Australian Open 1947


General 1947-01-17 - 1947-01-27
Grandslam
Grass
5
Sydney, White City Tennis Club Stadium, Rushcutters Bay
Australia

Source Australian open drawsheets, Tennis Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald


Info Draw: 32



Media


Winner Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails


Players
Robert Ramsay Barnes
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett
Maxwell Harry (Max) Bonner
Lionel Bernard Brodie
John Edward Bromwich
Geoffrey Edmund Brown
Thomas Pollok (Tom) Brown
Neville James (Pat) Callaghan
Donald William (Don) Candy
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Jack Dart
William Harrison (Bill) Edwards
Captain Edwin William Roy (Roy) Felan
James (Jim) Gilchrist
Harvey Gray
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
Noel Douglas Kirkby
Colin Foster Long
Eric Montgomery Maidens
James (Jim) A. Matthews
Robert J. McCarthy
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy
Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails
Adrian Karl Quist
Donald Francis (Don) Rocavert
Frank Arthur Sedgman
Oswald William Thomas (Bill) Sidwell
Frederick William Skillicorn
Eric Campbell Stewart
William Franklin (Billy) Talbert
Clive Eric Wilderspin
George Allan Worthington


Rounds
Round 1
John Bromwich*
Frederick William Skillicorn
6-2 6-1 6-2
James (Jim) Gilchrist*
Harry Hopman
w.o.
Colin Long*
Harvey Gray
6-3 6-3 6-3
George Worthington*
Don Rocavert
6-4 6-4 4-6 3-6 10-8
Gardnar Mulloy*
Jack Dart
6-8 6-3 4-6 6-0 6-1
Geoff Brown*
Clive Wilderspin
6-2 8-6 6-2
Lionel Brodie*
Robert Barnes
7-5 6-3 6-2
James (Jim) A. Matthews*
William Harrison (Bill) Edwards
6-4 6-1 6-3
Adrian Quist*
Don Candy
6-4 6-1 6-3
Max Bonner*
Eric Montgomery Maidens
6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-1
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett*
Jack Crawford
11-9 6-3 6-0
Tom Brown*
Roy Felan
6-1 6-2 6-2
Billy Talbert*
Robert J. McCarthy
6-0 6-1 6-0
Bill Sidwell*
Eric Stewart
6-2 6-1 ret.
Pat Callaghan*
Frank Sedgman
6-4 9-7 6-4
Dinny Pails*
Noel Kirkby
6-3 6-1 6-0

Round 2
John Bromwich*
James (Jim) Gilchrist
6-2 6-2 6-2
Colin Long*
George Worthington
6-1 6-2 8-6
Gardnar Mulloy*
Geoff Brown
4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Lionel Brodie*
Max Bonner
6-2 6-1 6-4
Adrian Quist*
James (Jim) A. Matthews
6-1 10-8 6-2
Tom Brown*
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett
9-7 8-6 4-6 6-3
Bill Sidwell*
Billy Talbert
6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3
Dinny Pails*
Pat Callaghan
6-1 6-3 6-1

Quarterfinals
John Bromwich*
Colin Long
6-2 7-5 4-6 6-0
Gardnar Mulloy*
Lionel Brodie
6-2 6-8 6-2 5-7 6-1
Tom Brown*
Adrian Quist
8-6 6-4 5-7 6-2
Dinny Pails*
Bill Sidwell
6-3 10-8 6-3

Semifinals
John Bromwich*
Gardnar Mulloy
6-2 6-4 1-6 6-4
Dinny Pails*
Tom Brown
6-4 6-2 6-1

Final
Dinny Pails*
John Bromwich
4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 8-6


Tournament
Round 1
Dinny Pails*
Noel Kirkby
Pat Callaghan*
Frank Sedgman
Bill Sidwell*
Eric Stewart
Billy Talbert*
Robert J. McCarthy
Tom Brown*
Roy Felan
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett*
Jack Crawford
Adrian Quist*
Don Candy
James (Jim) A. Matthews*
William Harrison (Bill) Edwards
John Bromwich*
Frederick William Skillicorn
James (Jim) Gilchrist*
Harry Hopman
Colin Long*
Harvey Gray
George Worthington*
Don Rocavert
Gardnar Mulloy*
Jack Dart
Geoff Brown*
Clive Wilderspin
Lionel Brodie*
Robert Barnes
Max Bonner*
Eric Montgomery Maidens
Round 2
Dinny Pails*
Pat Callaghan
Bill Sidwell*
Billy Talbert
Tom Brown*
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett
Adrian Quist*
James (Jim) A. Matthews
John Bromwich*
James (Jim) Gilchrist
Colin Long*
George Worthington
Gardnar Mulloy*
Geoff Brown
Lionel Brodie*
Max Bonner
Quarterfinals
Dinny Pails*
Bill Sidwell
Tom Brown*
Adrian Quist
John Bromwich*
Colin Long
Gardnar Mulloy*
Lionel Brodie
Semifinals
Dinny Pails*
Tom Brown
John Bromwich*
Gardnar Mulloy
Final
Dinny Pails*
John Bromwich