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1935 Australian Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1935 Australian Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry
Score6–4, 8–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1934 · Australian Championships · 1936 →

The third seeds Jack Crawford and Vivian McGrath defeated the defending champions Pat Hughes and Fred Perry 6–4, 8–6, 6–2 in the final, to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1935 Australian Championships.

In the first set of the final Hughes was the only player to lose his service. The Englishmen went off with a three-love lead in the second set and later they held three set points when leading 5–2. Crawford and McGrath saved it, won the next three games and – after Perry evened the games again – they took advantage off Hughes' double fault in the 13th to close this set winning the 14th to love. In the last three games of the mostly one-sided third set Australian pair lost only four points and sealed their victory with an ace.[1]

Falling light caused a cessation of play in three matches in earlier rounds.

In the first round[2] Bromwich and Huxley, colts from New South Wales, took a 2 sets to 1 lead against the first seeds Hughes and Perry.[3] Because of the rain no matches were played the next day and this rubber was concluded three days later on Monday, 7 January. Defending champions fully recovered winning remaining two sets. The same day, in the quarterfinals,[4] another match was not completed in which previous year finalists and the second seeds Quist and Turnbull trailed the Frenchmen Boussus and Brugnon two sets.[5] Two days later they improved accuracy and resorted to lobbing to win remaining three sets with relative ease.[6] Later that day other quarterfinal match between Menzel/Moon and Hopman/Maier remain unfinished and the score stood at two sets all. The next day the latter pair won fifth set and went on to play their semifinals against Hughes/Perry.[7]

Seeds

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  1. United Kingdom Pat Hughes / United Kingdom Fred Perry (final)
  2. Australia Adrian Quist / Australia Don Turnbull (semifinals)
  3. Australia Jack Crawford / Australia Vivian McGrath (champions)
  4. Australia Harry Hopman / Spain Enrique Maier (semifinals)
  5. France Christian Boussus / France Jacques Brugnon (quarterfinals)
  6. Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel / Australia Gar Moon (quarterfinals)
  7. South Africa Vernon Kirby / South Africa Roy Malcolm (quarterfinals)
  8. Australia Jack Clemenger / Australia Abel Kay (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry
6 4 3 6 6
Australia John Bromwich
Australia Arthur Huxley
4 6 6 3 4 1 United Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry
7 6 6
Australia Reg Ewin
Italy Giorgio de Stefani
6 1 4 6 6 Australia Reg Ewin
Italy Giorgio de Stefani
5 3 2
8 Australia Jack Clemenger
Australia Abel Kay
3 6 6 3 4 1 United Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry
6 7 6
6 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel
Australia Gar Moon
6 6 6 4 Australia Harry Hopman
Spain Enrique Maier
3 5 3
Australia Allan Knight
United States William Robertson
2 2 4 6 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel
Australia Gar Moon
4 1 6 8 5
4 Australia Harry Hopman
Spain Enrique Maier
8 6 3 9 4 Australia Harry Hopman
Spain Enrique Maier
6 6 4 6 7
Australia Tim Fitchett
Australia Jack Harper
6 1 6 7 1 United Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Fred Perry
4 6 2
3 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath
8 6 6 3 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath
6 8 6
Australia Bert Tonkin
Australia Jack Purcell
6 2 2 3 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath
6 4 8 6
7 South Africa Vernon Kirby
South Africa Roy Malcolm
6 13 1 9 7 South Africa Vernon Kirby
South Africa Roy Malcolm
4 6 6 2
Australia Jack Cummings
Australia John Grinstead
1 11 6 7 3 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Vivian McGrath
6 6 6
5 France Christian Boussus
France Jacques Brugnon
6 6 8 2 Australia Adrian Quist
Australia Don Turnbull
3 4 3
Australia Bill Ryan
Australia Robert Vroland
1 3 6 5 France Christian Boussus
France Jacques Brugnon
13 10 3 3 2
2 Australia Adrian Quist
Australia Don Turnbull
6 6 6 2 Australia Adrian Quist
Australia Don Turnbull
11 8 6 6 6
Australia Neil Ennis
Australia Colin McKenzie
0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Crawford And Perry Again". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 January 1935. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "International Tennis Players In Form". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Day Of Thrills At Kooyong". The Argus. No. 27,576. Melbourne. 5 January 1935. p. 24 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Quist And Turnbull In Quarter-Finals". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 January 1935. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "McGrath In Rare Form". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Perry Bounds To Victory". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 January 1935. p. 11 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Crawford Wins Valiantly". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 January 1935. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
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  • [1] Source for seedings