Adrian Karl Quist

ATTENDED PULTENEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1926 - 1928

Adrian Quist was born at Medindie on 4 August 1913 and like his father Karl, was a talented all round sportsman. He played cricket and football for Pulteney as well as athletics and was Captain of Tennis. He played tennis for Pulteney in the 1928 tour to the South East, playing interschool competition.

Adrian was a talented tennis player and won three Australian Championship singles titles (1936, 1940 & 1948), and 10 doubles championships (1936-40 & 1946-50). He also won doubles championships at the French Open (1935), US Open (1939) and Wimbledon (1935 & 1950). He was also a member of nine Davis Cup teams (1933-39, 1946 & 1949). His highest world singles ranking was three. During his successful international tennis career he worked for the Dunlop Company from 1932 to 1977.

Adrian is primarily remembered today as a great doubles player, winning 10 Australian doubles titles in a row. He was the only man to win a major tournament both before and after the war, after serving in the Australian Army. The tennis player Jack Kramer wrote of Adrian in his biography:

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. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998.

Adrian Quist died in Sydney on 17 November 1991, aged 78.