Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist

Full name	Adrian Karl Quist
Country (sports)	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 (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1984 (member page)
Singles
Career record	517–147 (77.8%)
Career titles	46
Highest ranking	No. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)
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 – 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. Quist 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 10 consecutive Australian doubles titles between 1936 and 1950, 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 singles in 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936.

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."

After retiring from playing the game, Quist became a journalist, best known for his articles in The Sydney Morning Herald.

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.

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

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
Runner-up	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1933	French Championships	Clay	Vivian McGrath	Pat Hughes Fred Perry	2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	1934	Australian Championships	Grass	Don Turnbull	Pat Hughes Fred Perry	8–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	1935	French Championships	Clay	Jack Crawford	Donald Turnbull Vivian McGrath	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1935	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Jack Crawford	Wilmer Allison John Van Ryn	6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	1936	Australian Championships	Grass	Don Turnbull	Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath	6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	1937	Australian Championships	Grass	Don Turnbull	John Bromwich Jack Harper	6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–8, 6–4
Winner	1938	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Gottfried von Cramm Henner Henkel	7–5, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1938	U.S. Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Don Budge Gene Mako	3–6, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	1939	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Colin Long Don Turnbull	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	1939	U.S. Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Jack Crawford Harry Hopman	8–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1940	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Max Newcombe Leonard Schwartz	6–3, 6–1, 9–7
Winner	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Frank Sedgman George Worthington	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	1948	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Frank Sedgman Colin Long	1–6, 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 8–6
Winner	1949	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Geoffrey Brown Bill Sidwell	1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	1950	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess	6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
Winner	1950	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Geoff Brown Bill Sidwell	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1951	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	Frank Sedgman Ken McGregor	9–11, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1934	French Championships	Clay	Elizabeth Ryan	Colette Rosambert Jean Borotra	2–6, 4–6

External links

• Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Adrian Quist at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Adrian Quist at the International Tennis Federation
• Adrian Quist at the Davis Cup