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South Australian Championships 1947

General Date1947-01-03 - 1947-01-11
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityAdelaide, Memorial Drive Park Courts
CountryAustralia

Source American Lawn Tennis, The Advertiser

Info Draw: 33

Media

Winner Player Gardnar Putnam Mulloy

Players

F.J. Baker
James B. (Jim) Bennett
Maxwell Harry (Max) Bonner
Lionel Bernard Brodie
Donald William (Don) Candy
Reginald C. Clements
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock
David Davidson
C.J. Egar
H.C. Green
John H. (Jack) Hann
Harward Armstrong (Ward) Hillier

Murray C. Hogben
George Albert Holland
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
Keith A. Huelin
Kenneth Ronald Ross Lamacraft
William Lean
Ross J. Lock
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan
Leonard D. (Leo) Lonergan
Colin Foster Long
Leslie C. Martin
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy

Dennis Robert (Dinny) Pails
George Andrew Pearce
F.E. Press
David T. Rowe
Gordon Bryant Schwartz
Frank Arthur Sedgman
William Franklin (Billy) Talbert
George Roe Topperwein
Hubert Thomas (Tom) sr. Warhurst

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

C.J. Egar*
Keith A. Huelin

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

Round 2

Billy Talbert*
David Davidson

6-1 6-0 6-1

Gardnar Mulloy*
Harward Armstrong (Ward) Hillier

6-1 6-4 6-0

Lionel Brodie*
George Andrew Pearce

6-1 6-2 6-0

Leslie C. Martin*
H.C. Green

6-4 6-3 6-4

Dinny Pails*
Murray C. Hogben

6-1 6-2 6-1

Harry Hopman*
Leo Lonergan

6-0 7-5 6-1

George Albert Holland*
William Lean

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

Gordon Bryant Schwartz*
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan

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

Frank Sedgman*
Don Candy

6-4 9-7 6-2

Tom Warhurst*
John H. (Jack) Hann

7-5 6-2 6-3

Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock*
George Roe Topperwein

6-1 8-6 6-4

F.E. Press*
Kenneth Ronald Ross Lamacraft

6-0 6-1 6-0

Ross J. Lock*
James B. (Jim) Bennett

6-8 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-2

Colin Long*
Reginald C. Clements

6-0 6-3 6-4

Max Bonner*
C.J. Egar

6-0 6-0 6-2

David T. Rowe*
F.J. Baker

6-4 6-4 6-4

Round 3

Frank Sedgman*
Gordon Bryant Schwartz

8-6 5-7 6-3 6-1

Lionel Brodie*
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock

6-3 9-7 11-9

George Albert Holland*
Tom Warhurst

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

Billy Talbert*
Leslie C. Martin

6-2 6-4 6-1

Dinny Pails*
F.E. Press

6-2 6-3 6-1

Max Bonner*
Harry Hopman

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

Gardnar Mulloy*
Ross J. Lock

6-0 6-1 7-5

Colin Long*
David T. Rowe

6-2 6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals

Gardnar Mulloy*
George Albert Holland

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

Colin Long*
Lionel Brodie

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

Dinny Pails*
Frank Sedgman

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

Billy Talbert*
Max Bonner

6-0 6-1 6-1

Semifinals

Billy Talbert*
Dinny Pails

8-10 6-2 6-3 7-5

Gardnar Mulloy*
Colin Long

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

Final

Gardnar Mulloy*
Billy Talbert

6-3 8-6 9-7

Tournament

Round 1