career SR
Australian Championships F F F F F W F A A A 2R A A 1 / 8
French Championships1 A A NH A A A 3R A A A A A A 0 / 1
Wimbledon A A A QF A A 4R A 4R A A A 1R 0 / 4
United States Championships A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 13

1Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris or Brussels, began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from the 1922 and 1923 editions of that tournament are shown here. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.

See also

References

  1. Collins, Bud (2008). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 695, 701. ISBN 978-0-942257-41-0.
  2. "James Arthur Boyd (1867–1941)". Boyd, James Arthur (1867–1941). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  3. "TENNIS STAR'S WEDDED BLISS". The Sunday Times. Perth. 16 March 1930. p. 1 Section: First Section via National Library of Australia.
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