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| Score | 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 | ||||||||||||
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| Draw | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Seeds | 4 | ||||||||||||
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John Bromwich andAdrian Quist, the two-time defending champions in this event, successfully defended their title by defeatingJack Crawford andVivian McGrath 6–3, 7–5, 6–1, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1940 Australian Championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Partaking in the Doubles was the only opportunity forLen Schwartz andLionel Brodie, the seventh and eighth players in national ranking,[8] to play in this year's Championships, as their late entries for the Singles were not accepted by the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia.[9]
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