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South Australian Championships 1949

General Date1948-12-27 - 1949-01-03
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceGrass
Rounds6
CityAdelaide, Memorial Drive Park Courts
CountryAustralia

Source The Advertiser

Info Draw: 34

Media

Winner Player Geoffrey Edmund Brown

Players

Brian Lewis Bates
Geoffrey R. Battye
Philip J. Brophy
Geoffrey Edmund Brown
Donald William (Don) Candy
Reginald C. Clements
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock
M.R. Fraser
Ronald H. Freeman
Donald Leslie (Don) Goodger
John H. (Jack) Hann
Harward Armstrong (Ward) Hillier

Murray C. Hogben
Henry Christian (Harry) Hopman
William Lean
Ross J. Lock
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan
Leonard D. (Leo) Lonergan
Colin Foster Long
Leslie C. Martin
Kenneth Bruce (Ken) McGregor
John Alfred Mehaffey
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy
Douglas Maxwell (Max) Newcombe

Ian Occleshaw
Neville Quist
D.J. Reardon
Dr James Alexander Brian Rolland
Mervyn Gordon Rose
David T. Rowe
Donald Philip (Don) Tregonning
D.A. Walker
Hubert Thomas (Tom) sr. Warhurst
Clive Eric Wilderspin

Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Brian Lewis Bates*
D.A. Walker

6-3 6-2 6-2

Harward Armstrong (Ward) Hillier*
D.J. Reardon

w.o.

Round 2

Geoff Brown*
Neville Quist

6-3 6-1 6-2

William Francis (Frank) Lonergan*
Leslie C. Martin

6-2 6-4 6-2

David T. Rowe*
Geoffrey R. Battye

5-7 2-6 14-12 6-2 6-0

Harry Hopman*
John Alfred Mehaffey

6-4 6-2 6-0

B. Peter (Pat) Molloy*
Raymond Jackson (Ray) Cock

7-5 7-5 6-1

Ross J. Lock*
Leo Lonergan

8-6 1-6 6-4 6-2

Don Tregonning*
Brian Lewis Bates

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

Mervyn Rose*
John H. (Jack) Hann

6-2 6-4 6-1

Tom Warhurst*
Dr James Alexander Brian Rolland

6-3 6-3 6-2

William Lean*
Harward Armstrong (Ward) Hillier

6-1 6-3 6-3

Donald Leslie (Don) Goodger*
Ronald H. Freeman

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

Ken McGregor*
Ian Occleshaw

7-5 6-3 6-2

Max Newcombe*
Philip J. Brophy

6-4 6-4 6-4

Don Candy*
Clive Wilderspin

6-2 6-2 7-5

Colin Long*
Murray C. Hogben

6-1 6-3 6-0

Reginald C. Clements*
M.R. Fraser

6-4 6-0 6-0

Round 3

Geoff Brown*
William Francis (Frank) Lonergan

6-3 9-7 6-4

Harry Hopman*
David T. Rowe

6-1 6-4 6-2

B. Peter (Pat) Molloy*
Ross J. Lock

6-2 6-3 6-2

Mervyn Rose*
Don Tregonning

6-1 6-1 6-1

Tom Warhurst*
William Lean

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

Ken McGregor*
Donald Leslie (Don) Goodger

6-2 6-2 6-0

Max Newcombe*
Don Candy

7-5 6-1 6-1

Colin Long*
Reginald C. Clements

6-2 7-5 6-4

Quarterfinals

Geoff Brown*
Harry Hopman

6-1 6-3 6-1

Mervyn Rose*
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy

6-3 7-5 7-5

Tom Warhurst*
Ken McGregor

6-3 1-6 6-3 7-9 6-4

Colin Long*
Max Newcombe

6-0 6-4 6-2

Semifinals

Geoff Brown*
Mervyn Rose

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

Colin Long*
Tom Warhurst

7-5 6-1 6-3

Final

Geoff Brown*
Colin Long

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

Tournament

Round 1