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Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney 1927

General Date1927-09-24 - 1927-10-22
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CitySydney, Strathfield Union Recreation Club Courts
CountryAustralia

Source The Sydney Morning Herald

Info Draw: 35

Media

Winner Player Leslie Edward (Les) Baker

Players

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker
R.E. Brown
Alexander C. (Alec) Carmichael
E.W. Carr
Dr Clifford Stirling Colvin
Alexander Roland Colvin
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Theodore Bowness Cummings
Regner Olaf (Jack) Cummings
Charles Joseph Donohoe
Henry Edmund George (Harry) Gibbes
John N.R. (Jack) Griffiths

Allen T. Hall
G. Hatherley
Harry M.T. Hicks
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
R.A. Hughes
R. Ichikawa
H. Keir
H. Kendall
William Wallace Knowles
H. Loos
Matthew Henry (Henry) Marsh
H.C. McCausland

James Elsmere B. McCausland
H. Murray
Alfred Norman (Norman) Peach
Keith Lloyd Thredkeld Poulton
Horace Michael Rice
John Olley Sherwood
Geoffrey Hamilton Slade
Clifford Ewing S. Sproule
Sydney Aubrey Willard
M.G. Williams
C. Wunderlich

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining Players had a bye.

M.G. Williams*
Alexander C. (Alec) Carmichael

w.o.

James Elsmere B. McCausland*
Horace Rice

6-3 4-6 6-0

H. Keir*
Henry Marsh

6-2 3-6 6-4

Round 2

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Geoffrey Hamilton Slade

6-3 10-8

Keith Lloyd Thredkeld Poulton*
C. Wunderlich

6-1 6-1

John Olley Sherwood*
H. Murray

5-7 7-5 6-4

Jack Crawford*
Theodore Bowness Cummings

6-1 6-1

Charles Joseph Donohoe*
William Wallace Knowles

6-1 6-4

H. Kendall*
H. Loos

6-2 6-3

G. Hatherley*
R.A. Hughes

6-2 6-4

Clifford Sproule*
M.G. Williams

6-0 6-2

Jack Cummings*
James Elsmere B. McCausland

6-4 6-4

Alexander Roland Colvin*
R. Ichikawa

6-2 6-1

Norman Peach*
Harry M.T. Hicks

6-4 11-13 6-3

Allen T. Hall*
Harry Gibbes

6-2 3-6 6-4

Sydney Aubrey Willard*
E.W. Carr

6-4 6-3

H.C. McCausland*
R.E. Brown

2-6 6-3 6-2

Harry Hopman*
H. Keir

6-2 6-1

John N.R. (Jack) Griffiths*
Dr Clifford Stirling Colvin

w.o.

Round 3

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Keith Lloyd Thredkeld Poulton

6-0 6-4

Jack Crawford*
John Olley Sherwood

6-0 6-4

Charles Joseph Donohoe*
H. Kendall

6-3 6-1

Clifford Sproule*
G. Hatherley

6-3 6-4

Jack Cummings*
Alexander Roland Colvin

6-1 6-2

Allen T. Hall*
Norman Peach

6-3 6-4

Sydney Aubrey Willard*
John N.R. (Jack) Griffiths

6-3 3-6 6-1

Harry Hopman*
H.C. McCausland

6-3 6-1

Quarterfinals

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Jack Crawford

6-2 4-6 6-4

Charles Joseph Donohoe*
Clifford Sproule

6-4 1-6 6-2

Jack Cummings*
Allen T. Hall

6-2 6-2

Harry Hopman*
Sydney Aubrey Willard

6-3 13-11

Semifinals

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Charles Joseph Donohoe

2-6 6-2 6-3

Harry Hopman*
Jack Cummings

6-3 3-6 6-2

Final

Leslie Edward (Les) Baker*
Harry Hopman

7-5 4-6 6-1

Tournament

Round 1