The 1948 Australian Championships was a
tennis tournament that took place on outdoor
Grass courts at the
Kooyong Stadium in
Melbourne, Australia from 16 January to 26 January. It was the 36th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
), the 10th held in Melbourne, and the first
Grand Slam tournament of the year. Australians
Adrian Quist and
Nancye Wynne Bolton won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Adrian Quist defeated
John Bromwich 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Women's singles
Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated
Marie Toomey
Marie Toomey (3 October 1923 – 29 March 2014) was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1948 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–3, 6–1. Toomey teamed with Doris Hart to reach ...
6–3, 6–1
Men's doubles
John Bromwich /
Adrian Quist defeated
Colin Long /
Frank Sedgman 1–6, 3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 8–6
Women's doubles
Thelma Coyne Long
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (née Coyne; 14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career she won 19 Grand Sla ...
/
Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated
Mary Bevis
Mary Renetta Hawton (née Bevis; 4 September 1924 – 18 January 1981) was a tennis player from Australia. Her career ranged from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Hawton won the women's doubles title at the Australian Championships five times. In 1958 s ...
/
Pat Jones 6–3, 6–3
Mixed doubles
Nancye Wynne Bolton /
Colin Long defeated
Thelma Coyne Long
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long (née Coyne; 14 October 1918 – 13 April 2015) was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career she won 19 Grand Sla ...
/
Bill Sidwell 7–5, 4–6, 8–6
References
External links
Australian Open official website
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1948
Events January
* January 1
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** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
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1948 in Australian tennis
January 1948 sports events in Australia