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South African Championships 1948

General Date1948-03-18 - 1948-03-28
Tournament typeGrand Prix Circuit
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds6
CityJohannesburg, Ellis Park
CountrySouth Africa

Source Tennis Italiano, The Rand Daily Mail

Info Draw: 40

Media

Winner Player Eric William Sturgess

Players

Brian H. Bands
Pieter F. de Beer
H.R. Begbie
Brian Bilse
Pat Buckley
Nigel M. Cockburn
Rory Leslie Edmund Condon
Robert T. Connor
J.P. Dreyer
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Norman Gordon Farquharson
J. Fourie
J.H. Greef

Keith Hedley
Denis Hodson
Brian L. Holding
Cecil Victor Irvine
W.A. Joubert
Robert E. Klemp
Sydney Levy
Louis Matthews
A.J. McKay
Anthony John (Tony) Mottram
Chris F. Muller
Leon Hermann Norgarb
D.F. Osborne
Norman Ravinsky

A. Ravinsky
Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts
Archie Lockhart Ross
P.A. Staples
Eric William Sturgess
Dennis H. Taylor
Eric Tooth
V. Tooth
Gordon R. Tudhope
Louis Petrus van der Walt
Caeser H. Venter
Brian Maxwell Woodroffe

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Eric Tooth*
Denis Hodson

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

Norman Farquharson*
Dennis H. Taylor

9-7 6-3 6-4

Rory Leslie Edmund Condon*
Archie Lockhart Ross

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

Brian Woodroffe*
Cecil Victor Irvine

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

Eustace Fannin*
Chris F. Muller

6-1 6-3 6-4

Pieter F. de Beer*
A. Ravinsky

6-3 6-3 6-4

Brian H. Bands*
Robert E. Klemp

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

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Leon Norgarb

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

Round 2

Eric Sturgess*
D.F. Osborne

6-0 6-1 6-1

Pat Buckley*
V. Tooth

6-2 6-1 6-0

Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts*
W.A. Joubert

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

Gordon R. Tudhope*
Louis Matthews

6-3 6-4 6-3

Eric Tooth*
Norman Farquharson

5-7 9-7 1-0 ret.

Brian Woodroffe*
Rory Leslie Edmund Condon

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

Keith Hedley*
P.A. Staples

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

Sydney Levy*
Johannes (Jackie) du Toit

7-5 6-2 6-2

Eustace Fannin*
Pieter F. de Beer

6-4 7-5 8-6

Nigel M. Cockburn*
Brian H. Bands

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

H.R. Begbie*
J.P. Dreyer

6-8 6-8 6-2 6-1 6-0

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
J. Fourie

6-1 6-1 7-5

Norman Ravinsky*
J.H. Greef

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

Robert T. Connor*
Brian Bilse

6-0 6-1 6-1

Caeser H. Venter*
A.J. McKay

6-4 6-3 7-5

Tony Mottram*
Brian L. Holding

6-1 6-1 6-4

Round 3

Eric Sturgess*
Pat Buckley

7-5 6-3 6-1

Gordon R. Tudhope*
Arthur Gordon (Paddy) Roberts

11-9 7-5 6-1

Eric Tooth*
Brian Woodroffe

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

Sydney Levy*
Keith Hedley

6-4 7-5 6-3

Eustace Fannin*
Nigel M. Cockburn

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

Louis Petrus van der Walt*
H.R. Begbie

6-3 6-0 6-1

Norman Ravinsky*
Robert T. Connor

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

Tony Mottram*
Caeser H. Venter

6-0 6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals

Eric Sturgess*
Gordon R. Tudhope

6-1 6-1 6-1

Sydney Levy*
Eric Tooth