Lionel Brodie

{{Short description|Australian tennis player}}

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| birth_date = 28 May 1917

| birth_place = Euroa, Australia

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Lionel Brodie (28 May 1917 – 15 May 1995){{Cite news |date=1995-05-16 |title=Deaths - Brodie, Lionel Bernard |pages=49 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83976041/deaths-brodie-lionel-bernard/ |access-date=2021-08-23}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Lionel Brodie {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/lionel-brodie/bo80/overview|access-date=2021-08-20|website=ATP Tour}}{{Cite news|date=1947-01-24|title=Tom Brown, Mulloy gain in title tennis|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/24/archives/tom-brown-mulloy-gain-in-title-tennis.html|access-date=2021-08-20|issn=0362-4331}} He played in the Davis Cup.{{Cite web|title=⁨Current Jewish Tennis Players⁩ |work=The Australian Jewish Herald⁩ |date=20 May 1955|via=The National Library of Israel|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/austjewisherald/1955/05/20/01/article/101|access-date=2021-08-20|language=en}} He also competed in doubles with good results at both state and national levels.{{Cite web|date=2016-03-03|title=Results Archive - Lionel Brodie - Australian Open Tennis Championships 2015 - Official Site by IBM|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/2068.html|access-date=2021-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235016/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/2068.html|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{Cite news|date=1946-11-12|title=Pails and Brown win doubles title in state tennis|pages=4|work=Canberra Times|location=Australian Capital Territory|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2700086|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2021-08-20}} 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).{{Cite news|last=Royall|first=Ian|date=16 Jan 2019|title=Baby-faced Legends|page=14|work=Herald Sun, Sunday Home Magazine}}

Brodie was ranked in the top 10 Australian players in 1939, 1940, 1945/6, 1946/7 and 1947/8.{{Cite web|title=Australian Top 10 Rankings Men and Women|url=http://tennishistory.com.au/2010/02/australian-top-10-rankings-men-women/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=tennishistory.com.au}}

Along with Frank Sedgman and Paul McNamee, Brodie also won the Grace Park Lawn Tennis Club championship,{{Cite news|last=Fjeldstad|first=Jesper|date=March 27, 2001|title=Lord of Grace Park again|page=48|work=Leader - Progress Press|location=Melbourne}} where the club recognises Brodie's contributions by awarding the Pennant Player of the Year the Lionel Brodie Trophy.{{Cite web|title=Grace Park Lawn Tennis Club Inc. Annual Report 2014|url=https://studylib.net/doc/9703113/notice-of-annual-general-meeting|access-date=2021-08-20|website=studylib.net|language=en}}