Dinny Pails

Dinny Pails
Full name Dennis Robert Pails
Country (sports)  Australia
Born 4 March 1921
Nottingham, England
Died 22 November 1986(1986-11-22) (aged 65)
Sydney, Australia
Turned pro 1947 (amateur tour from 1937)
Retired 1969
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record 322-226 (58.7%) [1]
Career titles 18 [2]
Highest ranking No. 6 (1947, John Olliff)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (1947)
Wimbledon SF (1947)
US Open 4R (1947)
Professional majors
US Pro QF (1948, 1957)
Wembley Pro QF (1949, 1952)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1946)
Wimbledon F (1946)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon QF (1946)

Dennis "Dinny" Pails (4 March 1921 – 22 November 1986) was an Australian tennis champion.

Pails was born in England, but moved to Australia in 1922 aged 1. Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships in 1947. Pails defeated John Bromwich in the final in five sets: 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6, saving a match point in the process.[4] Pails played eight Davis Cup matches between 1946 and 1947, winning three matches and losing five.

Pails turned professional at the end of 1947.[5][6] He played on the pro tour off and on for many years, Bud Collins ranking him the World No. 4 pro in 1948, whilst he reached as high as World No. 6 in the 1947 amateur rankings.[3] According to tennis great and long-time promoter Jack Kramer, Pails beat Pancho Segura 41 to 31 matches in the 1948 tour, "but that was when Segoo was still learning how to play fast surfaces." Kramer himself beat Pails "55 times with 1 draw, but somehow we were able to forget that off the court." In 1954 Pancho Gonzales beat Pails 47 matches to 7.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up1946Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John Bromwich7–5, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Winner1947Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John Bromwich4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up1946WimbledonGrassAustralia Geoff BrownUnited States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer		4–6, 4–6, 2–6

References

  1. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Dinny Pails: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Garcia, Gabriel. "Dinny Pails: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426.
  4. ↑ "Dinny Pails". www.tennis.co.nf.
  5. ↑ ""Pails' Critics Sore" Says Kramer". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 November 1947. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Pails Joins Kramer And Riggs In US Pro Tennis Troupe From our own correspondent and AAP". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 November 1947. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
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