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South African Championships 1949

General Date1949-04-07 - 1949-04-16
Tournament typeGrand Prix Circuit
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source American Lawn tennis, Tennis Italiano, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 46

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Brian H. Bands
Pieter F. de Beer
Brian Bilse
Donald Lachlan Moore Black
Dennis Sr Breetzke
Geoffrey Edmund Brown
Pat Buckley
Derek Capell
A.A. (Tony) Charnock
Nigel M. Cockburn
Robert T. Connor
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit
D.M. Duncan
D.A. Fairweather
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Brian L. Holding

E. John Hurry
E. Laubscher
Sydney Levy
Claude Frederick Owen Lister
David Lurie
K.J. Martin
Louis Matthews
Kenneth Bruce (Ken) McGregor
Alan Milne
Leon Hermann Norgarb
Norman Ravinsky
A. Ravinsky
Brian W. Rooke
Archie Lockhart Ross
William (Russell) Seymour
Harold Matheson Silson

Dennis Henry Slack
Brian Smith
D. Standen
Eric William Sturgess
Dennis H. Taylor
A.R. Thomas
Eric Tooth
D. Townsend
Louis Petrus van der Walt
Caeser H. Venter
Hubert Thomas (Tom) sr. Warhurst
Glyn S. Woodroffe
Brian Maxwell Woodroffe
George Allan Worthington

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Sydney Levy*
Brian Bilse

6-1 6-0 6-2

Dennis H. Taylor*
Brian Smith

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

William (Russell) Seymour*
A.R. Thomas

6-1 6-4 9-7

Ken McGregor*
Donald Black

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

Brian H. Bands*
D.M. Duncan

3-6 8-6 6-1 6-0

Derek Capell*
D. Standen

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

K.J. Martin*
A.A. (Tony) Charnock

1-6 9-7 6-4 6-2

Eustace Fannin*
Harold Matheson Silson

7-5 6-1 6-3

Robert T. Connor*
Brian W. Rooke

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

D. Townsend*
Brian L. Holding

8-6 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3

Caeser H. Venter*
Eric Tooth

6-2 6-4 6-3

Glyn S. Woodroffe*
E. John Hurry

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

Norman Ravinsky*
D.A. Fairweather

6-1 6-1 6-1

Tom Warhurst*
David Lurie

6-3 6-4 3-6 8-6

Round 2

Eric Sturgess*
Leon Norgarb

6-1 6-1 6-2

Johannes (Jackie) du Toit*
Archie Lockhart Ross

6-2 8-6 6-4

Claude Frederick Owen Lister*
A. Ravinsky

6-4 6-2 1-6 12-10

Pieter F. de Beer*
Louis Matthews

6-3 6-3 18-16

Sydney Levy*
Dennis H. Taylor

6-0 6-4 6-3

Ken McGregor*
William (Russell) Seymour

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

Brian H. Bands*
Derek Capell

6-2 6-4 7-5

George Worthington*
K.J. Martin

6-0 6-4 1-6 6-4

Eustace Fannin*
Robert T. Connor

5-7 6-0 6-3 6-2

Caeser H. Venter*
D. Townsend

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

Glyn S. Woodroffe*
Dennis Henry Slack

6-4 6-4 6-3

Tom Warhurst*
Norman Ravinsky

6-1 6-3 6-1

Nigel M. Cockburn*
E. Laubscher

6-2 6-2 8-6

Dennis Sr Breetzke*
Brian Woodroffe

4-6 6-4 6-3 9-7

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
Alan Milne

6-2 6-4 6-2

Geoff Brown*
Pat Buckley

6-1 6-3 6-2

Round 3

Pieter F. de Beer*
Claude Frederick Owen Lister

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

Eric Sturgess*
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit

6-0 6-1 6-1

Sydney Levy*
Ken McGregor

George Worthington*
Brian H. Bands

Eustace Fannin*
Caeser H. Venter

Tom Warhurst*
Glyn S. Woodroffe

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Dennis Sr Breetzke

6-2 6-3 11-9

Geoff Brown*
Louis Petrus van der Walt

6-3 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals

Eustace Fannin*
Tom Warhurst

8-6 7-5 8-6

George Worthington*
Sydney Levy

6-4 6-4 6-2

Eric Sturgess*
Pieter F. de Beer

Geoff Brown*
Nigel M. Cockburn

Semifinals

Eric Sturgess*
George Worthington

6-3 6-4 6-8 6-4

Geoff Brown*
Eustace Fannin

6-1 0-6 6-3 6-1

Final

Eric Sturgess*
Geoff Brown

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

Tournament

Round 1