1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	John Bromwich ; Frank Sedgman
Runners-up	Tom Brown ; Gardnar Mulloy
Score	5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7
Details
Draw	64 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

Bob Falkenburg and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but Kramer was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season. Falkenburg partnered with Frank Parker, but lost to John Bromwich and Frank Sedgman in the semifinals.

Bromwich and Sedgman defeated Tom Brown and Gardnar Mulloy in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championship.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

Bob Falkenburg /

Frank Parker (semifinals)

2.

Tom Brown /

Gardnar Mulloy (final)

3.

John Bromwich /

Frank Sedgman (champions)

4.

Tony Mottram /

Eric Sturgess (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

2	Tom Brown Gardnar Mulloy	9	4	3	9	6

	Enrique Morea Alejo Russell	7	6	6	7	2
							2	Tom Brown Gardnar Mulloy	1	6	4	6	8

								Lennart Bergelin Jack Harper	6	3	6	4	6
4	Tony Mottram Eric Sturgess	3	4	4

	Lennart Bergelin Jack Harper	6	6	6
														2	Tom Brown Gardnar Mulloy	7	5	5	7

														3	John Bromwich Frank Sedgman	5	7	7	9
	Giovanni Cucelli Marcello del Bello	3	1	5

3	John Bromwich Frank Sedgman	6	6	7
							3	John Bromwich Frank Sedgman	6	6	4	6	6

							1	Bob Falkenburg Frank Parker	2	8	6	4	1
	Franjo Kukuljević Vojtěch Vodička	1	2	6	0

1	Bob Falkenburg Frank Parker	6	6	3	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round							Third round					Quarterfinals

2	Tom Brown Gardnar Mulloy	9	6	6
	Dragutin Mitić Josip Palada	7	3	4	2	T Brown G Mulloy	6	5	4	7	6
	Sumant Misra Subba Sawhney	6	8	6		S Misra S Sawhney	1	7	6	5	3
	Renato Bossi Ferruccio Quintavalle	1	6	4								2	T Brown G Mulloy	6	6	6
	Henry Billington Don Butler	6	6	6									H Billington D Butler	3	3	4
	Mahmoud Alam Ahmed-Hasan Khokhar	3	4	4		H Billington D Butler	7	6	6
	Guy Cooper Henry Weatherall	6	4	5		B Finnigan J Wilkinson	5	4	1
	Brian Finnigan John Wilkinson	8	6	7													2	T Brown G Mulloy	9	4	3	9	6
	Jean Ducos de la Haille Carlo Sada	7	4	5														E Morea A Russell	7	6	6	7	2
	Enrique Morea Alejo Russell	9	6	7		E Morea A Russell	6	6	6
	Norman Kitovitz David Mockridge	1	6	4		Z Katona H Weiss	3	2	4
	Zoltán Katona Heraldo Weiss	6	8	6									E Morea A Russell	6	6	13
	Eddie Mandelbaum Henri Zalzal	8	4	3									J Patty P Washer	2	4	11
	Budge Patty Philippe Washer	10	6	6		J Patty P Washer	6	6	6
	Bobby Meredith Douglas Snart	6	6	6		G Meredith D Snart	2	4	1
	Kurt Nielsen Torben Ulrich	2	2	3

Section 2

First round						Second round						Third round						Quarterfinals

4	Tony Mottram Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
	Borje Fornstedt Johan Haanes	2	3	4		4	A Mottram E Sturgess	6	4	7	6
	Geoff Emmett Ralph Nichols	4	4	10			L Hare P Hare	4	6	5	2
	Lindsay Hare Peter Hare	6	6	12								4	A Mottram E Sturgess	6	6	6
	Ted Frith Paddy Roberts	2	5	6	1								M Coen R van Meegeren	4	3	3
	Roy Mansell Gwyn Tuckett	6	7	4	6		R Mansell G Tuckett	7	4	3	4
	John Griffith Jack Moore	6	3	1	4		M Coen R van Meegeren	5	6	6	6
	Marcel Coen Boebi van Meegeren	3	6	6	6													4	A Mottram E Sturgess	3	4	4
Q	Joseph Clynton-Reed Malcolm Maclagan	0	0	2															L Bergelin J Harper	6	6	6
Q	Tommy Anderson DC Argyle	6	6	6		Q	T Anderson DC Argyle	6	4	0	5
	Dennis Coombe Charles Kingsley	4	3	6			G Jackson M Murphy	4	6	6	6
	Guy Jackson Matthew Murphy	6	6	8									G Jackson M Murphy	6	3	4	4
	Lennart Bergelin Jack Harper	6	6	6									L Bergelin J Harper	3	6	6	6
	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Jack Van den Eynde	4	1	4			L Bergelin J Harper	8	6	6
	Colin Ritchie Dickie Ritchie	2	3	6	1		C Grandet P Rémy	6	1	4
	Christian Grandet Paul Rémy	6	6	1	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third round						Quarterfinals

	Alan Coldham Ernest Wittmann	3	3	4
	Giovanni Cucelli Marcello del Bello	6	6	6				G Cucelli M del Bello	6	3	6	6
	Robert Abdesselam Bernard Destremau	6	2	5	6	5		J Bartrolí M Szavoszt	3	6	1	4
	Jaime Bartrolí Mario Szavoszt	3	6	7	4	7								G Cucelli M del Bello	6	1	6	6
	Dilip Bose Narendra Nath	9	3	3										F Ampon R Deyro	4	6	4	3
	Felicisimo Ampon Raymundo Deyro	11	6	6				F Ampon R Deyro	7	7	6
	Headley Baxter Roland Carter	6	4	3	6	9		H Baxter R Carter	5	5	0
Q	Leslie Cater Francis Wallis	3	6	6	2	7														G Cucelli M del Bello	3	1	5
	Cyril Betts Bobby Nicoll	1	2	2															3	J Bromwich F Sedgman	6	6	7
	Vladimír Černík Jaroslav Drobný	6	6	6				V Černík J Drobný	6	6	6
	Jean-Pierre Blondel Edgar Büchi	4	1	6	4			GI Bayley C Lister	3	4	2
	GI Bayley Claude Lister	6	6	3	6									V Černík J Drobný	2	6	2	1
	Derek Bull Cliff Hovell	4	6	1									3	J Bromwich F Sedgman	6	4	6	6
	Gerry Oakley John Spence	6	8	6				G Oakley J Spence	2	1	2
	Ivo Rinkel Hans van Swol	4	1	2			3	J Bromwich F Sedgman	6	6	6
3	John Bromwich Frank Sedgman	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round						Third round							Quarterfinals

	Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	6	5	7	6
	Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński	4	7	5	3			J Borotra J Brugnon	6	6	7
Q	Laurie Proctor John White	7	4	6	6	6	Q	L Proctor J White	2	2	5
	G Jaceniak Hans Redl	9	6	1	2	4								J Borotra J Brugnon	6	3	6	3	6
	Charles Jones JM Stas	w/o												F Kukuljević V Vodička	2	6	4	6	8
	Franjo Kukuljević Vojtěch Vodička							F Kukuljević V Vodička	6	6	5	6
	Jacques Brichant Jacques Peten	6	8	7	3	6		J Brichant J Peten	3	3	7	2
	Edmund David Herman David	2	6	9	6	0															F Kukuljević V Vodička	1	2	6	0
	Cyril Kemp George McVeagh	8	6	6																1	R Falkenburg F Parker	6	6	3	6
	Stan Clark Bunny Whiteman	6	3	1				C Kemp G McVeagh	0	7	6	3
	George Godsell Ted Tinling	1	4	4				D Slack H Walton	6	9	3	6
	Dennis Slack Howard Walton	6	6	6										D Slack H Walton	4	3	5
	József Asbóth Béla Pető	2	7	9	0								1	R Falkenburg F Parker	6	6	7
	Harry Hopman Geoffrey Paish	6	9	7	6			H Hopman G Paish	3	1	7
	Billy Muller Walter Musgrove	1	3	0			1	R Falkenburg F Parker	6	6	9
1	Bob Falkenburg Frank Parker	6	6	6

References

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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