Adrian Quist

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

Adrian Quist
Full nameAdrian Karl Quist
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1913-01-23)23 January 1913
Medindie, South Australia
Died17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 78)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Turned pro1930 (amateur tour)
Retired1955
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1984 (member page)
Singles
Career record517–147 (77.8%) [1]
Career titles46
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)[2]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1940, 1948)
French Open4R (1935)
WimbledonQF (1936)
US OpenQF (1933)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
French OpenW (1935)
WimbledonW (1935, 1950)
US OpenW (1939)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1939)

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] Quist 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 10 consecutive Australian doubles titles between 1936 and 1950, 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 singles 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.

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1936Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
Loss1939Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win1940Australian ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Win1948Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1933French ChampionshipsClay Vivian McGrath Pat Hughes
Fred Perry		2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss1934Australian ChampionshipsGrass Don Turnbull Pat Hughes
Fred Perry		8–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win1935French ChampionshipsClay Jack Crawford Donald Turnbull
Vivian McGrath		6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Win1935Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Jack Crawford Wilmer Allison
John Van Ryn		6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Win1936Australian ChampionshipsGrass Don Turnbull Jack Crawford
Vivian McGrath		6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win1937Australian ChampionshipsGrass Don Turnbull John Bromwich
Jack Harper		6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–8, 6–4
Win1938Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Gottfried von Cramm
Henner Henkel		7–5, 6–4, 6–0
Loss1938U.S. ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Don Budge
Gene Mako		3–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win1939Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Colin Long
Don Turnbull		6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Win1939U.S. ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Jack Crawford
Harry Hopman		8–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win1940Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Jack Crawford
Vivian McGrath		6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Win1946Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Max Newcombe
Leonard Schwartz		6–3, 6–1, 9–7
Win1947Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Frank Sedgman
George Worthington		6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Win1948Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Frank Sedgman
Colin Long		1–6, 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 8–6
Win1949Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Geoffrey Brown
Bill Sidwell		1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–3
Win1950Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Jaroslav Drobný
Eric Sturgess		6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
Win1950Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Geoff Brown
Bill Sidwell		7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss1951Australian ChampionshipsGrass John Bromwich Frank Sedgman
Ken McGregor		9–11, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: (1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1934French ChampionshipsClay Elizabeth Ryan Colette Rosambert
Jean Borotra		2–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Adrian Quist: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "Adrian Quist, 78, Tennis Champion" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 November 1991.
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