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New South Wales Championships 1940

General Date1940-11-09 - 1940-11-20
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds5
CitySydney, White City Tennis Club Stadium, Rushcutters Bay
CountryAustralia

Source American Lawn Tennis, The Sydney Morning Herald

Info Draw: 17

Media

Winner Player John Edward Bromwich

Players

Robert Ramsay Barnes
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett
John Edward Bromwich
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
William Harrison (Bill) Edwards
A.E. Elliott

Captain Edwin William Roy (Roy) Felan
James (Jim) Gilchrist
Paul Albrecht Haege
Richard Burlington Hyem
Henry Allen Lindo
Douglas Maxwell (Max) Newcombe

Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails
Adrian Karl Quist
Donald Francis (Don) Rocavert
Oswald William Thomas (Bill) Sidwell
Neil Leonard Turvey

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Richard Burlington Hyem*
A.E. Elliott

11-9 4-6 7-9 9-7 2-0 ret.

Round 2

John Bromwich*
Paul Albrecht Haege

6-2 6-1 6-2

Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett*
Neil Turvey

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

Bill Sidwell*
Richard Burlington Hyem

6-0 6-3 6-1

Jack Crawford*
William Harrison (Bill) Edwards

6-4 6-4 8-6

Dinny Pails*
Henry Lindo

6-1 6-2 6-3

Robert Barnes*
Max Newcombe

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

James (Jim) Gilchrist*
Roy Felan

6-1 12-10 11-9

Adrian Quist*
Don Rocavert

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

Quarterfinals

John Bromwich*
James (Jim) Gilchrist

6-1 6-4 6-1

Jack Crawford*
Bill Sidwell

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

Dinny Pails*
Robert Barnes

6-3 6-0 6-1

Adrian Quist*
Frederick E. (Fred) Bennett

6-1 6-3 7-5

Semifinals

Adrian Quist*
Dinny Pails

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

John Bromwich*
Jack Crawford

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

Final

John Bromwich*
Adrian Quist

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

Tournament

Round 1