1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Yvon Petra
Runner-up Geoff Brown
Score6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4
Draw128
Seeds8
Main article: 1946 Wimbledon Championships

Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Bobby Riggs was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Seeds

1.   Dinny Pails (quarterfinals)
2.   Jack Kramer (fourth round)
3.   Geoff Brown (final)
4.   Pancho Segura (third round)
5.   Yvon Petra (champion)
6.   Dragutin Mitić (fourth round)
7.   Franjo Punčec (quarterfinals)
8.   Lennart Bergelin (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Dinny Pails 5 5 8 4
5 Yvon Petra 7 7 6 6
5 Yvon Petra 4 4 6 7 8
Tom Brown 6 6 3 5 6
Tom Brown 6 8 6
7 Franjo Punčec 2 6 4
5 Yvon Petra 6 6 7 5 6
3 Geoff Brown 2 4 9 7 4
8 Lennart Bergelin 11 9 4
3 Geoff Brown 13 11 6
3 Geoff Brown 6 7 6
Jaroslav Drobný 4 5 2
Pierre Pellizza 4 4 4
Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 Dinny Pails 6 6 6
Andrés Hammersley 2 2 0 1 D Pails 6 6 6
Hubert Wilton 6 6 7 H Wilton 0 4 1
Henry Billington 4 4 5 1 D Pails 6 6 6
Don Butler 6 6 6 D Butler 1 4 2
Doug Scharenguivel 2 1 2 D Butler 6 4 6 4 6
Frank Mehner 6 6 7 F Mehner 4 6 4 6 4
Roland Morton 3 1 5 1 D Pails 6 6 7
Jack Moore 6 6 6 J Patty 2 1 5
Tommy Anderson 2 4 3 J Moore 1 2 6
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 6 P Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 8
Buster Andrews 4 3 4 P Geelhand de Merxem 8 1 3 4
Henri Bolelli 6 6 6 J Patty 6 6 6 6
Finn Rune Karlsen 3 3 1 H Bolelli 3 6 7
Budge Patty 4 6 6 6 J Patty 6 8 9
Jacques Thomas 6 3 2 2

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 Yvon Petra 6 8 7
Vojtěch Vodička 2 6 5 5 Y Petra 9 6 6
Josip Palada 6 6 6 J Palada 7 4 0
Raymond Egan 0 3 4 5 Y Petra 6 6 6
Adli El Shafei 3 5 6 6 6 A El Shafei 2 2 2
George Godsell 6 7 3 4 3 A El Shafei 6 6 6
Bob Baker 6 9 6 5 6 R Baker 3 2 2
Joseph Clynton-Reed 8 7 2 7 4 5 Y Petra 6 4 6 6
Torsten Johansson R Buser 4 6 0 1
Ken Lo w/o T Johansson 6 6 3 6
Peter Hare 1 6 8 2 G Fitt 3 4 6 3
Gordon Fitt 6 3 10 6 T Johansson 6 8 8 5 4
René Buser 6 6 3 4 6 R Buser 3 6 10 7 6
Bobby Meredith 3 4 6 6 2 R Buser 6 6 6
Georges Gremillet 7 2 7 6 G Gremillet 3 3 4
Geoffrey Paish 5 6 5 0

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 Pancho Segura 6 6 6
Tony Clark 1 1 1 4 F Segura 6 6 6
John Comery 1 7 6 6 7 J Comery 1 1 1
Sanford Webster 6 9 3 1 5 4 F Segura 6 3 3 3
Tom Brown 6 10 6 T Brown 4 6 6 6
Murray Deloford 4 8 2 T Brown 6 6 6
Roland Carter 6 6 11 R Carter 1 4 1
Claude Lister 4 4 9 T Brown 6 6 6
Josef Šíba 2 4 6 6 6 A Mottram 1 1 3
Hans Huonder 6 6 1 4 3 J Šíba 6 1 8 4
Tony Mottram 6 6 6 A Mottram 3 6 10 6
Stefán László 2 1 1 A Mottram 6 6 6
Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 4 4 6 J Van den Eynde 3 1 2
Robert Abdesselam 4 1 6 6 1 J Van den Eynde 6 7 7 6
Frank Wilde 3 6 0 6 6 F Wilde 2 5 9 3
Dennis Slack 6 2 6 3 3

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6
Gwyn Tuckett 2 2 3 7 F Punčec 6 6 6
Jaanik Ipsen 7 6 6 J Ipsen 1 3 0
George McVeagh 5 4 3 7 F Punčec 6 6 5 6
Enrique Buse 2 7 6 4 6 F Vrba 3 0 7 3
Francis Wallis 6 5 4 6 2 E Buse 6 3 4 3
Ferdinand Vrba 6 2 6 6 F Vrba 4 6 6 6
Guy Cooper 3 6 0 3 7 F Punčec 6 6 6
Kho Sin-Kie 6 6 6 A van Swol 1 2 2
Paul Féret 4 1 4 S-K Kho 6 4 6 7
Alan Coldham 6 6 6 A Coldham 1 6 4 5
Derek Bocquet 1 1 2 S-K Kho 6 4 2 5
Jack Harper 6 6 6 A van Swol 1 6 6 7
Léopold de Borman 2 2 2 J Harper 6 6 4 6 0
Hans van Swol 6 6 6 A van Swol 4 8 6 4 6
Bob Tinkler 1 3 4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Derrick Leyland 6 6 6
JE Slater 3 4 3 D Leyland 1 1 10
Jacques Sanglier 6 6 6 J Sanglier 6 6 12
Johan Haanes 2 4 4 J Sanglier 7 6 4 1 7
Bill Robertson 6 5 6 6 W Robertson 5 2 6 6 5
Boebi van Meegeren 4 7 2 2 W Robertson 4 8 6 4 6
Cyril Kemp 6 6 0 11 6 C Kemp 6 6 4 6 0
Choy Wai-Chuen 4 4 6 13 2 J Sanglier 2 4 1
Derrick Barton 6 6 6 8 L Bergelin 6 6 6
Christian Grandet 2 4 3 D Barton 6 8 6
Arnold England 6 6 7 A England 3 6 2
John Drinkall 4 1 5 D Barton 8 3 4
Maurice Lucking 6 6 3 6 8 8 L Bergelin 10 6 6
Dennis Coombe 8 4 6 2 6 M Lucking 0 0 0
Philippe Washer 4 6 1 6 5 8 L Bergelin 6 6 6
8 Lennart Bergelin 6 3 6 2 7

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Bernard Destremau 7 8 4 6
Josef Caska 5 6 6 0 B Destremau 6 6 6
Jack Darkins 4 6 6 7 J Darkins 1 0 3
Mahmoud Talaat 6 3 2 5 B Destremau 6 0 2 8
Enrique Morea 6 6 8 E Morea 2 6 6 10
Harold Marsland 3 3 6 E Morea 6 6 6
Jost Spitzer 6 6 6 J Spitzer 2 1 2
Bobby Nicoll 2 1 3 E Morea 2 1 3
Stanley Drobac 5 2 7 6 7 3 G Brown 6 6 6
Fergus Davidson 7 6 5 4 5 S Drobac 2 1 3
Ernest Wittmann 6 6 6 E Wittmann 6 6 6
Frank Beeman 1 2 2 E Wittmann 0 0 2
Harry Marriner 4 6 6 6 3 G Brown 6 6 6
DA Clayton 6 0 2 0 H Marriner 0 0 1
Brian Burnett 0 3 0 3 G Brown 6 6 6
3 Geoff Brown 6 6 6

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Herman David 8 9 6
Derek Hardwick 6 7 2 H David 4 11 3 6 3
Ivo Rinkel 7 6 6 I Rinkel 6 9 6 4 6
Tim Lewis 5 4 4 I Rinkel 2 2 2
Pierre Pellizza 6 6 6 P Pellizza 6 6 6
Reg Smith 2 1 0 P Pellizza 4 4 6 6 6
Harry Hopman 6 6 6 H Hopman 6 6 3 4 1
Andre Najar 4 0 2 P Pellizza 7 3 7 6 6
Roger Dubuc 6 D Mitić 9 6 5 4 2
Maksymiljan Stolarow w/o R Dubuc 6 7 6
Cecil Betts 6 6 6 C Betts 2 5 0
John Cope 3 1 2 R Dubuc 2 4 3
Donald MacPhail 6 6 6 6 D Mitić 6 6 6
Henri Pellizza 2 3 2 D MacPhail 6 3 0 2
John Wilkinson 1 2 0 6 D Mitić 2 6 6 6
6 Dragutin Mitić 6 6 6

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Czesław Spychała 6 6 9
Jimmy Jones 1 4 7 C Spychała 4 4 2
Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 J Drobný 6 6 6
Eric Filby 4 2 3 J Drobný 6 6 6
Headley Baxter 6 6 6 J Peten 2 2 3
Gaston Médécin 1 0 3 H Baxter 5 6 2
Jacques Peten 6 8 7 J Peten 7 8 6
Hans Pfaff 3 6 5 J Drobný 2 17 6 3 6
Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 4 6 6 2 J Kramer 6 15 3 6 3
Jean Lesueur 2 6 3 4 I Tłoczyński 6 6 6
Cliff Hovell 6 6 6 C Hovell 3 2 1
Howard Walton 3 4 4 I Tłoczyński 1 0 0
Ted Avory 6 6 6 2 J Kramer 6 6 6
Helge Johansen 3 2 1 E Avory 1 1 0
Dick Sandys 0 2 0 2 J Kramer 6 6 6
2 Jack Kramer 6 6 6

References

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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