1935 Australian Championships | |
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Date | 1–14 January 1935 |
Edition | 28th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue | Kooyong Stadium |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Jack Crawford | |
Women's singles | |
Dorothy Round | |
Men's doubles | |
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath | |
Women's doubles | |
Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle | |
Mixed doubles | |
Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus | |
Boys' singles | |
John Bromwich | |
Girls' singles | |
Thelma Coyne | |
Boys' doubles | |
John Bromwich / Arthur Huxley | |
Girls' doubles | |
Dot Stevenson / Nancye Wynne |
The 1935 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium [lower-alpha 1] in Melbourne, Australia, from 1 to 14 January [lower-alpha 2] . It was the 28th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 8th held in Melbourne, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Australian Jack Crawford and Dorothy Round from England won the singles titles.
Jack Crawford defeated Fred Perry 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Dorothy Round defeated Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath defeated Pat Hughes / Fred Perry 6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Evelyn Dearman / Nancy Lyle defeated Louie Bickerton / Nell Hall Hopman 6–3, 6–4
Louie Bickerton / Christian Boussus defeated Birdie Bond / Vernon Kirby 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Frederick John Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, and the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open. Perry remains the last English player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title.
1935 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr. was an American tennis champion of the 1930s, the World No. 1 player or the co-No. 1 in 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937, able to win Pro Slam titles on three different surfaces. He later became a professional golfer and reached the semifinals of the PGA Championship in 1951.
John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the U.S. Open in five sets, thus missing the Grand Slam by one set that year. He also won the Australian Open in 1931, 1932, and 1935. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.
Dorothy Edith Round, was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, and the singles at the Australian Championships in 1935. She also had success as a mixed doubles player at Wimbledon, winning a total of three titles. After her wedding in 1937, she played under her married name, Mrs D.L. Little. During the Second World War, she played in North America and became a professional coach in Canada and the United States. Post-war, she played in British regional tournaments, coached, and wrote on tennis for newspapers.
Louie Mildred Bickerton Cozens was a female tennis player from Australia. She was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia and won the women's doubles titles at the 1927, 1929, and 1931 Australian Championships. She won the mixed doubles title at those championships in 1935 and was the runner-up in the 1929 singles and 1935 women's doubles at that tournament.
The 1935 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 24 June until Saturday 6 July 1935.> It was the 55th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1935. Fred Perry and Helen Moody won the singles titles.
First-seeded Dorothy Round defeated Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–1, 6–3, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships. The final was the first not to feature an Australian player and is the only all British final in the championship's history.
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Vernon Gordon 'Bob' Kirby was a South African tennis player.
Nancy Lyle was a female tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active in the 1930s. She was also known by her married name, Nancy Lyle Glover.
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.
The first seeds Evelyn Dearman and Nancy Lyle defeated Louie Bickerton and Nell Hopman 6–3, 6–4 in the wholly replayed final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.
In an all-unseeded final, Louie Bickerton and Christian Boussus defeated Birdie Bond and Vernon Kirby 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.
Defending champions Mall Molesworth and Emily Hood Westacott defeated Joan Hartigan and Ula Valkenburg 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1934 Australian Championships.
Nell Hall and Harry Hopman were the defending champions and the second seeds, but they lost in the semifinals.
In the duel between future married couples and multiple winners Nell Hall and Harry Hopman defeated Marjorie Cox and Jack Crawford 11–9, 3–6, 6–3 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1930 Australian Championships.
Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes successfully defended their title by defeating Youtha Anthony and Jim Willard 6–1, 6–3 in the final, to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships.
Louie Bickerton and Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated the first seeds Esna Boyd and Sylvia Harper 6–3, 6–3 in the final, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1927 Australian Championships.