Australian Championships 1947 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1947
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Championships Men's Singles
1946 ◄ 1947 ► 1948
Grand Slams 1947 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1947 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was Australian Dinny Pails , who defeated his top-seeded compatriot and defending champion John Bromwich in five sets (4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5, 8: 6) in the final .

Seeding list

The eight top seeded players all made it to the quarter-finals of the competition.

No. player Round reached 01. John Bromwich final 02. Dinny pails victory 03. Tom Brown Semifinals 04th Gardnar Mulloy Semifinals 05. Adrian Quist Quarter finals 06th Lionel Brodie Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 07th Bill Sidwell Quarter finals 08th. Colin Long Quarter finals 09. Bill Talbert 2nd round 10. Geoffrey Brown 2nd round 11. Jack Crawford 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

final

	final
	1	J. Bromwich	6th	4th	6th	5	6th
	2	D. Pails	4th	6th	3	7th	8th

Upper half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

6th

F. Skillicorn

2

1

2

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

6th

Gilchrist

Gilchrist

2

2

2

Hopman

w.

O.

1

Bromwich

6th

7th

4th

6th

8th

Long

6th

6th

6th

8th

Long

2

5

6th

0

H. Gray

3

3

3

8th

Long

6th

6th

8th

Worthington

6th

6th

4th

3

10

Worthington

1

2

6th

Rocavert

4th

4th

6th

6th

8th

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

1

6th

4th

Mulloy

6th

6th

4th

6th

6th

4th

Mulloy

2

4th

6th

4th

Darts

8th

3

6th

0

1

4th

Mulloy

4th

3

6th

6th

6th

10

Brown

6th

8th

6th

10

Brown

6th

6th

3

4th

2

Wildspin

2

6th

2

4th

Mulloy

6th

6th

6th

5

6th

6th

Brodie

7th

6th

6th

6th

Brodie

2

8th

2

7th

1

Barnes

5

3

2

6th

Brodie

6th

6th

6th

Bonn

6th

3

6th

3

6th

Bonn

2

1

4th

Maidens

3

6th

3

6th

1

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

Matthews

6th

6th

6th

Edwards

4th

1

3

Matthews

1

8th

2

5

Quist

6th

6th

6th

5

Quist

6th

10

6th

Candy

4th

1

3

5

Quist

8th

6th

5

6th

F. Bennett

11

6th

6th

3

Brown

6th

4th

7th

2

11

Crawford

9

3

0

F. Bennett

6th

5

6th

4th

3

Brown

6th

6th

6th

3

Brown

8th

7th

3

6th

Felan

1

2

2

3

Brown

6th

6th

6th

9

Talbert

6th

6th

6th

2

Pails

2

4th

1

McCarthy

0

1

0

9

Talbert

1

2

6th

3

7th

Sidwell

6th

6th

7th

Sidwell

6th

6th

3

6th

Stewart

2

1

7th

Sidwell

6th

10

6th

Callaghan

6th

9

6th

2

Pails

3

8th

3

Sedgman

4th

7th

4th

Callaghan

1

3

1

2

Pails

6th

6th

6th

2

Pails

6th

6th

6th

Kirkby

3

1

0

Web links

• Draw of the Australian Championships on the tournament website ( January 20, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive )