1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1939 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Bobby Riggs USA 1912 Elwood Cooke 2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 1946 grand slam 1939 Wimbledon Championships Second-seeded Bobby Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke in the final, 2–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Don Budge was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1938 season. Three-time finalist Gottfried von Cramm, who had won the Queen's Club Championships the week before, stated that his absence was because he had not entered, denying that he had been refused entry due to his 1938 indecency conviction.Von Cramm States U.S. Bars His Entry ... He Denies Wimbledon Refused to Have Him Compete https://www.nytimes.com/1939/06/17/archives/von-cramm-states-us-bars-his-entry-reich-tennis-ace-says-visa.html 30 September 2025 The New York Times Associated Press 17 June 1939 5 col. 6 It would be the last Wimbledon tournament for seven years until 1946 due to World War II. Seeds 1 1 GBR Bunny Austin (quarterfinals) 2 8 USA 1912 Bobby Riggs (champion) 3 3 USA 1912 Don McNeil (second round) 4 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec (semifinals) 5 4 GER Nazi Henner Henkel (semifinals) 6 2 USA 1912 Elwood Cooke (final) 7 5 TCH Roderich Menzel (second round) 8 7 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 GBR Bunny Austin 3 0 1 6 USA 1912 Elwood Cooke 6 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 1 3 2 5 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 6 6 6 USA 1912 Gene Smith 0 2 2 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 IND British Ghaus Mohammad 2 2 2 2 USA 1912 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6 6 USA 1912 Elwood Cooke 6 4 6 6 5 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 3 6 4 4 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 2 3 4 2 USA 1912 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6 6 USA 1912 Elwood Cooke 6 6 6 3 2 2 USA 1912 Bobby Riggs 2 8 3 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 GBR Bunny Austin 6 6 12 HUN 1920 József Asbóth 1 4 10 LL GBR Maurice Lucking 5 1 5 USA 1912 Owen Anderson 7 6 7 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 Republic of China (1912–1949) Ho Jin 1 2 4 Q GBR Henry Weatherall 6 6 7 AUS Garton Hone 4 3 5 GBR Jack Darkins 8 6 8 GBR Douglas Snart 6 4 6 ROM Cristea Caralulis 4 2 9 0 GBR Don Butler 6 6 7 6 Q GBR Bert Whitney 2 3 2 BEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Andre Najar 3 3 1 GER Nazi Rolf Göpfert 6 6 6 1 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 USA 1912 O Anderson 3 4 4 TCH J Drobný 6 6 6 Q GBR H Weatherall 2 2 4 GBR J Darkins 7 6 3 1 GBR D Butler 9 4 6 6 BEL J Van den Eynde 5 4 2 GER Nazi R Göpfert 7 6 6 1 GBR H Austin 7 9 0 TCH J Drobný 5 7 0r GBR D Butler 4 6 4 6 6 GER Nazi R Göpfert 6 2 6 3 3 1 GBR H Austin 8 6 6 GBR D Butler 6 4 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 USA 1912 Elwood Cooke 1 6 6 6 FRA Christian Boussus 6 4 0 3 SUI Jost Spitzer 3 6 1 1 GBR George Godsell 6 4 6 6 GBR Cliff Hovell 0 7 6 8 6 Q GBR Headley Baxter 6 9 0 6 3 IND British Iftikar Ahmed 3 7 8 IRL George Lyttleton-Rogers 6 9 10 GER Nazi Helmuth Gulcz 2 2 4 NZL Dewar Brown 6 6 6 GBR Ian Collins 6 6 6 GBR Bob Higgin 1 2 2 GBR John Olliff 3 4 6 6 0 (No citizenship) Daniel Prenn 6 6 1 4 0r LL IND British Janmeja Charanjiva 2 4 1 SUI Boris Maneff 6 6 6 6 USA 1912 E Cooke 6 7 7 GBR G Godsell 1 5 5 GBR C Hovell 2 8 6 IRL G Lyttleton-Rogers 6 10 8 NZL D Brown 3 6 4 1 GBR I Collins 6 1 6 6 GBR J Olliff 6 6 6 SUI B Maneff 2 4 4 6 USA 1912 E Cooke 7 6 6 IRL G Lyttleton-Rogers 5 1 4 GBR I Collins 6 7 2 4 GBR J Olliff 8 5 6 6 6 USA 1912 E Cooke 6 6 6 GBR J Olliff 1 1 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Don McNeill 6 6 6 HUN 1920 Kálmán Aschner 1 1 0 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 6 4 6 6 NED Tod Hughan 1 6 1 0 GBR Jimmy Jones 6 6 6 GBR Tommy Anderson 1 0 3 IRL Raymond Egan 7 6 4 2 3 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen 5 1 6 6 6 GBR Herman David 6 6 5 6 GBR Gordon Fitt 2 1 7 3 NZL Dennis Coombe 4 12 3 1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić 6 11 6 6 ARG Hector Etchart 7 6 6 Q GBR Brian Royds 5 1 2 GBR Arnold England 5 6 4 GBR Murray Deloford 7 8 6 3 USA 1912 D McNeill 4 5 1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 6 7 6 GBR C Jones 3 6 2 4 Republic of China (1912–1949) W-C Choy 6 2 6 6 GBR H David 4 5 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia D Mitić 6 7 6 ARG H Etchart 4 3 6 2 GBR M Deloford 6 6 2 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 6 7 6 Republic of China (1912–1949) W-C Choy 4 5 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia D Mitić 5 4 6 6 3 GBR M Deloford 7 6 2 2 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 6 6 6 GBR M Deloford 4 3 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 9 6 6 GBR Jack Piercy 7 0 0 HUN 1920 György Dallos 3 9 4 4 GBR John Comery 6 7 6 6 SUI Hans Pfaff 6 4 6 1 6 IND British Dilip Bose 2 6 1 6 2 GBR Brian Sturgeon 1 2 6 5 GBR Laurie Shaffi 6 6 3 7 FRA Jacques Brugnon 6 6 3 6 GBR Frank Wilde 1 3 6 3 GBR Reginald Bessemer-Clark 5 1 6 GBR Bob Mulliken 7 6 8 POL 1928 Adam Baworowski 6 4 5 5 ITA 1861 Giorgio de Stefani 3 6 7 7 BEL Léopold de Borman 6 7 3 0 7 Q GBR Colin Ritchie 4 5 6 6 5 5 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 6 6 GBR J Comery 1 2 4 SUI H Pfaff 6 3 3 4 GBR L Shaffi 3 6 6 6 FRA J Brugnon 6 6 6 GBR R Mulliken 4 2 4 ITA 1861 G de Stefani 6 10 6 BEL L de Borman 2 8 1 5 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 4 6 6 GBR L Shaffi 4 6 4 1 FRA J Brugnon 6 6 6 6 ITA 1861 G de Stefani 4 4 8 4 5 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 6 6 FRA J Brugnon 1 3 0 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round HUN 1920 Emil Gábori 6 6 6 GBR Jack Harrison 4 2 2 Republic of China (1912-1949) Kho Sin-Kie w/o NZL Jack Gunn GBR Guy Cooper 5 4 3 ITA 1861 Vanni Canepele 7 6 6 IND British Yeswanath-Rao Savoor 7 9 6 BEL Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 5 7 1 TCH František Cejnar 6 9 6 FRA Antoine Gentien 1 7 2 LL GBR Malcolm Maclagan 2 5 7 HUN 1920 Mihály Csikós 6 7 9 NZL Buster Andrews 6 2 3 4 USA 1912 Gene Smith 3 6 6 6 GBR Eric Peters 1 2 2 7 TCH Roderich Menzel 6 6 6 HUN 1920 E Gábori 7 9 5 6 NZL J Gunn 5 7 7 2 ITA 1861 G Canepele 6 6 7 IND British Y-R Savoor 2 4 5 TCH F Cejnar 6 7 6 HUN 1920 M Csikos 4 5 3 USA 1912 E Smith 6 3 6 7 7 TCH R Menzel 1 6 3 5 HUN 1920 E Gábori 6 6 2 6 ITA 1861 G Canepele 4 1 6 2 TCH F Cejnar 3 2 7 6 1 USA 1912 E Smith 6 6 5 1 6 HUN 1920 E Gábori 0 4 3 USA 1912 E Smith 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Alan Coldham 6 6 6 GBR Gwyn Tuckett 3 4 3 GBR Dermot Muspratt 4 3 4 ARG Alejo Russell 6 6 6 GBR Harold Hare 6 3 6 6 3 ROM Arnulf Schmidt 2 6 8 0 6 GBR Eric Filby 8 3 6 1 5 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 4 6 7 GBR Roland Morton 6 3 6 2 1 SUI Hector Fisher 3 6 3 6 6 GBR Bobby Meredith 2 1 3 GBR Donald MacPhail 6 6 6 GBR Henry Billington 3 2 9 GBR Pat Sherwood 6 6 11 NZL Neil Edwards 2 2 3 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 AUS A Coldham 8 4 9 2 ARG A Russell 6 6 11 6 ROM A Schmidt 6 3 1 1 GBR A Mottram 3 6 6 6 SUI H Fisher 6 1 2 0 GBR D MacPhail 3 6 6 6 GBR P Sherwood 3 1 3 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 6 6 6 ARG A Russell 10 6 6 GBR A Mottram 8 4 1 GBR D MacPhail 3 3 5 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 6 6 7 ARG A Russell 3 6 1 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 6 8 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round MON Gaston Médécin 7 6 2 1 DEN Helge Plougmann 9 1 6 6 HUN 1920 Ottó Szigeti 12 6 6 USA 1912 Bill Robertson 10 4 4 GBR Jack Lysaght 4 3 3 NED Hans van Swol 6 6 6 SUI Max Ellmer 6 6 6 ROM Alexandru Hamburger 1 0 3 GBR Claude Lister 1 6 3 1 GBR Bob Tinkler 6 4 6 6 IND British Ghaus Mohammad 6 6 6 GBR Norman Taylor 3 1 2 Q GBR Dennis Slack 6 6 5 7 6 GBR Henry Burrows 8 4 7 5 3 Q IND British Chuni Savara 2 0 3 8 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 DEN H Plougmann 3 3 5 HUN 1920 O Szigeti 6 6 7 NED A van Swol 6 6 4 6 SUI M Ellmer 2 3 6 4 GBR B Tinkler 4 3 2 IND British G Mohammad 6 6 6 Q GBR D Slack 3 1 1 8 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 6 6 6 HUN 1920 O Szigeti 8 6 6 NED A van Swol 6 4 4 IND British G Mohammad 6 6 6 8 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 0 3 4 HUN 1920 O Szigeti 4 16 6 3 4 IND British G Mohammad 6 14 2 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GER Nazi Georg von Metaxa 2 4 6 4 FRA Robert Abdesselam 6 6 3 6 TCH Josef Šíba 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Eustace Fannin 3 2 1 GBR Ronnie Shayes 2 6 7 4 6 GRE old Georgios Nikolaides 6 2 5 6 4 Q GBR Jack Warboys 0 0 0 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Josip Palada 6 6 6 GBR Edmund David 2 5 5 GBR Harry Lee 6 7 7 NZL Cam Malfroy 6 6 2 4 6 GBR Nigel Sharpe 4 3 6 6 0 GBR Ted Avory 6 1 6 4 6 GBR Derrick Leyland 3 6 4 6 4 Q IND British Jagan Dhamija 3 0 4 2 USA 1912 Bobby Riggs 6 6 6 FRA R Abdesselam 5 1 4 TCH J Šíba 7 6 6 GBR R Shayes 6 3 9 2 8 Kingdom of Yugoslavia J Palada 4 6 7 6 6 GBR H Lee 2 4 5 NZL C Malfroy 6 6 7 GBR E Avory 4 4 2 2 USA 1912 R Riggs 6 6 6 TCH J Šíba 5 4 7 GBR R Shayes 7 6 9 NZL C Malfroy 6 9 2 2 USA 1912 R Riggs 8 11 6 GBR R Shayes 5 8 4 3 2 USA 1912 R Riggs 7 6 6 6 References External links 1939 MS 1939 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1939 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles