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| Full name | Adrian Karl Quist |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
| Born | (1913-01-23)23 January 1913 Medindie, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 78) Sydney,New South Wales, Australia |
| Turned pro | 1930 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1955 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1984(member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 517–147 (77.8%)[1] |
| Career titles | 46 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1939,Gordon Lowe)[2] |
| 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[3] – 17 November 1991) was an Australiantennis player.
Adrian Quist was born inMedindie,South Australia. His father wasKarl Quist, who had been a noted interstatecricketer, and owned a sporting goods store at the time of his son's birth.[4] Quist grew up inAdelaide and once playedHarry Hopman, but lost, having given Hopman ahead start. He was a three-time Australian Championships men's singles champion but is primarily remembered today as a great doubles player. He won 10 consecutiveAustralian doubles titles between 1936 and 1950, the last eight together withJohn Bromwich and he was also one of the winners of a "Career Doubles Slam". Quist was ranked World No. 3 in singles in 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936.[2][5]
His most famous singles win was a crucial singles match in the 1939Davis Cup Challenge Round at Merion Cricket Club against the U.S., defeating world No. 1Bobby Riggs in a close five set match in the fourth rubber. Australia would win the Davis Cup that year with a singles win byJohn Bromwich againstFrank Parker in the fifth rubber.[citation needed]
In his 1979 autobiography tennis greatJack 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."[citation needed]
After retiring from playing the game, Quist became a journalist, best known for his articles inThe Sydney Morning Herald.[6] Quist also worked for Dunlop, where he designed theDunlop Volley tennis shoe which is still in production.
Quist was inducted into theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame inNewport, Rhode Island, in 1984.
Adrian Quist also held the mostDavis Cup victories by any Australian untilLleyton Hewitt surpassed that record on 18 September 2010 in Cairns.
He died inSydney,New South Wales in 1991, aged 78.[7]
Adrian Quist is the uncle of fashion designerNeville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.
Quist married Sylvia, the daughter ofErna Keighley and Albert William Keighley, a successful businessman who died in 1949 and left an estate worth nearly £300,000.[citation needed]
Adrian and Sylvia Quist had two children but the marriage was not successful. In 1950, Sylvia obtained a court order to instruct her husband to return home to his wife and children.[8]
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1936 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7 |
| Loss | 1939 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Bromwich | 4–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1940 | Australian Championships | Grass | Jack Crawford | 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 1948 | Australian Championships | Grass | John Bromwich | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1934 | French Championships | Clay |  Elizabeth Ryan |  Colette RosambertJean Borotra | 2–6, 4–6 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | SF | W | QF | SF | F | W | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | SF | QF | W | QF | A | QF | 3R | 2R | A | A | 3 / 18 | 44–15 | 74.6 |
| France | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | 4R | 3R | QF | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | 4R | A | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 6 | 15–6 | 71.4 |
| United States | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | 4R | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 7–3 | 8–3 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3 / 32 | 76–29 | 72.4 |
