Adrian Quist

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Adrian Quist Tennis player
Adrian Quist
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: 4th August 1913
Date of death: November 17, 1991
1st professional season: 1930
Resignation: 1955
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career record: 100: 37
Highest ranking: 3
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 72:13
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
Adrian Quist during a game in the 1930s

Adrian Karl Quist (born August 4, 1913 in Medindie , Adelaide , South Australia , † November 17, 1991 in Sydney , New South Wales ) was an Australian tennis player . Quist won a total of 17 Grand Slam competitions (3 × singles, 14 × doubles), and once the Davis Cup . He was the only tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament before and after World War II .

successes

Grand Slam title

  • Australian Open
    • Individual victories (3) : 1936 , 1940 , 1948
    • Individual final (1): 1939
    • Double victories (10) : 1936 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1940 , 1946 , 1947 , 1948 , 1949 , 1950
    • Double finals (2): 1934, 1951
  • French Open
    • Double victories (1) : 1935
    • Double finals (1): 1933
    • Mixed final (1): 1934
  • US Open
    • Double victories (1) : 1939
    • Double finals (1): 1938

Davis Cup

Web links

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