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1950 Australian Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1950 Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open):
Frank Sedgman
defeated Ken McGregor
6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1
Louise Brough Clapp
defeated Doris Hart
6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Men's Singles
Frank SedgmanFrank 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...
defeated
Ken McGregorKen McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was a former tennis player from Australia who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered to be one of the greatest men's doubles teams of all time...
6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1
Women's Singles
Louise Brough
Althea Louise Brough Clapp was a World No. 1 American female tennis player.-Biography:She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but moved to Beverly Hills, California when she was four years old. She was taught by Dick Skeen and had a classic forehand and backhand and a paralyzing American twist...
defeated
Doris Hart
Doris Hart is a former World No. 1 American female tennis player.As a child, she suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg...
6-4, 3-6, 6-4