Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s

Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913 – 17 November 1991) was an Australian male tennis player.

Biography

Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start. He was a three-time Australian Championships men's singles champion but is primarily remembered today as a great doubles player. He won the Australian doubles title 10 years in a row, the last eight together with John Bromwich and he was also one of the winners of a "Career Doubles Slam".

In his 1979 autobiography tennis great Jack Kramer writes that in doubles "Quist played the backhand court. He had a dink backhand that was better for doubles than singles, and he had a classical forehand drive with a natural sink. And he was fine at the net, volley and forehand."

Quist was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1984.

Adrian Quist also held the most Davis Cup victories by any Australian until Lleyton Hewitt surpassed that record on 18 September 2010 in Cairns.

He died in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991, aged 78.

Adrian Quist is the uncle of celebrated fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.

Grand Slam record

• Australian Championships
  • Singles champion (3): 1936, 1940, 1948
  • Singles finalist (1): 1939
  • Doubles champion (10): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
  • Doubles finalist (2): 1934, 1951

• French Championships
  • Doubles champion (1): 1935
  • Doubles finalist (1): 1933
  • Mixed finalist (1): 1934

• Wimbledon
  • Doubles champion (2): 1935, 1950

• U.S. Championships
  • Doubles champion (1): 1939
  • Doubles finalist (1): 1938

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1936	Australian Championships	Jack Crawford	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
1940	Australian Championships (2)	Jack Crawford	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1948	Australian Championships (3)	John Bromwich	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

External links

• Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame