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{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
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|highestsinglesranking = No. 8 (1935<small>, [[A. Wallis Myers]]</small>)<ref name="ReadingEagle1935">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I7MhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rZsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3522,3593589&dq=wilmer-allison+world+ranking&hl=en "Moody, Perry Rated Tops By British Expert"], ''Reading Eagle'', 17 October 1935.</ref>
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'''Vivian Erzerum Bede
==Biography==
He was born in [[Merrendee]], near [[Mudgee]], New South Wales, the fourth child of native Australian parents. His father was a hotelkeeper. He went to [[Sydney Boys High School]], graduating in 1932,<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Sporting Representatives|url=http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sport.pdf|website=www.shsobu.org.au|publisher=Sydney High School Old Boys Union|format=pdf}}</ref> where he played tennis and cricket. He began playing tennis against a brick walk at his home.<ref name="gsta">{{cite web|title=Vivian McGrath|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/VIVIAN%20McGRATH.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf}}</ref>
[[File:Christian Boussus Vivian McGrath.jpg|thumb|[[Christian Boussus]] (left) and Vivian McGrath (center) enter the center court of the [[White City Stadium (Sydney)|White City Stadium]] in Sydney, Australia in November 1934]]
He won the Australian junior singles in 1932 and the French junior singles in 1933. He was a member of the Australian [[Davis Cup]] team from 1933 to 1937. He won the [[Australian Open]] doubles championship with his friend [[Jack Crawford (tennis player)|Jack Crawford]] in 1935. In 1937, he won the Australian Open singles title against [[John Bromwich]]. McGrath was ranked World No. 8 in 1935 by [[A. Wallis Myers]] of ''The Daily Telegraph''.<ref name="ReadingEagle1935"/>
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After the war, he never regained his form and was plagued by injuries. He eventually became a coach in the southern highlands and pursued his interest in horse racing. He died in Burradoo, New South Wales of heart disease.
== Grand Slam
=== Singles: (1 title) ===
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