Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 191317 November 1991) was an Australian

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player.

Biography

Adrian Quist was born in

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. His father was

Karl Quist Karl Hugo Quist (18 August 1875 – 31 March 1957) was an Australian sportsman who played interstate cricket for New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia, and later became a noted South Australian sporting coach and personality. B ...

, who had been a noted interstate

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er, and owned a sporting goods store at the time of his son's birth. Quist grew up in

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and once played

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, but lost, having given 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 won 10 consecutive

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titles between 1936 and 1950, the last eight together with

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and he was also one of the winners of a "Career Doubles Slam". Quist was ranked World No. 3 in singles in 1939 and World No. 4 in 1936. In his 1979 autobiography tennis great

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writes that in doubles "Quist played the backhand court. He had a dink backhand that was better for doubles than singles, and a classic forehand drive with a natural sink. He was also fine at the net, volley and forehand." After retiring from playing the game, Quist became a journalist, best known for his articles in ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Quist was inducted into the

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, in 1984. Adrian Quist also held the most

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victories by any Australian until

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surpassed that record on 18 September 2010 in Cairns. He died in

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in 1991, aged 78. Adrian Quist is the uncle of fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Mixed Doubles: (1 runner-up)

References

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