Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist
Full name Adrian Karl Quist
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1913-01-23)23 January 1913
Medindie, South Australia
Died 17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 78)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Turned pro 1930 (amateur tour)
Retired 1955
Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF 1984 (member page)
Singles
Career record 517-147 (77.8%) [1]
Career titles 46
Highest ranking No. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1936, 1940, 1948)
French Open 4R (1935)
Wimbledon QF (1936)
US Open QF (1933)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
French Open W (1935)
Wimbledon W (1935, 1950)
US Open W (1939)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1939)

Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913[3] – 17 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.

Biography

Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. His father was Karl Quist, who had been a noted interstate cricketer, and owned a sporting goods store at the time of his son's birth.[4] The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, but lost, having given Hopman a head start. He was a three-time Australian Championships men's singles champion but is primarily remembered today as a great doubles player. He won the Australian doubles title 10 years in a row, the last eight together with John Bromwich and he was also one of the winners of a "Career Doubles Slam". Quist was ranked World No. 3 in 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936.[2][5]

In his 1979 autobiography tennis great Jack Kramer writes that in doubles "Quist played the backhand court. He had a dink backhand that was better for doubles than singles, and a classic forehand drive with a natural sink. He was also fine at the net, volley and forehand."

After retiring from playing the game, Quist became a journalist, best known for his articles in The Sydney Morning Herald.[6]

Quist was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1984.

Adrian Quist also held the most Davis Cup victories by any Australian until Lleyton Hewitt surpassed that record on 18 September 2010 in Cairns.

He died in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991, aged 78.[7]

Adrian Quist is the uncle of fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.

Grand Slam record

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s
  • Australian Championships
    • Singles champion (3): 1936, 1940, 1948
    • Singles finalist (1): 1939
    • Doubles champion (10): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
    • Doubles finalist (2): 1934, 1951
  • French Championships
    • Doubles champion (1): 1935
    • Doubles finalist (1): 1933
    • Mixed finalist (1): 1934
  • Wimbledon
    • Doubles champion (2): 1935, 1950
  • United States Championships
    • Doubles champion (1): 1939
    • Doubles finalist (1): 1938

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner1936Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack Crawford6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
Runner-up1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John Bromwich4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Winner1940Australian Championships (2)GrassAustralia Jack Crawford6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Winner1948Australian Championships (3)GrassAustralia John Bromwich6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Adrian Quist: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 425.
  3. ↑ Davis Cup, Australian Open Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Note: The birthdate 4 August 1913 appears in some sources.
  4. ↑ Victor Richardson - Cricket, Baseball, Australian Football, Golf, Tennis – Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "World tennis players". The Age. 24 September 1936 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ↑ "Adrian Quist". www.tennis.co.nf.
  7. ↑ "Adrian Quist, 78, Tennis Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 November 1991.
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