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Australian Hard Courts Championship 1939

General Date1939-07-31 - 1939-08-05
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceClay
Rounds5
CityToowoomba, Holy Name Tennis Club
CountryAustralia

Source Townsville Daily Bulletin

Info Draw: 18

Media

Winner Player Vivian Erzerum Bede (Viv) McGrath

Players

Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett
Lionel Bernard Brodie
Neville James (Pat) Callaghan
Alfred Cecil Chave
Albert John (Bert) Felan
Captain Edwin William Roy (Roy) Felan
Jack Fox

James (Jim) Gilchrist
Lester Dudley (Les) Hancock
Arthur Alexander Liddle
Henry Allen Lindo
Colin Foster Long
Vivian Erzerum Bede (Viv) McGrath
Edgar Forest (Gar) Moon

Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails
Oswald William Thomas (Bill) Sidwell
William E. (Bill) Vaughan
Harold (Hal) Robert Whillans

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

Lionel Brodie*
Bill Sidwell

6-4 6-1 2-6 8-10 6-3

Colin Long*
Albert John (Bert) Felan

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

Round 2

Edgar Moon*
Roy Felan

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

Lionel Brodie*
Harold (Hal) Robert Whillans

6-1 6-2 6-1

Dinny Pails*
Jack Fox

6-2 7-5 6-3

Vivian McGrath*
Pat Callaghan

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

Colin Long*
Alfred Cecil Chave

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

Henry Lindo*
Les Hancock

6-2 7-5 9-7

Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett*
Arthur Alexander Liddle

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

James (Jim) Gilchrist*
William E. (Bill) Vaughan

4-6 7-5 9-7 6-0

Quarterfinals

Edgar Moon*
Lionel Brodie

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

Vivian McGrath*
Dinny Pails

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

Henry Lindo*
Colin Long

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

James (Jim) Gilchrist*
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett

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

Semifinals

Vivian McGrath*
Edgar Moon

10-8 6-2 6-1

James (Jim) Gilchrist*
Henry Lindo

8-6 6-0 7-5

Final

Vivian McGrath*
James (Jim) Gilchrist

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

Tournament

Round 1