Adrian Quist

Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913[3] – 17 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.

Adrian Quist
Full nameAdrian Karl Quist
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1913-01-23)23 January 1913
Medindie, South Australia, Australia
Died17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 78)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Turned pro1930 (amateur tour)
Retired1955
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1984 (member page)
Singles
Career record517–147 (77.8%) [1]
Career titles46
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1939, Gordon Lowe)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1940, 1948)
French Open4R (1935)
WimbledonQF (1936)
US OpenQF (1933)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
French OpenW (1935)
WimbledonW (1935, 1950)
US OpenW (1939)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1939)

Biography

Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. His father was Karl Quist, who had been a noted interstate cricketer, and owned a sporting goods store at the time of his son's birth.[4] Quist grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, 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 Australian doubles titles between 1936 and 1950, the last eight together with John Bromwich 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.[2][5]

His most famous singles win was a crucial singles match in the 1939 Davis Cup Challenge Round at Merion Cricket Club against the U.S., defeating world No. 1 Bobby Riggs in a close five set match in the fourth rubber. Australia would win the Davis Cup that year with a singles win by John Bromwich against Frank Parker in the fifth rubber.

In his 1979 autobiography tennis great Jack Kramer 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.[6]

Quist was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1984.

Adrian Quist also held the most Davis Cup victories by any Australian until Lleyton Hewitt surpassed that record on 18 September 2010 in Cairns.

He died in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991, aged 78.[7]

Adrian Quist is the uncle of fashion designer Neville Quist, founding director of Saville Row.

Adrian Quist hitting a low volley in the 1930s

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1936Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack Crawford6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
Loss1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John Bromwich4–6, 1–6, 3–6
Win1940Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack Crawford6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Win1948Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John Bromwich6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1933French ChampionshipsClayAustralia Vivian McGrathUnited Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry		2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss1934Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Don TurnbullUnited Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry		8–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win1935French ChampionshipsClayAustralia Jack CrawfordAustralia Donald Turnbull
Australia Vivian McGrath		6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Win1935Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Jack CrawfordUnited States Wilmer Allison
United States John Van Ryn		6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Win1936Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Don TurnbullAustralia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath		6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win1937Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia Don TurnbullAustralia John Bromwich
Australia Jack Harper		6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–8, 6–4
Win1938Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichGermany Gottfried von Cramm
Germany Henner Henkel		7–5, 6–4, 6–0
Loss1938U.S. ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichUnited States Don Budge
United States Gene Mako		3–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win1939Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Colin Long
Australia Don Turnbull		6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Win1939U.S. ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Jack Crawford
Australia Harry Hopman		8–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win1940Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath		6–3, 7–5, 6–1
Win1946Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Max Newcombe
Australia Leonard Schwartz		6–3, 6–1, 9–7
Win1947Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Frank Sedgman
Australia George Worthington		6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Win1948Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Frank Sedgman
Australia Colin Long		1–6, 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 8–6
Win1949Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Geoffrey Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell		1–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–3
Win1950Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichEgypt Jaroslav Drobný
South Africa Eric Sturgess		6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 8–6
Win1950Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell		7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss1951Australian ChampionshipsGrassAustralia John BromwichAustralia Frank Sedgman
Australia Ken McGregor		9–11, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: (1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1934French ChampionshipsClayUnited States Elizabeth RyanFrance Colette Rosambert
France Jean Borotra		2–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Adrian Quist: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 425.
  3. Davis Cup, Australian Open Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Note: The birthdate 4 August 1913 appears in some sources.
  4. Victor Richardson – Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. "World tennis players". The Age. 24 September 1936 – via Google News Archive.
  6. "Adrian Quist". www.tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "Adrian Quist, 78, Tennis Champion". The New York Times. 20 November 1991.
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