Dinny Pails
Dennis Robert Pails
"Dinny"
GBR,AUS
Born: Mar 4, 1921, Nottingham, England, UK
Died: Nov 22, 1986 (aged 65)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1937
Grand Slam Singles
1
Title
AO 1
33
Matches
25
Wins
75.8%
Win Rate
ATP Ranking
-
Peak
-
Current
0
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Biography
"Dinny" was an England born Australian tennis player. He won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships tennis tournament in 1947. In the Final he defeated John Bromwich in five sets.
Pails played eight Davis Cup matches between 1946 and 1947, winning three matches and losing five.
Pails turned professional and played on the pro tour off and on for many years, Bud Collins ranking him the World No. 4 pro in 1948, whilst he reached as high as World No. 6 in the 1947 amateur rankings.
According to tennis great and long-time promoter Jack Kramer, Pails beat Pancho Segura 41 to 31 matches in the 1948 tour, "but that was when Segoo was still learning how to play fast surfaces." Kramer himself beat Pails "55 times with 1 draw, but somehow we were able to forget that off the court."
In 1954 Pancho Gonzales beat Pails 47 matches to 7.
Pails played eight Davis Cup matches between 1946 and 1947, winning three matches and losing five.
Pails turned professional and played on the pro tour off and on for many years, Bud Collins ranking him the World No. 4 pro in 1948, whilst he reached as high as World No. 6 in the 1947 amateur rankings.
According to tennis great and long-time promoter Jack Kramer, Pails beat Pancho Segura 41 to 31 matches in the 1948 tour, "but that was when Segoo was still learning how to play fast surfaces." Kramer himself beat Pails "55 times with 1 draw, but somehow we were able to forget that off the court."
In 1954 Pancho Gonzales beat Pails 47 matches to 7.
Grand Slam Tracker
| AO | RG | W | US | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | |||||
| Age at 1st GS | PRO | ||||
| Age at Last GS | PRO | ||||
| Appearances | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Match Stats | |||||
| Matches | 18 | - | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| As Seeded | PRO | ||||
| Highest Seed | PRO | ||||
| Win/Loss | 13-5 | - | 9-2 | 3-1 | 25-8 |
| Sets Played | 56 | - | 37 | 13 | 106 |
| Results | |||||
| Finals | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Titles | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Runner-Up | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
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| Super TB | PRO | ||||
| Retirements | PRO | ||||
| Walkovers | PRO | ||||
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| Wins over #1 Seed | PRO | ||||
| vs L/R Hand | PRO | ||||