1949 Australian Championships

March 2026 1949 Australian Championships 22–31 January 1949 37th Grand Slam (ITF) Adelaide, Australia Memorial Drive Grass AUS Frank Sedgman USA Doris Hart AUS John Bromwich / AUS Adrian Quist AUS Thelma Coyne Long / AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton USA Doris Hart / AUS Frank Sedgman The 1949 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 21 January to 31 January. It was the 37th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 9th held in Adelaide, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. During the Australian Championships, men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles was played throughout the ten days. In the men's singles, 40 players participated in the tournament to try to claim the title from defending champion, Adrian Quist. After he fell in the quarter-finals, the men's final was played between fourth-seed Frank Sedgman and top seed John Bromwich with Sedgman taking out his first Grand Slam singles title winning in straight sets. In the women's, 30 players attempted to take the title from defending champion, Nancye Bolton. In the final it was between American and top-seeded player, Doris Hart and second seed Bolton with the American coming out on top in straight sets. Bolton and Bromwich would take out their respective doubles competitions with partners Adrian Quist and Thelma Coyne Long with Hart and Sedgman taking out the mixed doubles title. Finals Men's singles 1949 Australian Championships – Men's singles AUS Frank Sedgman defeated AUS John Bromwich 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Women's singles 1949 Australian Championships – Women's singles USA Doris Hart defeated AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 6–4 Men's doubles AUS John Bromwich / AUS Adrian Quist defeated AUS Geoff Brown / AUS Bill Sidwell 6–8, 7–5, 6–2, 6–31949 Men's Doubles http://2014.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1949_MD_F.html Tennis Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20141207062242if_/http://2014.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1949_MD_F.html 7 December 2014 dead Women's doubles AUS Thelma Coyne Long / AUS Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated USA Doris Hart / AUS Marie Toomey 6–0, 6–11949 Women's Doubles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1949_LD_F.html Tennis Australia Mixed doubles USA Doris Hart / AUS Frank Sedgman defeated AUS Joyce Fitch / AUS John Bromwich 6–1, 5–7, 12–101949 Mixed Doubles http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1949_MX_1.html Tennis Australia References External links Australian Open official website 1948 U.S. National Championships Grand Slams 1949 French Championships 1949 Category:1949 in Australian tennis Category:January 1949 sports events in Australia