Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | 28 May 1917 Euroa, Australia |
Died | 15 May 1995 | (aged 77)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1939, 1946, 1947) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1947)[1] |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1939)[1] |
Lionel Brodie (28 May 1917 – 15 May 1995)[2] was an Australian amateur tennis player who competed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s.
He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships in 1939, 1946 and 1947.[3][4] He played in the Davis Cup.[5] He also competed in doubles with good results at both state and national levels.[6][7] In November 1949 Brodie and doubles partner Bert Tonkin lost to 15-year-olds Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall in an interstate match at Kooyong (6-3, 6-4).[8]
Brodie was ranked in the top 10 Australian players in 1939, 1940, 1945/6, 1946/7 and 1947/8.[9]
Along with Frank Sedgman and Paul McNamee, Brodie also won the Grace Park Lawn Tennis Club championship,[10] where the club recognises Brodie's contributions by awarding the Pennant Player of the Year the Lionel Brodie Trophy.[11]