Esna Boyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Esna Boyd

Australian tennis player

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1966

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Esna Boyd

  • 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.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.
  • She married Angus Robertson on 11 March 1929; they had a son, William, in 1930 and a daughter Mary, in 1933.

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