1937 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1937 Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open):

Men's Singles

Vivian Erzerum Bede "Viv" McGrath was an Australian tennis champion of the 1930s. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw"....

defeated

John Bromwich

John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand....

6-3 1-6 6-0 2-6 6-1

Women's Singles

Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles...

defeated

Emily Hood Westacott

Emily Hood Westacott , also known by her maiden name, Emily Hood, was an Australian tennis player in the 1930s.She won the Australian Championship singles in 1939, two years after losing in the final...

6-3, 5-7, 6-4

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