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1 Grand Slam finals  



1.1  Singles (1 runner-up)  





1.2  Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)  





1.3  Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)  







2 References  














Bert St. John






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Bert St. John
Full nameCecil Bertram Vernon St John
Country (sports) Australia
Born28 July 1879[1]
Queensland, Australia
Died(1932-09-19)19 September 1932 (aged 53)
Queensland, Australia
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1923)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1923)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (1923)

Cecil Bertram Vernon St John (28 July 1879 – 19 September 1932) was an Australian tennis player.

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 Lowein1915, and in mixed doubles alongside Margaret Molesworth in 1923.[2]

He is the only player to have reached a major tournament final, in singles or doubles, with only one hand.[3]

Grand Slam finals

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Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Pat O'Hara Wood 1–6, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1915 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Gordon Lowe Australia Clarence Todd
Australia Horace Rice
6–8, 4–6, 9–7, 3–6
Win 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Dudley Bullough
Australia Horace Rice
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0

Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1923 Australasian Championships Grass Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Sylvia Lance Harper
Australia Horace Rice
6–2, 4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ Australia, Birth Index, 1788–1922
  • ^ "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". australianopen.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  • ^ Collins, Bud (2003). Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia, p. 30.

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