1935 Australian Championships – Men's doubles

1935 Australian Championships s AUS Jack Crawford AUS Vivian McGrath GBR Pat Hughes GBR Fred Perry 6–4, 8–6, 6–2 16 8 Australian Championships – Men's doubles Australian Championships – Men's doubles grand slam The third seeds Jack Crawford and Vivian McGrath defeated the defending champions Pat Hughes and Fred Perry 6–4, 8–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships. In the first set of the final Hughes was the only player to lose his service. The Englishmen went off with a three-love lead in the second set and later they held three set points when leading 5–2. Crawford and McGrath saved it, won the next three games and – after Perry evened the games again – they took advantage off Hughes' double fault in the 13th to close this set winning the 14th to love. In the last three games of the mostly one-sided third set Australian pair lost only four points and sealed their victory with an ace.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11007014 Crawford And Perry Again The Argus Melbourne 12 January 1935 27 National Library of Australia Falling light caused a cessation of play in three matches in earlier rounds. In the first roundhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11005022 International Tennis Players In Form The Argus Melbourne 3 January 1935 11 National Library of Australia Bromwich and Huxley, colts from New South Wales, took a 2 sets to 1 lead against the first seeds Hughes and Perry.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11005443 Day Of Thrills At Kooyong The Argus ((27,576)) Melbourne 5 January 1935 24 National Library of Australia Because of the rain no matches were played the next day and this rubber was concluded three days later on Monday, 7 January. Defending champions fully recovered winning remaining two sets. The same day, in the quarterfinals,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11006173 Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals The Argus Melbourne 9 January 1935 10 National Library of Australia another match was not completed in which previous year finalists and the second seeds Quist and Turnbull trailed the Frenchmen Boussus and Brugnon two sets.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11005926 McGrath In Rare Form The Argus Melbourne 8 January 1935 11 National Library of Australia Two days later they improved accuracy and resorted to lobbing to win remaining three sets with relative ease.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11006428 Perry Bounds To Victory The Argus Melbourne 10 January 1935 11 National Library of Australia Later that day other quarterfinal match between Menzel/Moon and Hopman/Maier remain unfinished and the score stood at two sets all. The next day the latter pair won fifth set and went on to play their semifinals against Hughes/Perry.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11006722 Crawford Wins Valiantly The Argus Melbourne 11 January 1935 9 National Library of Australia Seeds GBR Pat Hughes / GBR Fred Perry (final) AUS Adrian Quist / AUS Don Turnbull (semifinals) AUS Jack Crawford / AUS Vivian McGrath (champions) AUS Harry Hopman / ESP 1931 Enrique Maier (semifinals) FRA Christian Boussus / FRA Jacques Brugnon (quarterfinals) TCH Roderich Menzel / AUS Gar Moon (quarterfinals) RSA 1928 Vernon Kirby / RSA 1928 Roy Malcolm (quarterfinals) AUS Jack Clemenger / AUS Abel Kay (first round) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final yes 185 15 1 GBR Pat HughesGBR Fred Perry 6 4 3 6 6 AUS John BromwichAUS Arthur Huxley 4 6 6 3 4 AUS Reg EwinITA 1861 Giorgio de Stefani 6 1 4 6 6 8 AUS Jack ClemengerAUS Abel Kay 3 6 6 3 4 6 TCH Roderich MenzelAUS Gar Moon 6 6 6 AUS Allan KnightUSA William Robertson 2 2 4 4 AUS Harry HopmanESP 1931 Enrique Maier 8 6 3 9 AUS Tim FitchettAUS Jack Harper 6 1 6 7 3 AUS Jack CrawfordAUS Vivian McGrath 8 6 6 AUS Bert TonkinAUS Jack Purcell 6 2 2 7 RSA 1928 Vernon KirbyRSA 1928 Roy Malcolm 6 13 1 9 AUS Jack CummingsAUS John Grinstead 1 11 6 7 5 FRA Christian BoussusFRA Jacques Brugnon 6 6 8 AUS Bill RyanAUS Robert Vroland 1 3 6 2 AUS Adrian QuistAUS Don Turnbull 6 6 6 AUS Neil EnnisAUS Colin McKenzie 0 0 0 1 GBR Pat HughesGBR Fred Perry 7 6 6 AUS Reg EwinITA 1861 Giorgio de Stefani 5 3 2 6 TCH Roderich MenzelAUS Gar Moon 4 1 6 8 5 4 AUS Harry HopmanESP 1931 Enrique Maier 6 6 4 6 7 3 AUS Jack CrawfordAUS Vivian McGrath 6 4 8 6 7 RSA 1928 Vernon KirbyRSA 1928 Roy Malcolm 4 6 6 2 5 FRA Christian BoussusFRA Jacques Brugnon 13 10 3 3 2 2 AUS Adrian QuistAUS Don Turnbull 11 8 6 6 6 1 GBR Pat HughesGBR Fred Perry 6 7 6 4 AUS Harry HopmanESP 1931 Enrique Maier 3 5 3 3 AUS Jack CrawfordAUS Vivian McGrath 6 6 6 2 AUS Adrian QuistAUS Don Turnbull 3 4 3 1 GBR Pat HughesGBR Fred Perry 4 6 2 3 AUS Jack CrawfordAUS Vivian McGrath 6 8 6 References External links Source for seedings expanded Category:1935 in Australian tennis Men's Doubles Men's Doubles