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Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes successfully defended their title by defeating Youtha Anthony and Jim Willard 6–1, 6–3 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Seeds

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	w/o
	N. Webb ^[b] Spencer Millear			2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	6	6
	Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	6	6		Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	4	4
	Dorothy Weston Ron Hone	1	2						2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	1	3
3	Sylvia Harper Rupert Wertheim	6	6						1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
	Kathleen Le Messurier W. R. James	4	4	3	Sylvia Harper Rupert Wertheim	6	2	4
	Gladys Toyne Gordon Lum	6	4	1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	4	6	6
1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	8	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	6	6
						Dorothy Bellamy Cecil Lamb	2	4
										2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	w/o
											N. Webb ^[b] Spencer Millear
						N. Webb ^[b] Spencer Millear	1	6	6
						Floris St. George Rupert Shepherd	6	4	4
														2	Youtha Anthony Jim Willard	6	6
	Mavis McKay Thomas Robinson	6	6												Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	4	4
	Frances Hoddle-Wrigley Harry Jacoby	3	2			Mavis McKay Thomas Robinson	2	6	3
	Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	2	6	6		Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	6	2	6
	Keyden Irving Harold Wilson	6	1	2							Marjorie Cox Jack Crawford	6	6
	Dorothy Weston Ron Hone	6	6								Dorothy Weston Ron Hone	1	2
	Mildred McDougall Rice Gemmell	3	3			Dorothy Weston Ron Hone	7	2	7
					4	Louie Bickerton Bob Schlesinger	5	6	5

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					3	Sylvia Harper Rupert Wertheim	6	6
						Ursula Bere E. D. Yencken	4	1
									3	Sylvia Harper Rupert Wertheim	6	6
										Kathleen Le Messurier W. R. James	4	4
						Kathleen Le Messurier W. R. James	6	6
						Mrs. Rowe ^[c] Ron Ford	4	3
													3	Sylvia Harper Rupert Wertheim	6	2	4
													1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	4	6	6
						Gladys Toyne Gordon Lum	6	15
	Beryl Turner Gar Moon	4	6	6		Beryl Turner Gar Moon	4	13
	Ruth Stephens Harry Hopman	6	3	2						Gladys Toyne Gordon Lum	6	4
	Vere de Bavay Rodney Heath	6	6	6					1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	8	6
	Minnie Richardson D'Arcy Mullamphy	8	2	4		Vere de Bavay Rodney Heath	4	1
1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6		1	Esna Boyd Jack Hawkes	6	6
	Lily Addison Norman Roberts	1	2

^a Original pairing was J. Willard with Daphne Akhurst, but the latter had to withdraw owing to illness.
^b Most likely either Nell Webb or Nancy Webb.
^c Probably Mrs. W. T. Rowe (Flora Rowe).
1R Turner/Moon vs. Stephens/Hopman: some sources give 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.
2R Anthony/Willard vs. Bellamy/Lamb: some sources give 6–2, 6–1.
QF Harper/Wertheim vs. Le Messurier/James: some sources give 6–2, 6–4.