Dinny Pails

Dinny Pails

Full name	Dennis Robert Pails
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	4 March 1921 Nottingham, England
Died	Sydney, Australia
Turned pro	1947 (amateur tour from 1937)
Retired	1969
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Highest ranking	No. 6 (1947, John Olliff)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (1947)
Wimbledon	SF (1947)
US Open	4R (1947)
Professional majors
US Pro	QF (1948, 1957)
Wembley Pro	QF (1949, 1952)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1946)
Wimbledon	F (1946)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1946)

Dennis "Dinny" Pails (4 March 1921 – 22 November 1986) was an Australian tennis champion.

Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships tennis tournament in 1947. Pails, an Australian who was born in Great Britain, defeated John Bromwich in the final in five sets: 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6. Pails played eight Davis Cup matches between 1946 and 1947, winning three matches and losing five.

Pails turned professional at the end of 1947. He 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 finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1946	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	7–5, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	1947	Australian Championships	Grass	John Bromwich	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1946	Wimbledon	Grass	Geoff Brown	Tom Brown Jack Kramer	4–6, 4–6, 2–6

External links

• Dinny Pails at the Davis Cup