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South African Championships 1951

General Date1951-03-15 - 1951-03-24
Tournament typeGrand Prix Circuit
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source Tennis Italiano, Deutsche Tennis Zeitung, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 48

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Brian H. Bands
Donald Lachlan Moore Black
Dennis Sr Breetzke
Pat Buckley
Derek Capell
A.A. (Tony) Charnock
Nigel M. Cockburn
Robert T. Connor
Stanley (Stan) Davidson
Michael De Jager
Etienne R. De Villiers
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit
Stanley E. Dugmore
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
J.H. Greef
Ronald Guiney
Robert (Bob) Hammill

Keith Hedley
Godfrey Heyns
Denis Hodson
E. John Hurry
Ronald (Ronnie) Inglis
Neville Katzen
Johann F. Kupferburger
E. Laubscher
Sydney Levy
B. McGarr
Chris F. Muller
Leon Hermann Norgarb
A.G. Reynolds
Brian W. Rooke
M. Schneider
Alan Abraham (Abe) Segal
William (Russell) Seymour

Brian Smith
Heinz Stelzner
Eric William Sturgess
Dennis H. Taylor
Eric Tooth
Dennis Van der Merwe
Louis Petrus van der Walt
Caeser H. Venter
Ian Clyde Vermaak
Tucker Vorster
Owen Gordon Williams
Glyn S. Woodroffe
Brian Maxwell Woodroffe
David Wright

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
A.G. Reynolds

6-3 8-6 6-1

Heinz Stelzner*
Stanley E. Dugmore

7-5 6-3 6-2

Brian H. Bands*
Dennis H. Taylor

6-0 6-3 6-2

Robert T. Connor*
J.H. Greef

6-2 6-3 6-4

Johannes (Jackie) du Toit*
Eric Tooth

6-1 10-8 6-0

Dennis Sr Breetzke*
B. McGarr

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

E. John Hurry*
Brian Smith

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

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Neville Katzen

6-4 6-2 7-5

William (Russell) Seymour*
Leon Norgarb

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

Tucker Vorster*
David Wright

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

Etienne R. De Villiers*
Donald Black

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

Brian Woodroffe*
E. Laubscher

6-2 6-2 6-3

Johann F. Kupferburger*
Ronald (Ronnie) Inglis

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

Keith Hedley*
Denis Hodson

6-3 6-2 6-3

Stanley (Stan) Davidson*
Dennis Van der Merwe

6-1 6-1 6-0

Eustace Fannin*
Michael De Jager

6-0 6-1 6-4

Round 2

Eric Sturgess*
Chris F. Muller

6-0 6-0 6-0

Caeser H. Venter*
Abe Segal

0-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4

Glyn S. Woodroffe*
Brian W. Rooke

6-4 7-9 6-0 6-3

Godfrey Heyns*
Ian Vermaak

4-6 6-4 6-3 9-11 6-3

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
Heinz Stelzner

6-1 5-7 6-1 8-6

Robert T. Connor*
Brian H. Bands

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

Johannes (Jackie) du Toit*
Dennis Sr Breetzke

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

Nigel M. Cockburn*
E. John Hurry

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

William (Russell) Seymour*
Tucker Vorster

6-3 6-1 6-2

Brian Woodroffe*
Etienne R. De Villiers

4-6 2-6 6-3 6-0 6-4

Johann F. Kupferburger*
Keith Hedley

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

Eustace Fannin*
Stanley (Stan) Davidson

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

Pat Buckley*
Derek Capell

7-5 7-5 2-6 6-8 8-6

Owen Gordon Williams*
Ronald Guiney

6-4 6-4 6-3

A.A. (Tony) Charnock*
M. Schneider

13-11 0-6 6-3 7-5

Sydney Levy*
Robert (Bob) Hammill

6-2 7-5 6-0

Round 3

William (Russell) Seymour*
Brian Woodroffe

Godfrey Heyns*
Glyn S. Woodroffe

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

Eric Sturgess*
Caeser H. Venter

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
Robert T. Connor

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit

Eustace Fannin*
Johann F. Kupferburger

Pat Buckley*
Owen Gordon Williams

Sydney Levy*
A.A. (Tony) Charnock

Quarterfinals

William (Russell) Seymour*
Eustace Fannin

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

Eric Sturgess*
Godfrey Heyns

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Louis Petrus van der Walt

6-0 6-0 6-3

Sydney Levy*
Pat Buckley

6-3 6-0 6-3

Semifinals

Eric Sturgess*
Nigel M. Cockburn

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

Sydney Levy*
William (Russell) Seymour

6-4 6-3 6-3

Final

Eric Sturgess*
Sydney Levy

6-3 6-2 7-5

Tournament

Round 1