Donald Paterson Turnbull (28 May 1909 – 30 January 1994) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He won the men's doubles title at the
Australian Championships
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twice, in 1936 and 1937.
ITF Pro Circuit: Donald Turnbull
/ref> Turnbull represented Australia in three Davis Cup
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ties, including the 1933 Europe Zone final against Great Britain.[Davis Cup: Donald Turnbull]
/ref> Turnbull beat defending champion Edgar 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 ...
at the 1931 Australian Championships. Turnbull's forehand was in fine form and Moon made the mistake of not targeting Turnbull's weaker backhand. Turnbull came from 2–0 down in the fifth set to win.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
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1909 births
Australian male tennis players
Tennis people from South Australia
Australian Championships (tennis) champions
Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
1994 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
20th-century Australian people