Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist

Full name	Adrian Karl Quist
Country	Australia
Born	(1913-01-23)23 January 1913 Medindie, South Australia
Died	17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 78) Sydney, NSW, Australia
Turned pro	1930 (amateur tour)
Retired	1955
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HOF	1984 (member page)
Singles
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1936, 1940, 1948)
French Open	4R (1935)
Wimbledon	QF (1936)
US Open	QF (1933)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
French Open	W (1935)
Wimbledon	W (1935, 1950)
US Open	W (1939)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1939)

Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913^[2] – 17 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.

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.^[3] The tennis legend 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 the Australian doubles title 10 years in a row, 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 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936.^[1][4]

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."

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.^[5]

Adrian Quist is the uncle of celebrated fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.

Grand Slam record

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s

• Australian Championships
  • Singles champion (3): 1936, 1940, 1948
  • Singles finalist (1): 1939
  • Doubles champion (10): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
  • Doubles finalist (2): 1934, 1951

• French Championships
  • Doubles champion (1): 1935
  • Doubles finalist (1): 1933
  • Mixed finalist (1): 1934

• Wimbledon
  • Doubles champion (2): 1935, 1950

• United States Championships
  • Doubles champion (1): 1939
  • Doubles finalist (1): 1938

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score
1936	Australian Championships	Jack Crawford	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
1940	Australian Championships (2)	Jack Crawford	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1948	Australian Championships (3)	John Bromwich	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

References

External links

• Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• TennisArchives Profile