Jack Crawford defeated

Harry Hopman Henry Christian Hopman Order of the British Empire, CBE (12 August 1906 – 27 December 1985) was an Australian tennis player and coach. Early life Harry Hopman was born on 12 August 1906 in Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe, Sydney as the third c ...

6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the

1931 Australian Championships The 1931 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 27 February to 9 March. It was the 24th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as t ...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Jack Crawford is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Jack Crawford ''(champion)'' #

''(finalist)'' #

Gar Moon Edgar "Gar" Moon (3 December 1904 – 26 May 1976) was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He wo ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Jack Cummings ''(semifinals)'' #

Clifford Sproule Clifford Sproule (23 May 1905 – 24 April 1981) was an Australian tennis player and administrator. As a player he reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships singles. Sproule played Davis Cup, then was a manager of the Australian ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Ray Dunlop ''(first round)'' # Harry Hassett ''(quarterfinals)'' # Don Turnbull ''(semifinals)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Singles,1931

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