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Australian Open 1949

General Date1949-01-20 - 1949-01-31
Tournament typeGrandslam
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityAdelaide, Memorial Drive Park Courts
CountryAustralia

Source Australian open drawsheets, Tennis Australia, The Advertiser

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player Frank Arthur Sedgman

Players

Ian George Ayre
Maxwell Harry (Max) Bonner
John Edward Bromwich
Philip J. Brophy
Geoffrey Edmund Brown
C.W.B. Campbell
Donald William (Don) Candy
Reginald C. Clements
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Donald Leslie (Don) Goodger
John H. (Jack) Hann
Keith Ernest Creffield Hawton
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman

Robert Neville (Bob) Howe
William Lean
Arthur Alexander Liddle
Ross J. Lock
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan
Colin Foster Long
Kenneth Bruce (Ken) McGregor
John Alfred Mehaffey
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
Douglas Maxwell (Max) Newcombe
Ian Occleshaw
Adrian Karl Quist
Mervyn Gordon Rose
David T. Rowe

Gordon Bryant Schwartz
Frank Arthur Sedgman
Glenister Fermoy (Glen) Sheil
Oswald William Thomas (Bill) Sidwell
Harold Skennar
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove
Eric Campbell Stewart
Donald Philip (Don) Tregonning
Hubert Thomas (Tom) sr. Warhurst
Trevor Way
Clive Eric Wilderspin
George Allan Worthington

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Gordon Bryant Schwartz*
Ian Occleshaw

6-0 9-7 6-2

David T. Rowe*
Glenister Fermoy (Glen) Sheil

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

Harold Skennar*
Trevor Way

6-3 6-2 6-2

John H. (Jack) Hann*
Neville Raymond (Nifty) Snellgrove

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

Bob Howe*
John Alfred Mehaffey

4-6 6-4 6-4 9-7

Ian Ayre*
William Lean

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

Ross J. Lock*
Keith Ernest Creffield Hawton

4-6 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-0

Don Tregonning*
Donald Leslie (Don) Goodger

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

Round 2

John Bromwich*
Gordon Bryant Schwartz

6-0 6-0 6-0

Harry Hopman*
Reginald C. Clements

6-0 1-6 6-2 6-3

Colin Long*
David T. Rowe

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

Max Newcombe*
Philip J. Brophy

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

Geoff Brown*
Harold Skennar

6-3 6-3 7-5

Ken McGregor*
Eric Stewart

9-7 6-3 6-4

George Worthington*
John H. (Jack) Hann

6-1 6-4 6-4

Mervyn Rose*
C.W.B. Campbell

6-0 6-1 6-1

Clive Wilderspin*
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan

6-3 6-0 6-1

Adrian Quist*
Bob Howe

6-3 6-2 6-1

Don Candy*
Arthur Alexander Liddle

1-6 6-2 6-3 6-1

Frank Sedgman*
Ian Ayre

6-0 6-3 9-7

Tom Warhurst*
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy

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

Jack Crawford*
Ross J. Lock

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

Max Bonner*
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock

6-0 6-3 6-0

Bill Sidwell*
Don Tregonning

6-2 6-2 6-1

Round 3

John Bromwich*
Harry Hopman

6-3 6-1 6-4

Colin Long*
Max Newcombe

6-0 6-0 6-2

Geoff Brown*
Ken McGregor

6-1 6-2 6-2

George Worthington*
Mervyn Rose

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

Adrian Quist*
Clive Wilderspin

7-5 6-4 6-0

Frank Sedgman*
Don Candy

6-2 6-4 6-1

Tom Warhurst*
Jack Crawford

8-6 5-7 5-7 12-10 6-3

Bill Sidwell*
Max Bonner

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

Quarterfinals

John Bromwich*
Colin Long

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

Geoff Brown*
George Worthington

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

Frank Sedgman*
Adrian Quist

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

Bill Sidwell*
Tom Warhurst

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

Semifinals

John Bromwich*
Geoff Brown

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

Frank Sedgman*
Bill Sidwell

6-3 6-3 6-2

Final

Frank Sedgman*
John Bromwich