Victorian Championships 1940


General 1940-11-29 - 1940-12-07
Amateur
Grass
5
Melbourne, Kooyong Stadium
Australia

Source The Argus


Info Unofficial edition called: Victoria War Fund Tournament.
Draw: 21



Media


Winner John Edward Bromwich


Players
Claude W. Anderson
William Edward (Ted) Anstee
Lionel Bernard Brodie
John Edward Bromwich
R. Compaan
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Dr John Nelson Diggle
Reginald Walter Weedon Ewin
Jack Edwin Harper
John M. (Jack) Heathcote
George Albert Holland
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
Colin Foster Long
Albert Hartley Maggs
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
Douglas Maxwell (Max) Newcombe
Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails
Adrian Karl Quist
Alan Henry Temple
Albert George (Bert) Tonkin
Charles Vickers-Willis


Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

John Bromwich*
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
6-1 6-1 6-1
Reg Ewin*
Alan Henry Temple
6-1 6-2 6-2
Jack Harper*
Dr John Nelson Diggle
6-1 6-0 6-2
George Albert Holland*
R. Compaan
6-0 6-0 6-2
Lionel Brodie*
Bert Tonkin
2-6 8-6 6-8 7-5 8-6

Round 2
John Bromwich*
Reg Ewin
4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0
Jack Harper*
George Albert Holland
6-1 6-1 6-0
Jack Crawford*
Albert Hartley Maggs
6-1 6-3 7-5
Max Newcombe*
William Edward (Ted) Anstee
6-0 6-4 6-4
Dinny Pails*
Lionel Brodie
6-4 6-3 12-10
Harry Hopman*
Charles Vickers-Willis
6-3 6-1 6-3
Colin Long*
John M. (Jack) Heathcote
6-1 6-2 6-4
Adrian Quist*
Claude W. Anderson
6-2 6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals
John Bromwich*
Jack Harper
6-1 6-4 6-1
Jack Crawford*
Max Newcombe
6-0 6-4 6-3
Dinny Pails*
Harry Hopman
6-2 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-1
Adrian Quist*
Colin Long
1-6 6-3 6-3 6-4

Semifinals
John Bromwich*
Jack Crawford
6-4 8-6 6-4
Adrian Quist*
Dinny Pails
6-2 7-5 1-6 9-7

Final
John Bromwich*
Adrian Quist
6-0 6-2 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
John Bromwich*
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
Reg Ewin*
Alan Henry Temple
Jack Harper*
Dr John Nelson Diggle
George Albert Holland*
R. Compaan
Lionel Brodie*
Bert Tonkin
Round 2
John Bromwich*
Reg Ewin
Jack Harper*
George Albert Holland
Jack Crawford*
Albert Hartley Maggs
Max Newcombe*
William Edward (Ted) Anstee
Adrian Quist*
Claude W. Anderson
Colin Long*
John M. (Jack) Heathcote
Dinny Pails*
Lionel Brodie
Harry Hopman*
Charles Vickers-Willis
Quarterfinals
John Bromwich*
Jack Harper
Jack Crawford*
Max Newcombe
Adrian Quist*
Colin Long
Dinny Pails*
Harry Hopman
Semifinals
John Bromwich*
Jack Crawford
Adrian Quist*
Dinny Pails
Final
John Bromwich*
Adrian Quist