1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1946 Wimbledon Championships s USA 1912 Tom Brown USA 1912 Jack Kramer AUS Geoff Brown AUS Dinny Pails 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 64 4 1939 grand slam 1946 Wimbledon Championships Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional. Tom Brown and Jack Kramer defeated Geoff Brown and Dinny Pails in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championship.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 AUS Geoff Brown / AUS Dinny Pails (final) 2 4 USA 1912 Tom Brown / USA 1912 Jack Kramer (champions) 3 2 YUG Dragutin Mitić / YUG Josip Palada (semifinals) 4 3 FRA Bernard Destremau / FRA Yvon Petra (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Dinny Pails 6 8 6 FRA Henri BolelliFRA Pierre Pellizza 4 6 3 3 YUG Dragutin MitićYUG Josip Palada 6 6 6 GBR Cecil BettsGBR Cliff Hovell 3 3 2 USA 1912 Budge PattyECU Pancho Segura 6 6 5 8 NED Ivo RinkelNED Hans van Swol 2 4 7 6 SWE Lennart BergelinSWE Torsten Johansson 1 6 4 0 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 3 6 6 1 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Dinny Pails 6 6 6 3 YUG Dragutin MitićYUG Josip Palada 2 4 3 USA 1912 Budge PattyECU Pancho Segura 3 3 3 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 1 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Dinny Pails 4 4 2 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Dinny Pails 6 6 6 USA 1912 Frank BeemanUSA 1912 Stanley Drobac 2 4 1 NZL Buster AndrewsNZL Dennis Coombe 8 6 6 7 6 GBR Claude ListerGBR WM Martin 10 4 2 9 3 GBR Freddie Della PortaGBR Leslie Walter 4 8 4 USA 1912 Frank MehnerUSA 1912 JE Slater 6 10 6 POL 1928 Czesław SpychałaPOL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 8 6 6 GBR Edward HansomGBR Harold Marsland 6 2 3 PER Enrique BuseGBR Maurice Lucking 4 7 4 BEL Léopold de BormanBEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 9 6 GBR Henry BillingtonGBR John Olliff 6 6 6 GBR Eric FilbyGBR Donald MacPhail 4 2 2 FRA Henri BolelliFRA Pierre Pellizza 6 6 6 IRL Raymond Egan FW Peard 2 1 3 GBR Derek HardwickGBR Peter Hare 14 3 2 2 GBR Ted AvoryGBR Eric Peters 12 6 6 6 1 AUS G BrownAUS D Pails 6 6 6 NZL E AndrewsNZL D Coombe 1 1 1 USA 1912 F MehnerUSA 1912 JE Slater 4 2 2 POL 1928 C SpychałaPOL 1928 I Tłoczyński 6 6 6 BEL L de BormanBEL J Van den Eynde 3 7 4 6 8 GBR H BillingtonGBR J Olliff 6 5 6 4 6 FRA H BolelliFRA P Pellizza 6 6 6 GBR E AvoryGBR E Peters 1 1 2 1 AUS G BrownAUS D Pails 6 6 6 POL 1928 C SpychałaPOL 1928 I Tłoczyński 2 3 4 BEL L de BormanBEL J Van den Eynde 2 3 2 FRA H BolelliFRA P Pellizza 6 6 6 1 AUS G BrownAUS D Pails 6 8 6 FRA H BolelliFRA P Pellizza 4 6 3 The nationality of FW Peard is unknown. Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 YUG Dragutin MitićYUG Josip Palada 6 6 8 GBR Brian BurnettGBR Peter Young 2 2 6 GBR Roland CarterGBR Charles Kingsley 6 6 6 USA 1912 Bill RobertsonUSA 1912 John Wilkinson 4 2 3 FRA Paul FéretFRA Jean Lesueur 6 5 6 3 TCH Josef CaskaTCH Jaroslav Drobný 3 7 8 6 CHI Andrés HammersleyARG Enrique Morea w/o AUS Alan ColdhamGBR Henry Weatherall GBR Cecil BettsGBR Cliff Hovell 6 6 8 1 6 NOR Johan HaanesTCH Ferdinand Vrba 8 4 6 6 3 GBR CF DuncanPOL 1928 Maksymiljan Stolarow w/o DEN Jaanik IpsenDEN Helge Johansen GBR JK HamiltonGBR Derrick Leyland 6 6 6 MON Vladimir LandauMON Gaston Médécin 2 0 1 SUI Hans PfaffSUI Jost Spitzer 7 5 6 6 GBR Bernard NealGBR Bobby Thorn 5 7 2 2 3 YUG D MitićYUG J Palada 6 6 6 GBR R CarterGBR C Kingsley 1 3 1 TCH J CaskaTCH J Drobný 6 6 9 AUS A ColdhamGBR H Weatherall 1 2 7 GBR C BettsGBR C Hovell 6 6 6 DEN J IpsenDEN H Johansen 2 3 4 GBR JK HamiltonGBR D Leyland SUI H PfaffSUI J Spitzer w/o 3 YUG D MitićYUG J Palada 2 9 7 3 6 TCH J CaskaTCH J Drobný 6 7 5 6 4 GBR C BettsGBR C Hovell 6 6 6 GBR JK HamiltonGBR D Leyland 2 2 3 3 YUG D MitićYUG J Palada 6 6 6 GBR C BettsGBR C Hovell 3 3 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA 1912 Budge PattyECU Pancho Segura 7 6 8 GBR Herman DavidPOL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 5 1 6 GBR Bill ManbyGBR Gwyn Tuckett NED Hendrik TimmerNED Hubert Wilton w/o GBR Derrick BartonGBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 IRL Cyril KempIRL George McVeagh 0 3 2 FRA Jacques SanglierFRA Jacques Thomas 6 6 6 GBR Tommy AndersonAUS DA Clayton 3 3 1 NED Ivo RinkelNED Hans van Swol 9 6 6 SUI René BuserSUI Hans Huonder 7 3 4 FRA Georges GremilletFRA Henri Pellizza 6 6 6 GBR Guy CooperGBR Bob Tinkler 4 3 3 FRA Robert AbdesselamFRA Roger Dubuc 11 1 7 6 AUS Jack HarperGBR Jack Warboys 9 6 5 3 GBR Jimmy HuntGBR Colin Ritchie 1 2 4 4 FRA Bernard DestremauFRA Yvon Petra 6 6 6 USA 1912 J PattyECU P Segura 6 6 6 GBR N ManbyGBR G Tuckett 2 0 3 GBR D BartonGBR G Paish 6 6 6 FRA J SanglierFRA J Thomas 4 4 4 NED I RinkelNED A van Swol 6 5 6 6 FRA G GremilletFRA H Pellizza 1 7 3 2 FRA R AbdesselamFRA R Dubuc 3 2 4 4 FRA B DestremauFRA Y Petra 6 6 6 USA 1912 J PattyECU P Segura 6 5 5 8 6 GBR D BartonGBR G Paish 2 7 7 6 1 NED I RinkelNED A van Swol 6 6 8 6 4 FRA B DestremauFRA Y Petra 2 8 6 4 USA 1912 J PattyECU P Segura 6 6 5 8 NED I RinkelNED A van Swol 2 4 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR Murray DelofordGBR Jimmy Jones 3 6 2 1 BEL Pierre Geelhand de MerxemBEL Philippe Washer 6 2 6 6 SWE Lennart BergelinSWE Torsten Johansson 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Adli El ShafeiEGY 1922 Mahmoud Talaat 4 2 3 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-ChuenRepublic of China (1912-1949) Kho Sin-Kie 6 4 4 3 GBR Don ButlerGBR Frank Wilde 0 6 6 6 IND British Leonard Brooke EdwardsAUS Joseph Clynton-Reed 4 6 2 0 GBR Leslie CaterGBR Francis Wallis 6 4 6 6 GBR Tony MottramGBR Bobby Nicoll 6 3 6 6 GBR Tony ClarkGBR Tim Lewis 1 6 3 2 GBR Harry Marriner C Webb 2 6 1 2 GBR Gordon FittGBR Reg Smith 6 4 6 6 GBR John ComeryIRL Dick Sandys 2 1 4 TCH Josef ŠíbaTCH Vojtěch Vodička 6 6 6 AUS Bob BakerGBR Tim Miles 0 1 2 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 BEL P Geelhand de MerxemBEL P Washer 3 7 4 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 6 9 6 GBR D ButlerGBR F Wilde 6 6 6 GBR L CaterGBR F Wallis 3 1 2 GBR A MottramGBR R Nicoll 6 6 6 GBR G FittGBR R Smith 2 0 1 TCH J ŠíbaTCH V Vodička 2 1 2 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 8 6 3 4 6 GBR D ButlerGBR F Wilde 6 4 6 6 2 GBR A MottramGBR R Nicoll 1 4 4 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 1 6 4 0 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 3 6 6 The nationality of C Webb is unknown. References External links 1946 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles