Adrian Karl Quist ( Eng. Adrian Karl Quist ; January 23, 1913 [4] or August 4 [5] 1913 , Medyndi , South Australia - November 17, 1991 , Sydney ) - Australian tennis player , member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (since 1984 )
- Three -time Australian Singles Champion
- 14-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments (including the ten-time champion of Australia) in the men's doubles, the holder of a career Grand Slam in men's pairs
- Winner (1939) and repeated Davis Cup finalist for Australia
- Member of the Australia Sports Hall of Fame since 1987
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| Player gender | |
| Date of Birth | or |
| Place of Birth | Medindy , Australia |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Sydney Australia |
| Citizenship | |
| Working hand | right |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | victory (1936, 1940, 1948) |
| France | 4th circle (1935) |
| Wimbledon | 1/4 finals (1936) |
| USA | 1/4 finals (1933) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |
| Australia | victory (1936–40, 1946–50) |
| France | victory (1935) |
| Wimbledon | victory (1935, 1950) |
| USA | victory (1939) |
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Game career
Adrian Quist, one of the best doubles in the history of Australian tennis, has also performed quite successfully in singles. Across the ocean, he reached the quarter finals of the US Championship in 1933 and the Wimbledon tournament in 1936. At home, in Australia, his successes were even more impressive: in 1936 he won the Australian Championship , defeating the famous Jack Crawford in the five sets. Having lost the 1939 finals to young John Bromwich , he won the last pre-war championship, again defeating the Crawford finals. Three times - in 1936, 1938 and 1939 - Quist was included in the list of ten strongest tennis players in the world, compiled annually by the Daily Telegraph newspaper , in 1939 rising to third place in it [6] .
However, Quist's doubles career was even more successful. Already in 1933 and 1934 he reached the finals of the Big Four tournaments, which soon received the unofficial name Grand Slam , in male pairs, and from 1935 to 1940 won eight titles on them, including five in a row at the Australian Championships and one each at Wimbledon , the US Championship and the French Championship , in 1939 completing the conquest of a career Grand Slam. Since 1938, John Bromwich has been his regular partner. In 1939, Quist, who had previously lost the final matches of the International Tennis Challenge Cup (now known as the Davis Cup ) with the Australian national team , returned the trophy to Australia for the first time in 20 years with the help of Bromwich. Losing 2-0 after the first day of the final in the United States, Quist and Bromwich lost 1-0 in sets and 3-1 in the second set of the doubles meeting, but managed to turn the tide of the game and win. On the third day of the match, Quist led 2-0 in sets in a game with Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs , then gave up two sets, but still found the strength to win and equalize the score, after which Bromwich brought the matter to a common victory [6] .
Quist's tennis career was interrupted at the peak of World War II . After serving in the Australian Armed Forces, he returned to tennis after a five-year hiatus and won five post-war Australian championships with Bromwich. Ten Quist wins in the Australian Championship in doubles remain an unbroken record of this tournament to date [7] , as well as eight wins in the same pair (with Bromwich) [8] . In 1948, the eternal partners met again in the men's singles finals of the Australian Championships, and this time Quist celebrated the victory, becoming the only tennis player to win the Grand Slam singles before and after World War II [6] .
In 1950, 15 years after winning the Wimbledon tournament in tandem with Jack Crawford, Quist again won this tournament - now with Bromwich, becoming also the only tennis player in the world who won the title at Wimbledon before and after World War II [6] . The following year, a symbolic “relay race” took place in Australian doubles, when Quist, who was just 38 years old, finished in the Australian Championship final, and Bromwich lost to Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor . Sedgman and McGregor soon after became the best pair of world tennis and the only owners in the history of the classic Grand Slam in men's doubles.
Among Quist's achievements, in addition to Grand Slam tournaments, is the victory in the Australian Indoor Championships in 1947. He won the tournament in doubles, not with Bromwich, but with Bill Sidwell , and with him he won the 1950 German International Championship . Quist is a seven-time winner of the Victoria State Championships and a six-time winner of the New South Wales Championship in pairs [6] . After the war, he twice represented Australia in the Davis Cup finals, but both times his team was unable to compete on an equal footing with the Americans , giving way to a dry score.
In 1984, the name Adrian Quist along with the name of John Bromwich was included in the lists of the International Tennis Hall of Fame , and in 1987 he became a member of the Hall of Sports Glory of Australia. He died in November 1999, having survived Bromwich for less than a month.
Career Grand Slam Finals (23)
Singles (3 + 1)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Opponent in the final | Final Score |
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| Victory | 1936 | Australian Championship | Jack Crawford | 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 9-7 |
| Defeat | 1939 | Australian Championship | John Bromwich | 4-6, 1-6, 3-6 |
| Victory | 1940 | Australian Championship (2) | Jack Crawford | 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 |
| Victory | 1940 | Australian Championship (3) | John Bromwich | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 |
Men's Doubles (14 + 4)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents in the finals | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defeat | 1933 | French Championship | Vivian mcgrath | Fred perry Pat hughes | 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 5-7 |
| Defeat | 1934 | Australian Championship | Don Turnbull | Fred perry Pat hughes | 8-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 |
| Victory | 1935 | French Championship | Jack Crawford | Vivian mcgrath Don Turnbull | 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 |
| Victory | 1935 | Wimbledon Tournament | Jack Crawford | John van rin Wilmer Allison | 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 |
| Victory | 1936 | Australian Championship | Don Turnbull | Jack Crawford Vivian mcgrath | 6-8, 8-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Victory | 1937 | Australian Championship (2) | Don Turnbull | John Bromwich Jack harper | 6-2, 9-7, 1-6, 6-8, 6-4 |
| Victory | 1938 | Australian Championship (3) | John Bromwich | Gottfried von Kramm Henner Henkel | 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 |
| Defeat | 1938 | US Championship | John Bromwich | Don Budge Gene Mako | 3-6, 2-6, 1-6 |
| Victory | 1939 | Australian Championship (4) | John Bromwich | Colin Long Don Turnbull | 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 |
| Victory | 1939 | US Championship | John Bromwich | Jack Crawford Harry hopman | 8-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
| Victory | 1940 | Australian Championship (5) | John Bromwich | Jack Crawford Vivian mcgrath | 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 |
| Victory | 1946 | Australian Championship (6) | John Bromwich | Max Newcomb Len Schwartz | 6-3, 6-1, 9-7 |
| Victory | 1947 | Australian Championship (7) | John Bromwich | Frank Sedgman George Worthington | 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Victory | 1948 | Australian Championship (8) | John Bromwich | Colin Long Frank Sedgman | 1-6, 6-8, 9-7, 6-3, 8-6 |
| Victory | 1949 | Australian Championship (9) | John Bromwich | Jeff brown Bill Sidwell | 1-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 |
| Victory | 1950 | Australian Championship (10) | John Bromwich | Yaroslav Fractional Eric Sturgess | 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6 |
| Victory | 1950 | Wimbledon Tournament (2) | John Bromwich | Jeff brown Bill Sidwell | 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Defeat | 1951 | Australian Championship (2) | John Bromwich | Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman | 9-11, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6 |
Mixed Doubles (0 + 1)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents in the finals | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defeat | 1934 | French Championship | Elizabeth Ryan | Colette Rosamber Jean Borotra | 2-6, 4-6 |
Participation in Davis Cup finals in a career (1 + 4)
| Result | Year | Location | Team | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defeat | 1936 | Wimbledon , UK | A. Quist, J. Crawford | Great Britain : B. Austin , F. Perry , R. Tucker , P. Hughes | 2: 3 |
| Defeat | 1938 | Philadelphia , USA | J. Bromwich , A. Quist | USA : D. Budge , J. Mako , B. Riggs | 2: 3 |
| Victory | 1939 | Haverford , PA , USA | J. Bromwich , A. Quist | USA : J. Cramer , F. Parker , B. Riggs , J. Hunt | 3: 2 |
| Defeat | 1946 | Melbourne Australia | J. Bromwich , A. Quist, D. Payles | USA : J. Cramer , G. Malloy , T. Schroeder | 0: 5 |
| Defeat | 1948 | New York , USA | A. Quist, C. Long , B. Sidwell | USA : G. Malloy , F. Parker , B. Talbert , T. Schroeder | 0: 5 |
Notes
- ↑ Tingay L. 100 years of Wimbledon - London Borough of Enfield : Guinness Superlatives , 1977 .-- P. 203.
- ↑ International Tennis Hall of Fame - 1880.
- ↑ Collins B. The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book - 2 - New York City : New Chapter Press , 2010 .-- P. 628. - ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0
- ↑ Profile on the Davis Cup website
- ↑ Adrian Quist Archival copy of September 20, 2013 on the Wayback Machine on the website of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Adrian Quist at the Australian Sports Hall of Fame website
- ↑ Champs Corner . Australian Open . Date of treatment December 7, 2013.
- ↑ Collins & Hollander, 1997 , p. 489.
Literature
- Adrian Quist // Bud Collins' Tennis Encyclopedia / Bud Collins , Zander Hollander (Eds.). - Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1997 .-- P. 489-490. - ISBN 1-57859-000-0 .
Links
- Adrian Quist at the Australian Sports Hall of Fame website
- Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame website
- All Grand Slam Tournament Finals in the Grand Slam History Online Directory
- Profile on the Davis Cup website
- Singles Results in Tennis Archives Database