1948 Australian Championships - Men's Singles

Adrian Quist

Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start...

defeated John Bromwich

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....

6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1948 Australian Championships

1948 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1948 Australian Championships :-Men's Singles: Adrian Quist defeated John Bromwich 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3-Women's Singles: Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated Marie Toomey 6-3, 6-1...

Nancye Bolton defeated Marie Toomey 6–3 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1948 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

John Bromwich
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....

(Finalist)

Adrian Quist
Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start...

(Champion)

Bill Sidwell
Bill Sidwell
Bill Sidwell was an Australian tennis player.Sidwell reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949. He is currently Treasurer of the AVGA and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.-Grand Slam finals:-External links:* *...

(Semifinalist)

Geoffrey Brown (Semifinalist)

Colin Long (Quarterfinalist)

Frank Sedgman
Frank Sedgman
Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...

(Quarterfinalist)

Lionel Brodie (Third round)

Robert McCarthy (Quarterfinalist)

James Brink
James Brink
James Brink is a former American tennis player.While at the University of Washington, Brink advanced to the NCAA semifinals in singles in 1948, and then teamed with Fred Fisher to win the NCAA doubles championship in 1949....

(Third round)

Eddie Moylan (Quarterfinalist)

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

1948 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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