Adrian Quist
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Full name | Adrian Karl Quist |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Medindie, South Australia | 23 January 1913
Died | 17 November 1991 Sydney, NSW, Australia | (aged 78)
Turned pro | 1930 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1955 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1984 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 19 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)[1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1936, 1940, 1948) |
French Open | 4R (1935) |
Wimbledon | QF (1936) |
US Open | QF (1933) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950) |
French Open | W (1935) |
Wimbledon | W (1935, 1950) |
US Open | W (1939) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1939) |
Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913[2] – 17 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.
Biography
Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. His father was Karl Quist, who had been a noted interstate cricketer, and owned a sporting goods store at the time of his son's birth.[3] The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, but lost, having given 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". Quist was ranked World No. 3 in 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936.[1][4]
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 a classic forehand drive with a natural sink. He was also 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.[5]
Adrian Quist is the uncle of celebrated fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.
Grand Slam record
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- 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
- United States Championships
- Doubles champion (1): 1939
- Doubles finalist (1): 1938
Grand Slam finals
Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1936 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 1939 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1940 | Australian Championships (2) | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 1948 | Australian Championships (3) | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
References
- ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 425.
- ^ Davis Cup, Australian Open. Note: The birthdate 4 August 1913 appears in some sources.
- ^ Victor Richardson - Cricket, Baseball, Australian Football, Golf, Tennis – Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "Wallis Myers' Rankings", The Age, 24 September 1936.
- ^ "Adrian Quist, 78, Tennis Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 November 1991.
External links
- Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Adrian Quist at the Davis Cup
- TennisArchives profile
- Use dmy dates from December 2012
- 1913 births
- 1991 deaths
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
- Australian male tennis players
- Australian people of Danish descent
- French Championships (tennis) champions
- International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
- Tennis people from South Australia
- United States National champions (tennis)
- Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles