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Adrian Karl Quist (23 January 1913 [3] – 17 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 goods store at the time of his son's birth. [4] .
When evaluating the tennis career of Adrian Quist, two defining accomplishments stand out: The star from Down Under won two Wimbledon Gentlemen Doubles Championships 15 years apart (1935, 1950) and captured a record 13 Australian National Championships from 1936 to 1950.
Feb 24, 2022 · Learn about Adrian Quist, one of the best players of the last century, who won three major singles titles and played in the 1939 Davis Cup final amid the looming war. Read his biography, career highlights, and how he faced Bobby Riggs and Don Budge.
Nov 17, 1991 · Inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in May 1998; inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984. Best known as one half of the successful doubles duo 'Bromwich and Quist', Adrian Quist showed he was a talented singles player as well, winning three Australian titles.
Adrian Quist, the best player in Australia shortly prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, and a major force on the international circuit for 20 years, passed away in a Sydney hospital aged 78 after a long battle with cancer.
Adrian Quist is remembered as one of Australia’s legendary doubles tennis players, and that luminous reputation sometimes obscures the fact that he was a brilliant singles player as well. He won the Australian singles championships in 1936, 1940 and 1948, and was a finalist in 1939.
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Best known as one half of the successful doubles duo Bromwich-Quist, Adrian Quist was a talented singles player as well, winning three Australian titles. Between 1936 and 1950, Quist won 10 successive Australian doubles titles – a record that stands.
