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Victorian Championships 1931

General Date1931-12-07 - 1931-12-12
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityMelbourne, The Association Courts, Kooyong Stadium, Glenferrie Road
CountryAustralia

Source The Age

Info Draw: 38

Media

Winner Player John Herbert (Jack) Crawford

Players

Arthur Mortley Cattanach
John (Jack) Clemenger

Victor Howes Beament
John Herbert (Jack) Crawford
Norman Theodore Deckert
Charles Joseph Donohoe
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop
Neil Ennis
Reginald Walter Weedon Ewin
Basil Shaw Fitchett
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
Robert A. (Bob) Fotheringham
Dudley Mervyn Frankenberg

Angus Clifford (Cliff) Harvey
Alexander Henry (Harry) Hassett
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
George Thomas Holloway
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
Frederick C. Jones
Norman Henry Mussen
John Norman Anthony (Jack) Purcell
Adrian Karl Quist
Thomas E. Robinson
A.McL. Robinson
C.H. Rule
William Lawrence (Bill) Ryan
Leonard Adolph (Len) Schwartz

C.I. Shepherd
Rupert Lloyd Henry Shepherd
Clifford Ewing S. Sproule
Alan Christie Stedman
Willis Ernest Teague
Albert George (Bert) Tonkin
Donald Paterson (Don) Turnbull
Mervyn Gerald Weston
Sydney Aubrey Willard
Arthur James (Jim) Willard
Russell Richard Thomas Young

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Jim Willard*
Mervyn Gerald Weston

6-1 6-3 6-1

Reg Ewin*
Rupert Shepherd

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

George Thomas Holloway*
Russell Richard Thomas Young

7-5 6-2 6-3

Leonard Schwartz*
Neil Ennis

6-2 6-4 6-4

Don Turnbull*
Arthur Mortley Cattanach

6-1 6-2 6-1

Frederick C. Jones*
Norman Theodore Deckert

6-3 4-6 6-3 6-0

Harry Hopman*
Dudley Frankenberg

6-0 6-2 6-3

Round 2

Jack Crawford*
Norman Henry Mussen

6-1 10-8 6-3

Willis Ernest Teague*
Angus Clifford (Cliff) Harvey

6-4 6-2 6-4

John (Jack) Clemenger*
A.McL. Robinson

6-0 7-5 6-4

Charles Joseph Donohoe*
Victor Howes Beament

6-2 6-1 6-1

Jim Willard*
Reg Ewin

10-8 6-3 6-1

Leonard Schwartz*
George Thomas Holloway

6-3 6-2 6-3

John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes*
Alan Stedman

6-4 6-4 6-4

Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop*
Thomas E. Robinson

w.o.

Harry Hassett*
Basil Shaw Fitchett

7-5 6-0 6-1

Adrian Quist*
William Lawrence (Bill) Ryan

6-1 6-3 6-2

C.H. Rule*

bye

Sydney Aubrey Willard*
Robert A. (Bob) Fotheringham

7-5 6-1 6-1

Clifford Sproule*
C.I. Shepherd

w.o.

Bert Tonkin*
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett

6-8 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2

Don Turnbull*
Jack Purcell

6-3 7-5 6-1

Harry Hopman*
Frederick C. Jones

6-1 6-4 6-2

Round 3

Jack Crawford*
Willis Ernest Teague

6-1 6-2 6-2

Charles Joseph Donohoe*
John (Jack) Clemenger

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

Jim Willard*
Leonard Schwartz

6-3 6-4 6-3

Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop*
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes

6-4 6-4 6-2

Harry Hassett*
Adrian Quist

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

Sydney Aubrey Willard*
C.H. Rule

6-3 6-3 6-2

Clifford Sproule*
Bert Tonkin

6-1 7-5 6-1

Harry Hopman*
Don Turnbull

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

Quarterfinals

Jack Crawford*
Charles Joseph Donohoe

12-10 6-4 7-5

Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop*
Jim Willard

6-3 1-6 8-6 1-6 9-7

Harry Hassett*
Sydney Aubrey Willard

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

Harry Hopman*
Clifford Sproule

8-6 8-6 6-2

Semifinals

Jack Crawford*
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop

8-6 6-3 12-10

Harry Hopman*
Harry Hassett

6-1 6-4 6-1

Final

Jack Crawford*
Harry Hopman

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

Tournament

Round 1