The 1947 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the

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, Australia from 18 January to 27 January. It was the 35th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the

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), the 10th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Dinny Pails and Nancye Wynne Bolton.

Finals

Men's singles

Dinny Pails defeated John Bromwich 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6

Women's singles

Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated

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6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

John Bromwich / Adrian Quist defeated Frank Sedgman / George Worthington 6–1, 6–3, 6–1

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 ...

Joyce Fitch Joyce Fitch Rymer (née Fitch; 3 April 1922 – 26 July 2012) was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–4, 6–4. She teamed with Mary Bevi ...

6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Nancye Wynne Bolton / Colin Long defeated

/ John Bromwich 6–3, 6–3

References

External links

Australian Open official website
{{1947 in tennis Australian Championships (tennis) by year

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Australian Championships (tennis) 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 ...

January 1947 sports events in Australia