1928 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
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Jean Borotra defeated Jack Cummings 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1928 Australian Championships The 1928 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 21 January to 6 February. It was the 21st edition of the Australian Championships (now known as ...
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Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Jean Borotra is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Jean Borotra ''(champion)'' #
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 ...
''(quarterfinals)'' #
Jacques Brugnon Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon (11 May 1895 – 20 March 1978), nicknamed "Toto", was a French tennis player, one of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in and died ...
''(third round)'' # Jack Crawford ''(semifinals)'' # Christian Boussus ''(third round)'' #
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 ...
''(quarterfinals)'' # Jack Hawkes ''(quarterfinals)'' #
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 ...
''(third round)''


Draw


Key

* Q =
Qualifier In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...
* WC = Wild card * LL =
Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...
* r =
Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...


Finals


Earlier rounds


Section 1


Section 2


Section 3


Section 4


See also

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1928 Australian Championships – Women's singles Daphne Akhurst defeated Esna Boyd 7–5, 6–2, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1928 Australian Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which th ...


References

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Source for seedings {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Championships - Men's Singles,1928 Australian Championships (tennis) by year – Men's singles, 1928 1928 in Australian tennis Men's Singles