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General First nameArthur John (Jack)
LastnameGrinstead
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1906-06-12
Place of birthForest, Ohio, United States of America
Date of death1976-02-09
Place of deathQueensland, Australia


About

Jack Grinstead was the son of fellow tennis player Charles Walder Grinstead. Jack Grinstead turned professional in 1939.
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From The Courier-Mail (Brisbane), 10 March 1939:

Jack Grinstead decides to turn professional – Will change after Easter

Jack Grinstead, prominent Queensland tennis player, announced last night that he will become a professional immediately after the Central Queensland Championships, to be held at Rockhampton at Easter. He will undertake coaching work at Rockhampton for two weeks after the tournament, and will then embark upon business as a coach in Brisbane.

Grinstead has been in the forefront of Queensland tennis since he came to Brisbane from the Pialba district about 12 years ago. He comes from a tennis family, his father, Charles, being Wimbledon doubles champion in 1883 and runner-up in the singles the same year.

Jack Grinstead himself still holds the South Queensland and the South Downs titles and the hardcourt doubles with Lester Hancock. Grinstead gained his Australian cap when he played against Roderich Menzel in 1934, but he became an inter-state representative six years before, after playing with the Linton Cup team.

In his first year as a state senior player he won both his singles, and later in the same year he was the only Queenslander to take a singles rubber in Sydney. Those performances served to preserve his place in the state team.

Grinstead’s strength is in his back-of-court play. When Harry Hopman visited Brisbane in 1929 the young Queenslander achieved distinction by taking a set from the Australian player. In 1933 Grinstead repeated the performance against Jack Crawford, when the Davis Cup star was at the top of his form.

As there are no professional tournaments in Queensland, the Easter Championships of 1939 will mark Grinstead’s last appearance in a tourney. He will not be eligible to compete in this year’s state championships.

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Archive statistics Career1927 - 1938
Tournament wins8
Matches138
Match wins94


Tournament wins 1938 - South Queensland Championships (Open)
1938 - South Downs (Amateur)
1937 - Queensland Hardcourts (Open)
1937 - Darling Downs (Amateur)
1935 - Brisbane Exhibition (Amateur)
1929 - Queensland Hardcourts (Open)
1928 - Queensland Hardcourts (Open)
1927 - Queensland Hardcourts (Open)


Tournaments Queensland Championships - 1938 Darling Downs - 1938 South Downs - 1938 South Queensland Championships - 1938 South Coast Championships - 1938 Brisbane Exhibition - 1938 Darling Downs - 1937 Queensland Hardcourts - 1937 South Queensland Championships - 1937 South Coast Championships - 1937 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1937 Australian Open - 1936 Queensland Championships - 1936 Darling Downs - 1936 Queensland Hardcourts - 1936 Maroochy Championships - 1936 South Queensland Championships - 1936 Australian Open - 1935 Queensland Championships - 1935 Darling Downs - 1935 Queensland Hardcourts - 1935 South Queensland Championships - 1935 South Coast Championships - 1935 Brisbane Exhibition - 1935 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1935 New South Wales Championships - 1934 Queensland Championships - 1934 Darling Downs - 1934 Queensland Hardcourts - 1934 South Queensland Championships - 1934 Brisbane Exhibition - 1934 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1934 Queensland Championships - 1933 Darling Downs - 1933 Queensland Hardcourts - 1933 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1933 Queensland Championships - 1932 Queensland Championships - 1931 Darling Downs - 1931 Australian Open - 1930 New South Wales Championships - 1930 Queensland Championships - 1930 Queensland Championships - 1929 Darling Downs - 1929 Queensland Hardcourts - 1929 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1929 Queensland Championships - 1928 Queensland Hardcourts - 1928 Queensland Metropolitan Grass Courts - 1928 Australian Open - 1927 Queensland Championships - 1927 Queensland Hardcourts - 1927