Bert St. John Explained

Bert St. John
Fullname:Cecil Bertram Vernon St John
Birth Date:28 July 1879[1]
Birth Place:Queensland, Australia
Death Date: (aged 53)
Death Place:Queensland, Australia
Australianopenresult:F (1923)
Australianopendoublesresult:W (1923)
Mixed:yes
Australianopenmixedresult:F (1923)

Cecil Bertram Vernon St John (28 July 1879 – 19 September 1932) was an Australian tennis player. He also represented Queensland in rugby union.[2]

St. John won the doubles title alongside Pat O'Hara Wood at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1923, and reached three more finals at the tournament, losing in singles to Pat O'Hara Wood in 1923, in doubles alongside Gordon Lowe in 1915, and in mixed doubles alongside Margaret Molesworth in 1923.[3]

He is the only player to have reached a major tournament final, in singles or doubles, with only one hand.[4]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss Grass 6–8, 4–6, 9–7, 3–6
Win Grass 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

Notes and References

  1. Australia, Birth Index, 1788–1922
  2. News: BERT ST. JOHN DEAD . . 20 September 1932 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: australianopen.com. History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific. 2009-06-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090525071428/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/history.html. 25 May 2009. dmy-all.
  4. Collins, Bud (2003). Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, p. 30.