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South African Championships 1937

General Date1937-03-14 - 1937-03-21
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source Lawn tennis and badminton, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 36

Media

Winner Player Josip Palada

Players

Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance
Robert Henry Maxwell (Max) Bertram
Victor J. Christie
John Joseph (Jack) Condon
D. Davidson
Colin J. Eedes
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Norman Gordon Farquharson
D. Fowles
Victor G. Harris
A. Hayward
Keith Hedley
George C. Kennedy

Vernon Gordon (Bob) Kirby
J. Kromhout
Franjo Kukuljevic
C.J. Lauf
J.A. Laurence
Frederick Hardwicke Lowe
J. Melman
G. Mills
Alan Milne
William (Willie) Muir
William (Billy) Muller
D.F. Osborne
Josip Palada

Franjo Puncec (Punčec)
G. Radloff
J.S. Richardson
Colin John James Robbins
Archie Lockhart Ross
Harold Matheson Silson
Dennis H. Taylor
J. Theron
G. Welsh
P.G. Wium

Rounds
Round 1

28 players had a bye.

Josip Palada*
C.J. Lauf

6-3 9-7 7-9 8-6

Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance*
J. Kromhout

6-4 6-3 6-2

Archie Lockhart Ross*
Keith Hedley

6-3 6-4 6-1

Vernon Kirby*
Victor J. Christie

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

Round 2

Josip Palada*
Geoffrey Descarrières Ballance

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

Eustace Fannin*
P.G. Wium

8-6 6-3 6-2

Alan Milne*
George C. Kennedy

6-0 6-3 6-3

Colin Robbins*
D. Fowles

6-0 9-7 7-5

Frederick Hardwicke Lowe*
J. Melman

6-4 6-2 4-6 10-8

Colin J. Eedes*
D. Davidson

w.o.

Norman Farquharson*
A. Hayward

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

Dennis H. Taylor*
G. Welsh

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

Franjo Puncec*
J.A. Laurence

6-0 6-2 6-3

Victor G. Harris*
D.F. Osborne

6-1 6-3 6-3

William (Willie) Muir*
J.S. Richardson

11-9 6-3 6-4

Maxwell Bertram*
G. Mills

6-1 6-3 6-0

Harold Matheson Silson*
William (Billy) Muller

6-2 1-6 6-4 1-6 6-3

G. Radloff*
Jack Condon

6-1 5-2 ret.

Franjo Kukuljevic*
J. Theron

6-3 6-2 6-2

Vernon Kirby*
Archie Lockhart Ross

6-3 6-4 6-3

Round 3

Josip Palada*
Eustace Fannin

6-2 6-1 6-2

Colin Robbins*
Alan Milne

6-3 6-0 8-6

Dennis H. Taylor*
Norman Farquharson

6-2 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-1

Frederick Hardwicke Lowe*
Colin J. Eedes

4-6 9-7 7-5 6-1

Vernon Kirby*
Franjo Kukuljevic

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

Harold Matheson Silson*
G. Radloff

6-2 6-0 6-1

Franjo Puncec*
Victor G. Harris

6-4 6-3 6-3

Maxwell Bertram*
William (Willie) Muir

6-3 7-5 6-4

Quarterfinals

Josip Palada*
Colin Robbins

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

Dennis H. Taylor*
Frederick Hardwicke Lowe

6-2 3-6 6-3 6-0

Vernon Kirby*
Harold Matheson Silson

6-2 6-4 6-2

Franjo Puncec*
Maxwell Bertram

6-4 6-2 9-7

Semifinals

Josip Palada*
Dennis H. Taylor

6-4 8-6 6-1

Vernon Kirby*
Franjo Puncec

6-3 10-8 6-0

Final

Josip Palada*
Vernon Kirby

6-2 0-6 4-6 6-1 6-0

Tournament

Round 1