Edgar Moon

Edgar Moon
Full nameEdgar Forest Moon
Country (sports) Australia
Born(1904-12-03)3 December 1904
Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died26 May 1976(1976-05-26) (aged 71)
Greenslopes, Brisbane, Australia [1]
Turned pro1925 (amateur tour)
Retired1940
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1930)
French OpenQF (1930)
Wimbledon4R (1928)
US Open1R (1928)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1932)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1929, 1934)
US OpenF (1928)
Team competitions
Davis CupSFEu (1930)

Edgar "Gar" Moon (3 December 1904 – 26 May 1976) was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He won all three Men's titles at the Australian Championships.

Moon was introduced to tennis by his parents at an early age. He went to the Brisbane Grammar School where he was encouraged to play cricket but he preferred to play tennis on his parents' clay court. Moon was largely self-taught and practised his skills playing against family in Cabooltura where his father had a dairy farm.[2] Moon was tall and strong and had good technique, but lacked dedication to the game.[3]

Moon won his first national title at the 1929 Open when he teamed up with Daphne Akhurst to win the mixed doubles championship. In 1934, he won the Mixed Doubles title for a second time with partner Joan Hartigan.

In 1930, Moon won the Australian Open men's singles championship defeating Harry Hopman in the final 6–3, 6–1, 6–3. In 1932 the native of Queensland completed the triple, capturing the men's doubles title with partner Jack Crawford.[4]

He played in two Davis Cup ties for the Australia Davis Cup team in 1930, against Switzerland and Ireland, and won all four of his singles matches.[5]

Moon enlisted in the Australian Army on 17 March 1942 and reached the rank of corporal. He was discharged on 12 November 1945.[6]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 win)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1930 Australian Championships Grass Australia Harry Hopman 6–3, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles (1 win, 3 losses)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1928 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jim Willard France Jean Borotra
France Jacques Brugnon		 2–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1929 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Cummings Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Harry Hopman		 1–6, 8–6, 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Win 1932 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford Australia Harry Hopman
Australia Gerald Patterson		 12–10, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 1933 Australian Championships Grass Australia Jack Crawford United States Keith Gledhill
United States Ellsworth Vines		 4–6, 8–10, 2–6

Mixed doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1928 U.S. National Championships Grass United States Edith Cross United States Helen Wills
Australia Jack Hawkes		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1929 Australian Championships Grass Australia Daphne Cozens Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford		 6–0, 7–5
Win 1934 Australian Championships Grass Australia Joan Hartigan Australia Emily Westacott
Australia Ray Dunlop		 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Tennis death". The Canberra Times. 28 May 1976. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "LAWN TENNIS". Western Mail. Perth. 13 February 1930. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Gar Moon". www.tennis.co.nf. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Australian Open players – Edgar Moon". Tennis Australia.
  5. ^ "Davis Cup – Player profile". International Tennis Federation (ITF).
  6. ^ "World War Two service record". Commonwealth of Australia.