- Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist (4 August 1913 in Medindie,
South Australia – 17 November 1991 inSydney, NSW ) was anAustralia n maletennis player. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once playedHarry Hopman , however lost, only because he gave 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 andJohn Bromwich won the Australian doubles title 8 years in a row and he was also one of the winners of a "Career Doubles Slam".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 he had a classical forehand drive with a natural sink. And he was fine at the net, volley and forehand."Quist was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame inNewport, Rhode Island , in 1984.'Adrian Quist' is
Australian rhyming slang for 'pissed', meaning 'drunk'.Grand Slam record
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Australian Championships
**Singles champion (3): 1936, 1940, 1948
**Singles finalist (1): 1939
**Doubles champion (8): 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*
U.S. Championships
**Doubles champion (1): 1939
**Doubles finalist (1): 1938Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (3)
External links
* [http://www.tennisfame.org/enshrinees/adrian_quist.html International Tennis Hall of Fame (Class of 1984)]
Persondata
NAME = Quist, Adrian Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH = 4 August 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH =Medindie, South Australia
DATE OF DEATH = 17 November 1991
PLACE OF DEATH =Sydney, NSW
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