Lionel Brodie

Lionel Brodie (28 May 1917 – 15 May 1995)^[2] was an Australian amateur tennis player who competed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s.

Lionel Brodie

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	28 May 1917 Euroa, Australia
Died	15 May 1995(1995-05-15) (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]

Well-known Australian sports men at Unarmed Combat Training School c.1942, including Lionel Brodie (far right).

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]