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Southern Championships 1937

General Date1937-06-07 - 1937-06-13
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds5
CityNashville, Belle Meade country club
CountryUnited States of America

Media

Winner Player Robert Larimore (Bobby) Riggs

Players

Joseph L. (Joe) Abrams
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Russell Bobbitt
Richard Oliver (Dick) Covington
Kendall Cram
Merrimon Cunningim
J. Dodd
J. Folk
Campbell Gillespie

Frank Guernsey
Alexander Guerry
Bill Hardie
Arthur Hodges Hendrix
John Hendrix
Joseph (Joe) Raphael Hunt
Vernon Marcum
Jack Mooney
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy

George Pero
Kimbark Peterson
Robert Larimore (Bobby) Riggs
Walter Senior
Hugh Shelton
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter
Richard Tindall
William Westerfield

Rounds
Round 2

Gardnar Mulloy*
Campbell Gillespie

6-4 6-2

William Westerfield*
Bill Hardie

6-3 6-1

Jack Mooney*
John Hendrix

6-3 8-6

Arthur Hendrix*
J. Folk

6-2 6-2

Russell Bobbitt*
J. Dodd

6-3 6-2

Vernon Marcum*
Joseph L. (Joe) Abrams

1-6 6-2 8-6

Merrimon Cunningim*
Alexander Guerry

6-3 8-6

Bobby Riggs*
Richard Oliver (Dick) Covington

6-0 6-0

Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter*
Kendall Cram

6-4 6-3

Richard Tindall*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson

6-1 1-6 6-3

Round 3

Gardnar Mulloy*
Merrimon Cunningim

6-1 7-5

Russell Bobbitt*
Jack Mooney

6-3 6-3

Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter*
Richard Tindall

6-1 6-3

Bobby Riggs*
Hugh Shelton

6-0 6-3

Walter Senior*
Kimbark Peterson

6-1 6-2

Frank Guernsey*
Vernon Marcum

6-0 2-6 6-4

Joseph Hunt*
William Westerfield

6-1 6-2

Arthur Hendrix*
George Pero

6-4 6-2

Quarterfinals

Bobby Riggs*
Frank Guernsey

6-2 6-0

Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter*
Walter Senior

7-5 5-7 7-5

Joseph Hunt*
Russell Bobbitt

6-3 5-7 7-5

Arthur Hendrix*
Gardnar Mulloy

6-2 0-6 7-5

Semifinals

Bobby Riggs*
Ernest Malcolm (Ernie) Sutter

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

Joseph Hunt*
Arthur Hendrix

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

Final

Bobby Riggs*
Joseph Hunt

6-3 6-4 7-5

Tournament

Round 2