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Victorian Championships 1951

General Date1951-11-28 - 1951-12-08
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityMelbourne, Kooyong Stadium
CountryAustralia

Source Deutsche Tennis Zeitung, The Argus

Info Draw: 35

Media

Winner Player Frank Arthur Sedgman

Players

Leonard W. Atkins
Ian George Ayre
Lennart Bergelin
Bertil Blomquist
Alec Richard Bridge
Donald William (Don) Candy
Sven Viktor Davidson
Neale Andrew Fraser
William W. (Bill) Gilmour
John H. (Jack) Hann
Rex Noel Hartwig
Lewis Alan (Lew) Hoad

Torsten Johansson
Leonard D. (Leo) Lonergan
James (Jim) A. Matthews
Robert J. McCarthy
John H. McDonald
Kenneth Bruce (Ken) McGregor
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
John F. O'Brien
Colin Pym
Adrian Karl Quist
Alan K. Rae
Ron Jim Reid

Hamilton Farrar (Ham) Richardson
Mervyn Gordon Rose
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Richard (Dick) Savitt
Frederick Rudolph (Ted) Schroeder
Frank Arthur Sedgman
Elias Victor (Vic) Seixas
Francis Xavier (Frank) Shields
Marion Anthony (Tony) Trabert
George Allan Worthington
David J. (Dave) Yates

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Leo Lonergan*
Bill Gilmour

6-4 7-5 6-2

James (Jim) A. Matthews*
Colin Pym

6-1 6-3 6-0

Alan K. Rae*
Ron Jim Reid

12-10 6-3 6-3

Round 2

Lew Hoad*
Bertil Blomquist

7-5 6-3 6-0

Ham Richardson*
Adrian Quist

4-6 7-5 6-1 8-6

Frank Sedgman*
Robert J. McCarthy

6-4 6-4 6-2

Torsten Johansson*
Leonard W. Atkins

6-4 6-1 6-0

Don Candy*
John H. McDonald

7-5 6-1 6-0

Tony Trabert*
John F. O'Brien

6-3 6-0 6-4

Ted Schroeder*
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy

6-1 6-3 6-4

Ian Ayre*
Leo Lonergan

6-2 6-3 6-4

Vic Seixas*
David J. (Dave) Yates

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

Ken McGregor*
John H. (Jack) Hann

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

Lennart Bergelin*
Alec Richard Bridge

6-4 7-5 6-4

Ken Rosewall*
Alan K. Rae

6-2 6-1 6-3

Mervyn Rose*
Frank Shields

6-3 6-0 6-4

Sven Davidson*
Rex Hartwig

6-4 8-6 6-4

George Worthington*
James (Jim) A. Matthews

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

Dick Savitt*
Neale Fraser

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

Round 3

Ted Schroeder*
Lew Hoad

6-1 6-3 6-4

Ken McGregor*
Ham Richardson

6-2 6-3 6-2

Frank Sedgman*
Torsten Johansson

6-1 6-1 6-2

Tony Trabert*
Don Candy

13-11 6-2 6-1

Vic Seixas*
Ian Ayre

4-6 6-2 10-8 6-1

Ken Rosewall*
Lennart Bergelin

6-1 6-2 8-6

Mervyn Rose*
Sven Davidson

6-4 1-6 5-7 8-6 6-3

Dick Savitt*
George Worthington

6-1 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals

Frank Sedgman*
Tony Trabert

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

Vic Seixas*
Ted Schroeder

6-4 8-6 6-1

Ken McGregor*
Ken Rosewall

6-3 9-7 6-3

Dick Savitt*
Mervyn Rose

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

Semifinals

Frank Sedgman*
Vic Seixas

5-7 6-2 11-9 7-5

Dick Savitt*
Ken McGregor

6-3 6-4 6-4

Final

Frank Sedgman*
Dick Savitt

8-6 6-0 6-4

Tournament

Round 1