Cecil Bertram Vernon St John (28 July 1879 – 19 September 1932) was an Australian tennis player.
St. John won the doubles title alongside
Pat O'Hara Wood
Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.
O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the ...
at the
Australasian Championships
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. ...
, the future
Australian Open, in
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
, and reached three more finals at the tournament, losing in singles to
Pat O'Hara Wood
Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player.
O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now the ...
in 1923, in doubles alongside
Gordon Lowe
Sir Francis Gordon Lowe, 2nd Baronet (21 June 1884 – 17 May 1972) was a British male tennis player.
Lowe is best remembered for winning the Australasian Championships in 1915 (where he beat champion Horace Rice in the final). and for winni ...
in
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
* January ...
, and in mixed doubles alongside
Margaret Molesworth in 1923.
He is the only player to have reached a major tournament final, in singles or doubles, with only one hand.
[Collins, Bud (2003). ''Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia'', p. 30.]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
References
Australasian Championships (tennis) champions
Australian male tennis players
1932 deaths
1879 births
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Tennis players from Queensland
Sportsmen from Queensland
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