Cecil Stuart
| Full name | Cecil Stuart |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
| Born | April 1900[1] Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 23 November 1954 (aged 54) [2][3] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Turned pro | 1920 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1942 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1924) |
Cecil Stuart (1900–1954) was an Australian tennis player. In the late 1930s he also played squash.[4] Stuart was originally from South Australia but later moved to Victoria. He made his debut in the Australasian championships in 1920 and lost in round one to Horace Rice.[5] At the Australasian championships in 1924, Stuart beat Ronald Thomas in the third round. The concluding stages of the match were "tame and spiritless, both contestants hitting softly and cautiously", according to The Advertiser.[6] Stuart lost in the quarter-finals to James Anderson.[7] Stuart then turned professional, but was later reinstated as an amateur.[8] Stuart won the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles events at the Victorian Country week tournament at Kooyong in 1940, just before turning 40 years of age.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Weston, Mervyn (13 March 1940). "Tennis Three Titles to Stuart". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 21. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Noted golfer dies". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 24 November 1954. p. 14. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Search results for Cecil Stuart". www.familysearch.org.
- ^ "15 Nov 1937 - Squash final to Stuart". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 15 November 1937. p. 17.
- ^ "Australasian Open 1920". www.tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "23 Jan 1924 - Lawn Tennis". Trove.
- ^ "Australian Open 1924". www.tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "15 Mar 1941 - How Veterans Are Helping Country Tennis". Trove.
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