1952 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1952 Wimbledon Championships AUS Frank Sedgman EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 12 grand slam 1952 Wimbledon Championships In the 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, number one seed Frank Sedgman defeated number two seed Jaroslav Drobný in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 to win the title.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Dick Savitt was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mervyn Rose. Progress of the tournament Drobný was representing Egypt, having defected from Czechoslovakia in 1949 and been offered Egyptian citizenship in 1950. It was his second Wimbledon men's singles final, and he defeated the number 5 and 6 seeds (Australia's Ken McGregor and the US's Herbie Flam) to get there.https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/sep/15/guardianobituaries Jaroslav Drobny 15 September 2001 Michael Gray The Guardian 20 July 2019 Another Australian, number 8 seed Mervyn Rose, having defeated Savitt, was beaten by the eventual champion, Sedgman, in the semifinals. Seeds 1 1 AUS Frank Sedgman (champion) 2 8 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný (final) 3 6 USA 1912 Vic Seixas (quarterfinals) 4 3 USA 1912 Dick Savitt (quarterfinals) 5 7 AUS Ken McGregor (quarterfinals) 6 5 USA 1912 Herbie Flam (semifinals) 7 2 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess (quarterfinals) 8 4 AUS Mervyn Rose (semifinals) 9 2 USA 1912 Art Larsen (first round) 10 5 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy (fourth round) 11 1 USA 1912 Ham Richardson (first round) 12 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty (fourth round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 7 6 6 7 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 5 1 0 4 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 4 6 4 6 2 8 AUS Mervyn Rose 6 3 6 4 6 6 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 6 3 6 7 3 USA 1912 Vic Seixas 4 6 3 5 5 AUS Ken McGregor 0 6 6 5 5 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 3 2 7 7 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 7 8 AUS Mervyn Rose 4 4 5 6 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 2 4 6 10 4 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 0 8 6 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 4 6 6 6 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 2 3 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 6 ESP 1945 Jaime Bartrolí 1 0 2 ARG Heraldo Weiss w/o Q Southern Rhodesia Basil Katz BEL Philippe Washer 6 6 6 HKG 1910 Ip Koon Hung 1 4 4 USA 1912 Alastair Martin w/o GBR Henry Billington 11 USA 1912 Ham Richardson 6 7 2 3 0 PHI 1936 Felicisimo Ampon 1 5 6 6 6 AUS Don Candy 6 6 6 Q GBR Bob Lee 1 1 0 CHI Ricardo Balbiers 6 6 6 FIN Sakari Salo 4 1 4 YUG Milan Branović 3 4 3 GBR Claude Lister 6 6 6 1 AUS F Sedgman 6 6 6 Q Southern Rhodesia B Katz 1 1 2 BEL P Washer 6 6 6 GBR H Billington 2 4 2 PHI 1936 F Ampon 4 6 5 5 AUS D Candy 6 4 7 7 CHI R Balbiers 8 6 6 GBR C Lister 6 1 2 1 AUS F Sedgman 6 4 6 6 BEL P Washer 3 6 3 3 AUS D Candy 6 6 6 CHI R Balbiers 0 1 4 1 AUS F Sedgman 6 6 6 AUS D Candy 2 1 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 8 6 6 AUT Hans Redl 6 2 2 YUG Vladimir Petrović 1 4 6 6 1 Q KEN colonial Rusty Mayers 6 6 3 1 6 GBR Malcolm Gracie 1 3 1 ITA Giovanni Cucelli 6 6 6 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 6 GBR Headley Baxter 2 4 1 9 USA 1912 Art Larsen 8 6 4 2 SWE Torsten Johansson 10 2 6 6 IRL Joe Hackett 6 3 3 4 AUS Phil Brophy 4 6 6 6 NED Fred Dehnert 6 3 3 4 GBR Howard Walton 4 6 6 6 BRA 1889 Pedro Guimarães 2 1 0 USA 1912 Grant Golden 6 6 6 7 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 6 Q KEN colonial R Mayers 1 0 1 ITA G Cucelli 2 4 7 GBR A Mottram 6 6 9 SWE T Johansson 6 6 6 AUS P Brophy 4 0 3 GBR H Walton 5 1 0 USA 1912 G Golden 7 6 6 7 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 4 3 4 SWE T Johansson 3 6 1 6 1 USA 1912 G Golden 6 4 6 4 6 7 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 4 6 6 7 6 USA 1912 G Golden 6 3 1 9 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 6 6 6 IND Naresh Kumar 1 2 0 Southern Rhodesia Cecil Irvine 3 9 3 2 GBR Gerry Oakley 6 7 6 6 CHI Luis Ayala 8 7 6 6 TCH Milan Matouš 6 9 2 0 USA 1912 Harry Likas 6 0 6 6 AUS Peter Cawthorn 2 6 0 2 GBR Don Butler 1 3 3 BEL Jacques Brichant 6 6 6 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 4 4 6 6 6 FRA Philippe Chatrier 6 6 2 0 4 SAF 1928 Derek Capell 6 6 4 6 Q USA 1912 John Ager 0 0 6 1 IRN 1925 Matthew Mohtadi 4 3 7 2 SAF 1928 Bryan Woodroffe 6 6 5 6 4 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 6 8 GBR G Oakley 1 4 6 CHI L Ayala 4 5 4 USA 1912 H Likas 6 7 6 BEL J Brichant 6 6 3 7 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 3 3 6 5 SAF 1928 D Capell 6 6 2 3 6 SAF 1928 B Woodroffe 3 2 6 6 2 4 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 6 3 6 USA 1912 H Likas 1 3 6 3 BEL J Brichant 6 3 6 6 6 SAF 1928 D Capell 3 6 8 2 4 4 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 6 6 BEL J Brichant 3 3 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 AUS Mervyn Rose 7 7 8 AUS Ian Ayre 5 5 6 Q USA 1912 Pablo Eisenberg 2 6 6 3 4 FRG Horst Hermann 6 3 4 6 6 DEN Kurt Nielsen 6 6 6 FRA Bernard Destremau 0 1 4 YUG Josip Palada 6 6 6 Q GBR Martin Hime 4 2 4 GBR Clive Bernstein 6 3 6 6 SUI Erwin Balestra 1 6 1 3 ITA Fausto Gardini 7 7 6 BRA 1889 Eugenio Saller 5 5 3 NED Ivo Rinkel 6 6 6 AUT Gustav Specht 2 1 4 USA 1912 Straight Clark 6 6 7 YUG Dragutin Mitić 1 2 5 8 AUS M Rose 6 6 7 6 FRG H Hermann 8 1 5 0 DEN K Nielsen 6 6 6 YUG J Palada 3 4 4 GBR C Bernstein 3 3 0 ITA F Gardini 6 6 6 NED I Rinkel 1 0 1 USA 1912 S Clark 6 6 6 8 AUS M Rose 8 6 6 DEN K Nielsen 6 4 3 ITA F Gardini 1 1 2 USA 1912 S Clark 6 6 6 8 AUS M Rose 6 6 6 USA 1912 S Clark 2 2 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ITA Marcello del Bello 6 4 6 6 EGY 1922 Ismail Adel 3 6 1 0 ARG Salvador Soriano 6 3 3 3 SWE Staffan Stockenberg 4 6 6 6 GBR John Barrett 2 2 0 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 6 POL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 1 3 6 10 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 6 6 8 IRL Cyril Kemp 1 0 2 USA 1912 Gene Garrett 6 6 6 BRA 1889 José Agüero 0 2 3 DEN Torben Ulrich 6 6 6 GBR Derek Bull 3 2 1 GBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Owen Williams 3 6 4 6 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 6 8 6 ITA M del Bello 5 4 6 SWE S Stockenberg 7 6 8 AUS K Rosewall 7 3 6 10 USA 1912 G Mulloy 9 6 8 USA 1912 W Garrett 4 3 0 DEN T Ulrich 6 6 6 GBR G Paish 2 6 5 6 USA 1912 H Flam 6 8 7 SWE S Stockenberg 5 6 6 2 2r 10 USA 1912 G Mulloy 7 4 3 6 4 DEN T Ulrich 5 2 6 6 USA 1912 H Flam 7 6 8 10 USA 1912 G Mulloy 4 5 1 6 USA 1912 H Flam 6 7 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round BEL Jacques Peten 5 6 5 1 SAF 1928 Trevor Fancutt 7 2 7 6 YUG Petko Milojković 0 2 4 GBR John Horn 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Leon Norgarb 6 3 8 6 CHI Carlos Sanhueza 2 6 6 3 NZL Athol Tills 1 2 1 12 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 6 Q HKG 1910 Edwin Tsai 6 4 8 6 1 FRA Robert Haillet 2 6 10 4 6 ARG Alejo Russell 6 6 6 Q USA 1912 Steve Potts 1 2 0 GBR Douglas Snart 2 6 4 1 FRG Ernst Buchholz 6 3 6 6 IND Narendra Nath 5 2 2 3 USA 1912 Vic Seixas 7 6 6 SAF 1928 T Fancutt 4 3 9 3 GBR J Horn 6 6 7 6 SAF 1928 L Norgarb 4 3 4 12 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 6 FRA R Haillet 7 4 4 6 3 ARG A Russell 5 6 6 3 6 FRG E Buchholz 2 1 4 3 USA 1912 V Seixas 6 6 6 GBR J Horn 1 1 1 12 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 6 ARG A Russell 3 2 4 3 USA 1912 V Seixas 6 6 6 12 USA 1912 J Patty 5 6 3 5 3 USA 1912 V Seixas 7 4 6 7 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Peter Hare 2 1 3 FRA Jean-Claude Molinari 6 6 6 BRA 1889 Armando Vieira 6 6 6 SWE Nils Rohlsson 3 4 4 AUS Don Tregonning 2 3 4 Ceylon 1951 Doug Scharenguivel 6 6 6 USA 1912 Irvin Dorfman 6 6 6 GBR Stan Clark 2 4 4 GBR Edmund David 6 7 8 6 GBR Darrell Shaw 0 5 10 2 GBR Roger Becker 1 1 2 SAF 1928 Nigel Cockburn 6 6 6 GBR George Godsell 2 4 4 ARG Enrique Morea 6 6 6 GBR Tony Starte 0 2 2 5 AUS Ken McGregor 6 6 6 FRA J-C Molinari 4 4 3 BRA 1889 A Vieira 6 6 6 Ceylon 1951 D Scharenguivel 1 1 6 USA 1912 I Dorfman 6 6 8 GBR E David 2 3 3 SAF 1928 N Cockburn 6 6 6 ARG E Morea 5 4 4 5 AUS K McGregor 7 6 6 BRA 1889 A Vieira 11 6 7 USA 1912 I Dorfman 9 1 5 SAF 1928 N Cockburn 0 6 4 3 5 AUS K McGregor 6 4 6 6 BRA 1889 A Vieira 7 3 1 3 5 AUS K McGregor 5 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round IRL Guy Jackson 5 7 7 6 SUI Jost Spitzer 7 5 5 2 AUT Freddie Huber 6 6 1 6 CHI Marcelo Taverne 2 4 6 4 ITA Rolando del Bello 6 6 6 GBR Tommy Anderson 3 4 0 ITA Giuseppe Merlo 6 5 6 2 2 AUS Lew Hoad 4 7 2 6 6 AUS Harry Hopman 1 5 3 NED Hans van Swol 6 7 6 POL 1928 Czesław Spychała 6 3 6 6 Q GBR Eric Bulmer 3 6 1 3 GBR Bobby Wilson 6 6 7 BEL Jean Moreau 2 4 5 Q GBR Billy Knight 0 1 3 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 IRL G Jackson 6 3 1 8 AUT A Huber 4 6 6 10 ITA R del Bello 3 6 4 AUS L Hoad 6 8 6 NED A van Swol 10 6 6 6 POL 1928 C Spychała 12 0 2 2 GBR R Wilson 0 1 3 2 EGY 1922 J Drobný 6 6 6 AUT A Huber 6 2 3 1 AUS L Hoad 4 6 6 6 NED A van Swol 0 1 4 2 EGY 1922 J Drobný 6 6 6 AUS L Hoad 3 6 6 3 2 EGY 1922 J Drobný 6 3 8 6 References External links 1952 MS 1952 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1952 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles