1947 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1947 Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open):

Men's Singles

Dennis "Dinny" Pails was a former Australian tennis champion.Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships tennis tournament in 1947. Pails, an Australian who was born in Great Britain, defeated John Bromwich in the final in five sets: 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6...

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....

4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 8-6

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

Nell Hall Hopman

Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s...

6-3, 6-2

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