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Australian Open 1928

General Date1928-01-28 - 1928-02-04
Tournament typeGrandslam
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CitySydney, White City Tennis Club Stadium, Rushcutters Bay
CountryAustralia

Source Australian open draw sheets, Tennis Australia; The Sydney Morning Herald

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player Jean Laurent Robert Borotra

Players

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker
John Manton (James) Bayley
Jean Laurent Robert Borotra
Jacques Christian Augustin Boussus
Colin Campbell Brewster
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
A. Cattenach
Dr Clifford Stirling Colvin
Herbert Coram
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Regner Olaf (Jack) Cummings
Arthur Noel Down
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop
Elliott Melanby Dunn

James Fitzgerald
Ronald Douglas Ford
Dudley Mervyn Frankenberg
E.A. Hatherley
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
Harry M.T. Hicks
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
Frederick Ernst Walter (Fred) Kalms
James Elsmere B. McCausland
Walter Francis Medcalf
Edgar Forest (Gar) Moon
Venn Munns
Vivian Eric Page
Gerald Leighton Patterson

Alfred Norman (Norman) Peach
Richard Emil Schlesinger
Herbert Walter Smith
Kenneth Lindsay Southwick
Clifford Ewing S. Sproule
Leonard Thurlow
William Bruce Walker
C.J. Ward
Rupert Carl Wertheim
Sydney Aubrey Willard
Arthur James (Jim) Willard
Guy Rex Williams

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Jean Borotra*
James Fitzgerald

6-2 6-3 6-0

Clifford Sproule*
Colin Campbell Brewster

6-2 6-4 6-3

Walter Francis Medcalf*
Guy Rex Williams

6-2 6-3 6-2

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Venn Munns

5-7 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-0

Edgar Moon*
Dudley Frankenberg

6-3 6-1 6-1

Sydney Aubrey Willard*
Elliott Melanby Dunn

6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1

Dr Clifford Stirling Colvin*
Leonard Thurlow

6-2 5-7 6-1 6-3

Fred Kalms*
E.A. Hatherley

8-6 6-0 6-1

Round 2

Jean Borotra*
Clifford Sproule

6-2 6-0 6-3

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Walter Francis Medcalf

5-7 10-8 4-6 6-3 6-2

Rupert Wertheim*
Harry M.T. Hicks

6-0 6-1 6-3

Harry Hopman*
Vivian Eric Page

5-7 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3

Jack Crawford*
A. Cattenach

6-3 6-8 6-4 3-6 6-2

John Manton (James) Bayley*
Herbert Walter Smith

7-5 6-0 6-1

Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop*
James Elsmere B. McCausland

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

John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes*
Kenneth Lindsay Southwick

6-0 6-1 6-1

Jack Cummings*
C.J. Ward

6-0 6-0 6-1

Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Herbert Coram

6-2 6-4 6-4

Edgar Moon*
Sydney Aubrey Willard

6-2 6-3 6-1

Fred Kalms*
Dr Clifford Stirling Colvin

6-4 6-0 6-2

Richard Schlesinger*
Jim Willard

6-0 6-4 6-0

Christian Boussus*
Ronald Douglas Ford

6-1 6-3 6-4

Norman Peach*
William Bruce Walker

6-2 2-6 3-6 7-5 6-1

Gerald Patterson*
Arthur Noel Down

6-2 6-1 6-1

Round 3

Jean Borotra*
Leslie Edward (Les) Baker

1-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1

Harry Hopman*
Rupert Wertheim

6-3 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-4

Jack Crawford*
John Manton (James) Bayley

6-4 6-2 7-5

John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes*
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop

6-1 6-1 6-2

Jack Cummings*
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon

6-2 1-6 6-2 9-7

Fred Kalms*
Edgar Moon

10-8 4-6 6-3 6-2

Richard Schlesinger*
Christian Boussus

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

Gerald Patterson*
Norman Peach

10-8 6-3 3-6 6-3

Quarterfinals

Jean Borotra*
Harry Hopman

6-4 6-4 6-3

Jack Crawford*
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes

6-2 8-6 6-3

Jack Cummings*
Fred Kalms

4-6 2-6 6-3 8-6 6-1

Richard Schlesinger*
Gerald Patterson

6-4 7-9 6-4 ret.

Semifinals

Jean Borotra*
Jack Crawford

4-6 6-3 1-6 7-5 6-4

Jack Cummings*
Richard Schlesinger

6-1 2-6 6-4 8-6

Final

Jean Borotra*
Jack Cummings

6-4 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-3

Tournament

Round 1