Brian Ivan Cobham
Norton
Male
South Africa
1899-10-10
Robben Island, Western Cape, South Africa
1956-07-16
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
According to William Tilden: B. I. C. Norton, the South African champion, a youngster of twenty, is a phenomenal player of extreme brilliancy. He has everything in stroke equipment, drives, slices, volleys, and a fine service and overhead. Unfortunately Norton regards his tennis largely as a joke. His judgment is therefore faulty, and he is apt to loaf on the court. He tries the most impossible shots that sometimes go in; and in the main, his court generalship is none too good.
He is an irrepressible boy, and his merry smile and chatter make him a tremendous favourite with the gallery. He has a very strong personality that should carry him a long way. (Source: The Art of Lawn Tennis)
1919 - 1929
37
142
110
1929 - Southern Professionals (Professional)
1926 - South Florida (Open)
1925 - Missouri Valley Championships (Open)
1925 - Missouri State amateur Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Texas Sectional Championships (Open)
1923 - Surrey Hard Court Championships (Open)
1923 - Gallery Tournament Covered Courts (Amateur)
1923 - Dulwich (Amateur)
1923 - London Hard Courts (Amateur)
1923 - Henley Hard Courts Spring Meeting (Amateur)
1923 - Middlesex Championships (Amateur)
1923 - Hendon Spring (Amateur)
1922 - Hendon Lawn Tennis Tournament (Amateur)
1922 - West of England Championships (Amateur)
1922 - St. George's Hill (Amateur)
1922 - Roehampton Grass Courts (Amateur)
1922 - Gallery Tournament Covered Courts (Amateur)
1922 - South of England Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Bexhill-on-Sea (Amateur)
1922 - Hastings and St. Leonard's-on- Sea (Amateur)
1922 - Dulwich (Amateur)
1922 - Surrey Hard Court Championships (Open)
1922 - Hendon Spring (Amateur)
1922 - Henley Hard Courts Spring Meeting (Amateur)
1922 - Surrey Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) (Open)
1921 - Hendon Spring (Amateur)
1921 - Henley Hard Courts Spring Meeting (Amateur)
1921 - Surrey Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Midland Counties Championships (Amateur)
1921 - North of England Championships (Open)
1921 - Carlisle (Amateur)
1921 - Bexhill-on-Sea (Amateur)
1921 - South of England Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Bexhill-on-Sea (Amateur)
1920 - South African Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1919 - Southern Transvaal Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Rudolph (Rudy) Noble
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Paul Heston
2-6
6-2
8-6
6-1
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles W. (Charlie) Wood Jr.
6-3
7-5
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards
8-6
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Edward Grover (Bud) Chandler 1 *
Brian Norton
10-8
3-6
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Alfred H. Chapin Jr. 1 *
Brian Norton
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Hunter 1 *
Brian Norton
4-6
6-1
9-7
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
George Reindel
9-7
6-4
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
John Rolley
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
S.K. Cartwright
6-1
6-1
Round 4
Brian Norton 1 *
Wilbur Coen
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
George Lott
7-5
6-4
6-2
Final
Bill Tilden 1 *
Brian Norton
w.o.
Final
Alfred H. Chapin Jr. 1 *
Brian Norton
7-5
6-2
6-3
Final
Bill Tilden 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
4-6
6-4
7-5
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
S. Jarvis Adams
w.o.
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Myron B. Hutchinson
w.o.
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Wray D. Brown
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Rene Lacoste 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
2-6
8-6
3-6
8-6
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Wray D. Brown
7-5
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Clarence James (Peck) Griffin
6-3
6-2
6-2
Final
Bill Johnston 1 *
Brian Norton
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Dr Lucien J. Lacoste
9-7
6-1
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
T.R. Hollinshead
6-0
6-4
Round 4
Brian Norton 1 *
Horace G. Orser
7-5
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Frederick Ellison (Fritz) Bastian
7-5
6-2
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
George Lott 1 *
Brian Norton
2-6
1-6
6-4
6-4
6-3
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Lewis Nelson White
6-1
6-2
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Paul Bennett
6-4
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Clarence James (Peck) Griffin
6-1
4-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
W.M. Half
6-3
7-5
6-0
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Walter Kenneth Wesbrook
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 4
Rene Lacoste 1 *
Brian Norton
1-6
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Victor Robert Penman
6-0
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Patrick Wheatley
3-6
8-6
6-1
6-2
Round 4
Brian Norton 1 *
Jean Borotra
6-3
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Maxwell (Max) Woosnam
7-5
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Bill Johnston 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Leon de Turenne
12-10
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Phillip Franklin (Phil) Neer
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Leonard A. Beekman
6-2
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Dick Williams jr
1-6
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Brian Norton
6-3
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Jean Washer 1 *
Brian Norton
w.o.
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
7-5
4-6
6-0
6-1
Final
Randolph Lycett 1 *
Brian Norton
3-6
6-4
6-1
2-6
7-5
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Donald Greig
8-6
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Patrick Wheatley
6-2
6-3
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Mayes
4-6
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Frank Fisher
6-4
6-3
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Cotah Ramaswami
6-2
6-2
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 2
James Anderson 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Hassan Ali Fyzee 1 *
Brian Norton
w.o.
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Carl-Erik Von Braun
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Samuel (Harry) Lewis-Barclay
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Donald Ross Rutnam
6-4
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Nicolae Mishu
6-4
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-4
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
w.o.
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-3
6-3
ret.
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Randolph Lycett
9-7
7-5
1-6
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-2
2-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Edward Mauger Iliffe
w.o.
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
George Stoddart
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Brian Helmore
6-2
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Nicolae Mishu
6-4
6-1
10-8
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-8
2-6
4-5
ret.
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Randolph Lycett
8-6
8-6
6-3
Challenge Round
André Gobert 1 *
Brian Norton
4-6
6-1
6-8
6-4
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Royden Dash
6-0
7-5
9-7
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Cesare Colombo
6-4
2-6
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles Roupell
6-0
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-1
6-1
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Mayes
1-6
7-5
6-1
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Samuel (Harry) Lewis-Barclay
6-1
5-7
6-3
6-4
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Leslie Allison Godfree
6-4
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Athar Ali Fyzee
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Norman Latchford
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
R. Peyrelongue
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Augustos G. Zerlendis
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Hassan Ali Fyzee
6-2
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Samuel (Harry) Lewis-Barclay
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Sir John Cecil F. Masterman
6-4
6-4
10-12
6-2
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Hugh Basil (Basil) Harrison
6-3
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Patrick Wheatley
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Brian Norton 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Henry Mayes
6-0
6-3
5-7
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Frank Hunter
6-0
6-3
5-7
5-7
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Manuel Alonso
5-7
4-6
7-5
6-3
6-3
Challenge Round
Bill Tilden 1 *
Brian Norton
4-6
2-6
6-1
6-0
7-5
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Edward Darcy McCrea
6-4
6-3
1-6
2-6
6-4
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Sydney Jacob
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Frank Riseley
8-6
6-0
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
0-6
6-4
5-7
6-4
6-3
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Richard Powell
6-2
6-2
6-0
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
J.T. Baines
2-6
6-1
6-2
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
George Alan Thomas
6-1
6-2
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Gordon Lowe
2-6
6-3
10-8
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Sir John Cyril Finucane Simpson
6-2
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-2
13-11
6-2
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Arthur W. MacPherson jr
4-6
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Theodore Mavrogordato 1 *
Brian Norton
6-1
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Max Decugis 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
12-10
2-6
8-6
Round 4
Brian Norton 1 *
Arthur M. Lovibond
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
J.F. Symonds
6-3
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles Winslow
6-2
6-3
6-1
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Louis Raymond
1-6
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
René de Grenus
6-1
5-7
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
6-8
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Luis de Olivares
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
A.T. Hill
6-2
6-2
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles Tuckey
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
C. Nycander
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
Beverly Carthew Covell
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Brian Norton 1 *
Thomas Arthur Fuller
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Frank Fisher
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Randolph Lycett
8-6
6-3
Final
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Brian Norton
4-6
8-6
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
5-7
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Gordon Lowe 1 *
Brian Norton
6-8
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Stanley Frederick Thol
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-0
3-6
7-5
Final
James Cecil Parke 1 *
Brian Norton
8-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Bill Johnston 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
5-7
6-4
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles E.L. Lyle
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Brian Norton 1 *
George Frederick Birtles
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Rodney Heath 1 *
Brian Norton
5-7
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Arthur M. Lovibond 1 *
Brian Norton
2-6
1-6
6-1
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Charles Winslow
10-8
6-0
5-7
6-4
Semifinals
Brian Norton 1 *
George Dodd
6-4
6-4
6-3
Final
Pat O'Hara Wood 1 *
Brian Norton
4-6
6-2
6-1
10-8
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Brian Norton
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
Louis Raymond 1 *
Brian Norton
6-4
6-4
8-6