John Bailey (Jack)
Hawkes
Male
Australia
1899-06-07
Geelong, Australia
1990-03-31
Geelong, Australia
HAWKES, Jack Bailey (1899-1990), Davis Cup tennis player was a day student of the Geelong College from 1909 to 1919. His parents were Tom Henry Southam Hawkes and Leila Maud nee Bailey. His brother Tom Bailey Hawkes (1898 ? 1948), also an outstanding athlete, also attended the School as a day student from 1909 to 1917. Jack Hawkes won the Geelong College Open Tennis Championship in 1914, 1917, and 1918, ran in the 1918 athletics team, also winning the College Cup for 1918. He excelled at many sports, was a member of the Football Team from 1915 to 1918 and cricket from 1914 to 1919 and Captain of the 1st Cricket XI for his last 4 years at the School. In a legendary day of bowling in 1916, Jack Hawkes was to claim 10 wickets in a match against Wesley College. Jack Hawkes was a School Prefect in 1917 becoming Head Prefect during 1918 and 1919.
In the 1920s, he gained fame as a tennis player while operating the Hawkes Brothers hardware business, a major supplier to the local building industry and farming community. He was a member of the Davis Cup teams which represented Australia in 1921, 1923 and 1925. His successes included the Singles Championship of Australia, 1926; Men?s Doubles Champioship of Australia (with G L Patterson), 1922, 1926, 1927; Mixed Doubles Championship of Australia (with E Boyd), 1922, 1926, 1927; American Mixed Doubles Championship (with K McKane), 1925; American Mixed Doubles Championship (with Helen Wills), 1928. He became a patron of the Davis Cup Foundation and the Lawn Tennis Association and was a former President of the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club. His mother was a dedicated benefactor of the College awarding the Open Tennis Cups for many years. She also presented the new Noble St Tennis Court to the School in 1912 after the removal of the original court on the site of Norman Morrison Hall.
1915 - 1936
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137
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1927 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1926 - Australian Open (Grandslam)
1925 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1924 - Royal South Yarra (Amateur)
1922 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1921 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
1915 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
Round 1
James G. Williams 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Round 1
Angus Clifford (Cliff) Harvey 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
1-6
8-6
6-3
ret.
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
A.G. Whitley
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Kenneth Ewing Jarman 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Charles Joseph Donohoe 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-0
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Bert Tonkin 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
8-6
6-1
10-8
Round 1
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-3
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Round 2
Alan John Clyde Reed 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Alan Stedman
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
C.I. Shepherd
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Kenneth Ewing Jarman
6-2
6-3
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
13-11
6-4
6-2
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
John Millington Dicker
6-0
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
James Black 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
4-6
6-1
3-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Charles Joseph Donohoe 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Round 1
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
8-6
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Geoffrey Lincoln Roberts
7-5
7-5
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Charles Joseph Donohoe
6-2
6-2
4-6
0-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Harry Hopman 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-2
7-5
6-3
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
C.J. Shaw
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
C.I. Shepherd
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
5-7
6-1
6-4
Final
Harry Hassett 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
7-5
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Kenneth Lindsay Southwick
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Charles Raymond (Ray) Dunlop
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-2
8-6
6-3
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Herman W. Artens
6-3
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Rene Lacoste 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Jacques Siguier
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
John Colin Gregory
6-4
6-3
0-6
6-3
Round 4
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Guillermo (William) Robson
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
4-6
3-6
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Rene Lacoste 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Mr. Turgi Prosperi
6-0
6-2
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
James De Martino
6-2
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Oscar De Minerbi
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
9-7
4-6
6-3
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Spencer Fellows Millear
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
H.W. Smith
6-2
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham
6-4
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Jim Willard
6-0
4-6
6-2
6-1
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
3-6
6-4
3-6
18-16
6-3
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-4
6-3
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-4
6-4
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Dr John Stretch Deane Sweeting
6-4
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
M.T. Coles
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Horace Walter Norbourne Crebbin 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
2-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ronald Douglas Ford
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Dr. William R. (Jogger) James
6-3
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Garton Hone
4-6
6-0
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
James Anderson
6-8
7-5
6-3
6-4
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Jim Willard
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Hector Wallace
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone
6-2
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
8-6
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Jack Crawford 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-4
8-6
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham
9-7
6-1
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
5-7
6-1
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
9-7
Quarterfinals
Dick Williams jr 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
6-3
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Harry Hassett
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Robert Roy Pitty (Bob) Barbour
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Bruce Wallace Dunlop
6-1
6-0
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-2
5-7
6-4
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Beilby Valnere Hawthorn
7-5
6-4
6-0
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Charles Joseph Finlayson
6-0
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett
6-3
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
1-6
8-6
10-8
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Cecil Cleve Cox
6-0
9-7
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
G.D. Simpson
w.o.
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
A.J. Sudekum
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
C.R. Daley
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Cecil Stuart
6-4
1-6
6-3
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Henry Hall Bassford 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leighton J. Brewer
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Alexander Ernest Sandral
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-0
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-4
5-7
6-2
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ralph Joseph Goodman
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Prosper William Sandral
6-1
7-5
6-2
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Edward (Les) Baker
6-1
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Andrew Robert Huthnance
w.o.
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
8-6
4-6
7-5
3-6
10-8
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Gordon William Rivers Dickinson
6-1
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Dr. Colin Gurner
6-0
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Cecil Stuart
6-1
8-6
6-1
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ronald Victor Thomas
5-7
6-0
6-2
6-1
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-3
6-3
2-6
7-5
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
A.S. Leigh
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Cyril Gardiner Carr
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Alexander Ernest Sandral
6-2
9-7
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-3
6-2
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
G. Barber
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Pat O'Hara Wood
6-1
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
9-7
6-0
5-7
6-0
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Cecil Cleve Cox
6-2
6-4
6-1
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-1
6-2
8-6
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
William Rosenbaum
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 3
James Anderson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
10-8
6-3
6-0
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
E.J. Ham
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Beilby Valnere Hawthorn
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Glen Addison
6-1
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-3
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
6-3
6-2
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Keith Buchanan
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
4-6
7-5
3-6
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Norman Peach
9-7
8-6
7-9
6-4
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Ronald Victor Thomas
6-4
6-1
6-3
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Richard Schlesinger
6-2
7-5
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
F.E. Rogers
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Robert Neil
2-6
2-6
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Glen Addison
6-1
3-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Charles Simmill Buckley
6-0
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
8-6
6-4
10-8
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Norman Roebuck
7-5
6-1
Round 2
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
A.M. Forbes
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Leslie Glen Addison
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Thomas Bailey (Tom) Hawkes
6-2
ret.
Final
Gerald Patterson 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Charles Simmill Buckley 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
w.o.
Round 1
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Russell Babington Keays
7-5
1-6
7-5
Final
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
6-8
6-4
6-4