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South African Championships 1946

General Date1946-04-11 - 1946-04-20
Tournament typeGrand Prix Circuit
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source American Lawn Tennis, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Pieter F. de Beer
Robert Henry Maxwell (Max) Bertram
N. Bouwer
Pat Buckley
John V. Chatterton
Nigel M. Cockburn
Rory Leslie Edmund Condon
Robert T. Connor
A.L. Davidson
Colin J. Eedes
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Norman Gordon Farquharson
D. Fowles
P.L. Greef

Robert (Bob) Hammill
Keith Hedley
John Hendrie
Godfrey Heyns
Denis Hodson
Ronald (Ronnie) Inglis
Vernon Gordon (Bob) Kirby
J. Kromhout
J. Melman
Alan Milne
William (Willie) Muir
Chris F. Muller
Norman Ravinsky
A.G. Reynolds

Brian W. Rooke
W. Schuurman
Harold Matheson Silson
Eric William Sturgess
Dennis H. Taylor
A.R. Thomas
Gordon R. Tudhope
Louis Petrus van der Walt
N. Van Zyl Smit
C.S. Webster
Norman R. Wehmeyer

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Chris F. Muller*
D. Fowles

6-0 6-1 6-0

Maxwell Bertram*
Ronald (Ronnie) Inglis

6-2 6-2 6-2

John Hendrie*
Colin J. Eedes

6-2 6-4 6-1

Harold Matheson Silson*
Nigel M. Cockburn

6-0 5-7 6-4 6-3

Norman Ravinsky*
Rory Leslie Edmund Condon

7-5 6-3 6-4

Robert (Bob) Hammill*
John V. Chatterton

6-2 6-4 9-7

Vernon Kirby*
J. Melman

6-3 6-2 6-2

Round 2

Eric Sturgess*
J. Kromhout

6-2 6-1 6-1

N. Van Zyl Smit*
Gordon R. Tudhope

6-4 4-6 6-2 11-9

Denis Hodson*
N. Bouwer

3-6 9-7 6-3 7-5

Alan Milne*
Godfrey Heyns

2-6 8-6 6-4 7-5

Chris F. Muller*
Maxwell Bertram

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

Harold Matheson Silson*
John Hendrie

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

Pieter F. de Beer*
Dennis H. Taylor

6-3 2-6 9-7 0-6 6-2

Eustace Fannin*
C.S. Webster

6-2 6-2 6-2

Keith Hedley*
A.G. Reynolds

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

William (Willie) Muir*
A.R. Thomas

6-4 6-2 6-4

Norman Ravinsky*
Robert (Bob) Hammill

8-6 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-1

Vernon Kirby*
Pat Buckley

7-5 6-3 6-2

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
W. Schuurman

6-0 6-0 6-1

A.L. Davidson*
Brian W. Rooke

6-4 6-2 6-3

Robert T. Connor*
P.L. Greef

6-2 6-2 6-0

Norman Farquharson*
Norman R. Wehmeyer

6-1 6-3 6-1

Round 3

Eric Sturgess*
N. Van Zyl Smit

6-1 6-0 6-2

Alan Milne*
Denis Hodson

6-2 6-1 6-3

Chris F. Muller*
Harold Matheson Silson

8-10 3-6 8-6 7-5 6-4

Eustace Fannin*
Pieter F. de Beer

6-2 6-0 0-6 7-5

Keith Hedley*
William (Willie) Muir

6-8 6-0 5-7 6-1 7-5

Vernon Kirby*
Norman Ravinsky

6-2 6-1 6-3

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
A.L. Davidson

6-1 7-5 6-2

Norman Farquharson*
Robert T. Connor

6-3 6-3 6-2

Quarterfinals

Eric Sturgess*
Alan Milne

6-0 6-1 7-5

Eustace Fannin*
Chris F. Muller

6-3 6-0 6-4

Keith Hedley*
Vernon Kirby

4-6 7-5 5-7 7-5 ret.

Norman Farquharson*
Louis Petrus van der Walt

6-3 7-5 6-3

Semifinals

Eric Sturgess*
Eustace Fannin

6-0 6-1 6-3

Norman Farquharson*
Keith Hedley

6-2 6-3 6-1

Final

Eric Sturgess*
Norman Farquharson

6-0 6-3 6-2

Tournament

Round 1