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South African Championships 1940

General Date1940-03-16 - 1940-03-25
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance
Pieter F. de Beer
Robert Henry Maxwell (Max) Bertram
Dennis Sr Breetzke
John V. Chatterton
Victor J. Christie
Colin J. Eedes
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Norman Gordon Farquharson
J. Fitzpatrick
A.J. Halliday
Victor G. Harris
John Hendrie
Godfrey Heyns

Vernon Gordon (Bob) Kirby
C.J. Lauf
D.A. Lawrie
J. Little
D.H. Martin
T.W. Martin
Alan Milne
William (Willie) Muir
D. Nicholson
A.G. Reynolds
G.D. Reynolds
Archie Lockhart Ross
C. Scrimgeour
Harold Matheson Silson

S. Smith
P.A. Staples
Eric William Sturgess
Dennis H. Taylor
J. Vaile
A.J. Vallance
Louis Petrus van der Walt
G. Varian
E.R. Waterson
Norman R. Wehmeyer

L. van Winkel

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Eric Sturgess*
J. Vaile

6-0 6-0 6-1

P.A. Staples*
John V. Chatterton

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

Harold Matheson Silson*
T.W. Martin

6-1 6-0 6-0

William (Willie) Muir*
Dennis H. Taylor

6-3 6-4 6-4

Eustace Fannin*
E.R. Waterson

7-5 6-3 6-0

Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance*
Godfrey Heyns

6-2 6-1 6-4

John Hendrie*
D.A. Lawrie

6-2 6-1 6-0

Maxwell Bertram*
C. Scrimgeour

6-0 6-0 6-0

Round 2

Eric Sturgess*
P.A. Staples

6-3 6-3 7-5

William (Willie) Muir*
Harold Matheson Silson

7-9 8-6 7-5 6-2

Dennis Sr Breetzke*
S. Smith

9-11 6-4 7-5 2-6 6-4

Alan Milne*
C.J. Lauf

6-2 6-2 6-3

Vernon Kirby*
A.J. Halliday

7-5 6-1 6-3

L. van Winkel*
J. Little

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

Pieter F. de Beer*
Norman R. Wehmeyer

2-6 6-3 6-2 11-9

Victor G. Harris*
G.D. Reynolds

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

Norman Farquharson*
G. Varian

6-3 6-0 6-1

D. Nicholson*
Colin J. Eedes

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

A.G. Reynolds*
D.H. Martin

6-4 6-3 7-5

Victor J. Christie*
J. Fitzpatrick

6-0 6-3 6-3

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
A.J. Vallance

6-2 6-2 6-0

Archie Lockhart Ross*

Eustace Fannin*
Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance

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

Maxwell Bertram*
John Hendrie

6-3 6-4 6-0

Round 3

Eric Sturgess*
William (Willie) Muir

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

Alan Milne*
Dennis Sr Breetzke

w.o.

Vernon Kirby*
L. van Winkel

6-2 6-2 9-7

Victor G. Harris*
Pieter F. de Beer

6-2 6-0 6-1

Norman Farquharson*
D. Nicholson

6-2 7-5 12-10

Victor J. Christie*
A.G. Reynolds

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

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
Archie Lockhart Ross

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

Maxwell Bertram*
Eustace Fannin

6-1 8-6 6-0

Quarterfinals

Eric Sturgess*
Alan Milne

6-2 6-2 6-2

Victor G. Harris*
Vernon Kirby

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

Norman Farquharson*
Victor J. Christie

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

Maxwell Bertram*
Louis Petrus van der Walt