Australian Championships 1949 / men's singles

Australian Championships 1949
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
1948 ◄ 1949 ► 1950
Grand Slams 1949 men's singles
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This article covers the men's singles at the 1949 Australian Championships . The winner of the tournament was the Australian Frank Sedgman , who defeated his compatriot and last year's finalist John Bromwich in three sets (6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2) in the final .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. John Bromwich final 02. Bill Sidwell Semifinals 03. Geoffrey Brown Semifinals 04th Frank Sedgman victory

No. player Round reached 05. Adrian Quist Quarter finals 06th Colin Long Quarter finals 07th George Worthington Quarter finals 08th. Jack Crawford 3rd 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

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals									final
	1	J. Bromwich	1	6th	6th	6th
	3	G. Brown	6th	3	3	3
										1	J. Bromwich	3	2	2
										4th	F. Sedgman	6th	6th	6th
	4th	F. Sedgman	6th	6th	6th
	2	B. Sidwell	3	3	2

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

6th

Black

6th

9

6th

Black

0

0

0

Occleshaw

0

7th

2

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

6th

Hopman

3

1

4th

Hopman

6th

1

6th

6th

Clements

0

6th

2

3

1

Bromwich

6th

6th

1

6th

6th

Long

4th

4th

6th

2

6th

Long

5

6th

6th

6th

Rowe

2

1

6th

6th

6th

Rowe

7th

1

2

1

Sheil

6th

6th

2

3

4th

6th

Long

6th

6th

6th

Newcombe

0

0

2

Newcombe

6th

5

6th

7th

Brophy

4th

7th

1

5

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

3

Brown

6th

6th

7th

Skennar

6th

6th

6th

Skennar

3

3

5

Way

3

2

2

3

Brown

6th

6th

6th

McGregor

1

2

2

Stewart

7th

3

4th

McGregor

9

6th

6th

3

Brown

6th

6th

4th

6th

7th

Worthington

1

3

6th

1

7th

Worthington

6th

6th

6th

Hann

6th

3

6th

6th

Hann

1

4th

4th

Snellgrove

0

6th

3

3

7th

Worthington

6th

6th

4th

6th

6th

rose

4th

3

6th

8th

2

Campbell

0

1

1

rose

6th

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Lonergan

3

0

1

Wildspin

6th

6th

6th

Wildspin

5

4th

0

Howe

4th

6th

6th

9

5

Quist

7th

6th

6th

Mehaffey

6th

4th

4th

7th

Howe

3

2

1

5

Quist

6th

6th

6th

5

Quist

6th

4th

6th

6th

4th

Sedgman

2

6th

4th

4th

Candy

1

6th

6th

6th

Liddle

6th

2

3

1

Candy

2

4th

1

Ayre

4th

7th

6th

6th

4th

Sedgman

6th

6th

6th

Lean

6th

5

3

4th

Ayre

0

3

7th

4th

Sedgman

6th

6th

9

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter finals

Warhurst

7th

4th

6th

6th

Molloy

5

6th

3

3

Warhurst

8th

5

5

12

6th

Lock

4th

6th

6th

3

6th

8th

Crawford

6th

7th

7th

10

3

Hawton

6th

1

4th

6th

0

Lock

1

7th

1

3

8th

Crawford

6th

5

6th

6th

Warhurst

6th

6th

4th

6th

2

Sidwell

3

1

6th

4th

Cock

0

3

0

Bonn

6th

6th

6th

Bonn

2

6th

1

3

Tregonning

6th

3

0

6th

6th

2

Sidwell

6th

4th

6th

6th

Goodger

3

6th

6th

2

3

Tregonning

2

1

1

2

Sidwell

6th

6th

6th

Web links

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