The 1936 Australian Championships was a
tennis
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tournament that took place on outdoor
Grass court
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While grass courts are more tra ...
s at the
Memorial Drive,
Adelaide
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, Australia from 18 to 27 January (No matches were scheduled on Tuesday 21 January after the death of King George V). It was the 29th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the
Australian Open
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), the 6th held in Adelaide, and the first
Grand Slam
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tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians
Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 191317 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.
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 goo ...
and
Joan Hartigan
Joan Marcia Bathurst (née Hartigan; 6 June 1912 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian Champion tennis player who was active from the early 1930s until the late 1940s.
Early life and education
Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daugh ...
.
Finals
Men's singles
Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 191317 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.
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 goo ...
defeated
Jack Crawford 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 9–7
Women's singles
Joan Hartigan
Joan Marcia Bathurst (née Hartigan; 6 June 1912 – 31 August 2000) was an Australian Champion tennis player who was active from the early 1930s until the late 1940s.
Early life and education
Joan Marcia Hartigan was born in Sydney, the daugh ...
defeated
Nancye Wynne
Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was an Australian tennis player. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, third only to Margaret Court's and Serena Williams' 11 and 7 ti ...
6–4, 6–4
Men's doubles
Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 191317 November 1991) was an Australian tennis player.
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 goo ...
/
Don Turnbull defeated
Jack Crawford /
Vivian McGrath
Vivian Erzerum Bede McGrath (17 February 1916 – 9 April 1978) was a tennis champion from Australia. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the early great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw".
Biograph ...
6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Women's doubles
Thelma Coyne
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 Sl ...
/
Nancye Wynne
Nancye Wynne Bolton (née Wynne; 2 December 1916 – 9 November 2001) was an Australian tennis player. She won the women's singles title six times at the Australian Championships, third only to Margaret Court's and Serena Williams' 11 and 7 ti ...
defeated
May Blick
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May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the s ...
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Kath Woodward 6–2, 6–4
Mixed doubles
Nell Hall Hopman
Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman, CBE (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s. She was the first wife of Harry Hopman, the coach and c ...
/
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 ...
defeated
May Blick
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May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the s ...
/
Abel Kay
Abel Kay (1911–2004) was an Australian tennis player. He was renowned for his fitness and played several sports to a good standard. As a boxer he was Victorian amateur welterweight champion in 1931. He also played football and water polo. Ent ...
6–2, 6–0
External links
Australian Open official website
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1936
Events January–February
* January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
* January 28 – Death and state funer ...
January 1936 in sports