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| Full name | Esna Boyd Robertson |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
| Born | 21 September 1899 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 13 November 1966 (aged 67) Scotland |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 37 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (1928, A. Wallis Myers) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1927) |
| French Open | 3R (1928) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1925) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1922, 1923, 1926, 1928) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "James Arthur Boyd (1867–1941)". Boyd, James Arthur (1867–1941). Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^ "TENNIS STAR'S WEDDED BLISS". The Sunday Times. Perth. 16 March 1930. p. 1 Section: First Section – via National Library of Australia.