1951 Australian Championships - Men's Singles

Dick Savitt

Richard "Dick" Savitt is a 6’ 3" and 185-pound right-handed American male former tennis player.Savitt was ranked 2nd in the world in 1951. That year, at the age of 24, he won both the Wimbledon Singles Championship and the Australian Singles title...

defeated Ken McGregor

Ken 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 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1951 Australian Championships

1951 Australian Championships (tennis)

The 1951 Australian Championships was played at the White City Stadium.-Men's Singles: Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-1-Women's Singles: Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated Thelma Coyne Long 6-1, 7-5...

Nancye Bolton defeated Thelma Long 6–1 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1951 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Dick Savitt

Dick Savitt

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

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...

(Semifinalist)

Arthur Larsen (Semifinalist)

Ken McGregor
Ken 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...

(Finalist)

Dick Savitt
Dick Savitt
Richard "Dick" Savitt is a 6’ 3" and 185-pound right-handed American male former tennis player.Savitt was ranked 2nd in the world in 1951. That year, at the age of 24, he won both the Wimbledon Singles Championship and the Australian Singles title...

(Champion)

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....

(Quarterfinalist)

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:* *...

(Second round)

George Worthington (Quarterfinalist)

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...

(Quarterfinalist)

Don Candy
Don Candy
Don Candy is an Australian Tennis player.Singles - French Championships: eighth-finals in 1956 and 1960.Australian Championships: quarter-finals in 1952 and 1959.-References:...

(Second round)

Key

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

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

External links

1951 Australian Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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