The 1932 Australian Championships was a
tennis
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tournament that took place on outdoor
Grass court
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Although grass c ...
s at the
Memorial Drive,
Adelaide
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, Australia from 6 February to 13 February. It was the 25th edition of the
Australia
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n Championships (now known as the
Australian Open
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), the 5th held in
Adelaide
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, and the first
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by
Australians
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Jack Crawford and
Coral McInnes Buttsworth
Coral Annabell Buttsworth (née McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 ...
.
Finals
Men's singles
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 ...
4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Women's singles
Coral McInnes Buttsworth
Coral Annabell Buttsworth (née McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 ...
defeated
Kathleen Le Messurier
Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and ...
9–7, 6–4
Men's doubles
Jack Crawford /
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 ...
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 ...
/
Gerald Patterson
Gerald Leighton Patterson Military Cross, MC (17 December 1895 – 13 June 1967) was an Australian tennis player.
Patterson was active in the decade following World War I. During his career he won three Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tourname ...
4–6, 6–4, 12–10, 6–3
Women's doubles
Coral McInnes Buttsworth
Coral Annabell Buttsworth (née McInnes; 7 June 1900 – 20 December 1985) was a female tennis player from Australia who won the singles title at the Australian Championships in 1931 and 1932 and the women's doubles title there in 1932. In 1933 ...
/
Marjorie Cox Crawford
Marjorie Cox Crawford (née Cox; 1903–1983) was an Australian tennis player who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event. Her best result was a runner-up fin ...
defeated
Kathleen Le Messurier
Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and ...
/
Dorothy Weston
Dorothy Weston (21 February 1900 – 17 March 1998) was an Australian tennis player from the inter-war period.
She was twice a double ladies finalist at the Australian Championships in 1928 and 1932, each time alongside Kathleen Le Messuri ...
6–2, 6–2
Mixed doubles
Marjorie Cox Crawford
Marjorie Cox Crawford (née Cox; 1903–1983) was an Australian tennis player who reached at least the singles quarterfinals at the Australian Championships seven out of the nine times she played the event. Her best result was a runner-up fin ...
/
Jack Crawford defeated
Meryl O'Hara Wood
Meryl Aitken O'Hara Wood, née Waxman (died 6 May 1958 ) was an Australian tennis player active in the 1920s and 30s.
Career
Wood won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships (now the Australian Open) in 1926 and 1927. She won ...
/
Jiro Sato
was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.
He received worldwide fame in Wimbledon 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney ...
6–8, 8–6, 6–3
External links
Australian Open official website
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1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
1932 in Australian tennis
February 1932 sports events