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Southern Transvaal Championships 1957

General Date1957-10-02 - 1957-10-06
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds5
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Stanley (Stan) Davidson
Stanley E. Dugmore
William Stephen (Buster) Farrer
N. Fick
Gordon Lovell Forbes
Ian Froman
Kevin Glencross
Cookie Hammill

John (Cookie) Hammill
E. John Hurry
Gaetan Koenig
Johnny Landman
Derek J. Lawer
Keith Roy Malcolm
A. Rodney Mandelstam
Paul Robinson

Brian Smith
Eric William Sturgess
Gordon Lawrence Talbot
Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon
Owen Gordon Williams
Alexander T. (Lex) Wood

Rounds
Round 3

Keith Roy Malcolm*
Ian Froman

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

Gordon Talbot*
John (Cookie) Hammill

6-8 6-2 6-4 6-0

Brian Smith*
Johnny Landman

6-4 6-1 6-2

A. Rodney Mandelstam*
Gaetan Koenig

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

Stanley E. Dugmore*
Paul Robinson

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

Derek J. Lawer*
N. Fick

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

Round 4

Eric Sturgess*
Alexander T. (Lex) Wood

6-1 6-4 6-3

William Stephen (Buster) Farrer*
Keith Roy Malcolm

1-6 0-6 6-4 6-2 6-0

Gordon Talbot*
Cookie Hammill

6-4 6-4 6-3

Owen Gordon Williams*
Brian Smith

6-4 6-0 8-6

Stanley (Stan) Davidson*
A. Rodney Mandelstam

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

E. John Hurry*
Stanley E. Dugmore

6-4 6-1 6-1

Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon*
Derek J. Lawer

6-3 6-2 6-4

Gordon Forbes*
Kevin Glencross

6-2 6-2 6-4

Quarterfinals

Eric Sturgess*
William Stephen (Buster) Farrer

6-2 6-1 6-4

Owen Gordon Williams*
Gordon Talbot

9-11 10-8 8-10 6-4 6-2

E. John Hurry*
Stanley (Stan) Davidson

6-1 6-1 6-1

Gordon Forbes*
Raymond A. (Ray) Weedon

6-4 9-7 6-4

Semifinals

Eric Sturgess*
Owen Gordon Williams

6-3 1-6 7-5 6-0

Gordon Forbes*
E. John Hurry

6-2 6-4 6-4

Final

Eric Sturgess*
Gordon Forbes

6-3 6-3 6-3

Tournament

Round 3