1948 Australian Championships (tennis)

List of Champions of the 1948 Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open):

Men's Singles

Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start...

defeated

John Bromwich

John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand....

6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-3

Women's Singles

Nancye Wynne Bolton

Nancye Wynne Bolton was a female tennis player from Australia. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, second only to Margaret Court who won 11 titles...

defeated

Marie Toomey

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6-3, 6-1

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