1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1948 Wimbledon Championships s AUS John Bromwich AUS Frank Sedgman USA 1912 Tom Brown USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1948 Wimbledon Championships 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.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 4 BRA Bob Falkenburg / USA 1912 Frank Parker (semifinals) 2 1 USA 1912 Tom Brown / USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy (final) 3 3 AUS John Bromwich / AUS Frank Sedgman (champions) 4 2 GBR Tony Mottram / SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 9 4 3 9 6 ARG Enrique MoreaARG Alejo Russell 7 6 6 7 2 4 GBR Tony MottramSAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 3 4 4 SWE Lennart BergelinAUS Jack Harper 6 6 6 ITA Giovanni CucelliITA Marcello del Bello 3 1 5 3 AUS John BromwichAUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 7 YUG Franjo KukuljevićTCH Vojtěch Vodička 1 2 6 0 1 BRA Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Frank Parker 6 6 3 6 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 1 6 4 6 8 SWE Lennart BergelinAUS Jack Harper 6 3 6 4 6 3 AUS John BromwichAUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 4 6 6 1 BRA Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Frank Parker 2 8 6 4 1 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 7 5 5 7 3 AUS John BromwichAUS Frank Sedgman 5 7 7 9 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 2 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 9 6 6 YUG Dragutin MitićYUG Josip Palada 7 3 4 IND Sumant MisraIND Subba Sawhney 6 8 6 ITA Renato BossiITA Ferruccio Quintavalle 1 6 4 GBR Henry BillingtonGBR Don Butler 6 6 6 PAK Mahmoud AlamPAK Ahmed-Hasan Khokhar 3 4 4 GBR Guy CooperGBR Henry Weatherall 6 4 5 GBR Brian FinniganUSA 1912 John Wilkinson 8 6 7 FRA Jean Ducos de la HailleITA Carlo Sada 7 4 5 ARG Enrique MoreaARG Alejo Russell 9 6 7 GBR Norman KitovitzGBR David Mockridge 1 6 4 HUN 1946 Zoltán KatonaARG Heraldo Weiss 6 8 6 EGY 1922 Eddie MandelbaumEGY 1922 Henri Zalzal 8 4 3 USA 1912 Budge PattyBEL Philippe Washer 10 6 6 GBR Bobby MeredithGBR Douglas Snart 6 6 6 DEN Kurt NielsenDEN Torben Ulrich 2 2 3 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 G Mulloy 6 5 4 7 6 IND S MisraIND S Sawhney 1 7 6 5 3 GBR H BillingtonGBR D Butler 7 6 6 GBR B FinniganUSA 1912 J Wilkinson 5 4 1 ARG E MoreaARG A Russell 6 6 6 HUN 1946 Z KatonaARG H Weiss 3 2 4 USA 1912 J PattyBEL P Washer 6 6 6 GBR G MeredithGBR D Snart 2 4 1 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 G Mulloy 6 6 6 GBR H BillingtonGBR D Butler 3 3 4 ARG E MoreaARG A Russell 6 6 13 USA 1912 J PattyBEL P Washer 2 4 11 2 USA 1912 T BrownUSA 1912 G Mulloy 9 4 3 9 6 ARG E MoreaARG A Russell 7 6 6 7 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 GBR Tony MottramSAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 6 6 6 SWE Borje FornstedtNOR Johan Haanes 2 3 4 GBR Geoff EmmettGBR Ralph Nichols 4 4 10 GBR Lindsay HareGBR Peter Hare 6 6 12 GBR Ted FrithGBR Paddy Roberts 2 5 6 1 GBR Roy MansellGBR Gwyn Tuckett 6 7 4 6 GBR John GriffithGBR Jack Moore 6 3 1 4 EGY 1922 Marcel CoenNED Boebi van Meegeren 3 6 6 6 Q AUS Joseph Clynton-ReedGBR Malcolm Maclagan 0 0 2 Q GBR Tommy AndersonGBR DC Argyle 6 6 6 NZL Dennis CoombeGBR Charles Kingsley 4 3 6 IRL Guy JacksonIRL Matthew Murphy 6 6 8 SWE Lennart BergelinAUS Jack Harper 6 6 6 BEL Pierre Geelhand de MerxemBEL Jack Van den Eynde 4 1 4 GBR Colin RitchieGBR Dickie Ritchie 2 3 6 1 FRA Christian GrandetFRA Paul Rémy 6 6 1 6 4 GBR A MottramSAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 4 7 6 GBR L HareGBR P Hare 4 6 5 2 GBR R MansellGBR G Tuckett 7 4 3 4 EGY 1922 M CoenNED R van Meegeren 5 6 6 6 Q GBR T AndersonGBR DC Argyle 6 4 0 5 IRL G JacksonIRL M Murphy 4 6 6 6 SWE L BergelinAUS J Harper 8 6 6 FRA C GrandetFRA P Rémy 6 1 4 4 GBR A MottramSAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 6 EGY 1922 M CoenNED R van Meegeren 4 3 3 IRL G JacksonIRL M Murphy 6 3 4 4 SWE L BergelinAUS J Harper 3 6 6 6 4 GBR A MottramSAF 1928 E Sturgess 3 4 4 SWE L BergelinAUS J Harper 6 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS Alan ColdhamPOL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 3 3 4 ITA Giovanni CucelliITA Marcello del Bello 6 6 6 FRA Robert AbdesselamFRA Bernard Destremau 6 2 5 6 5 ESP 1945 Jaime BartrolíESP 1945 Mario Szavoszt 3 6 7 4 7 IND Dilip BoseIND Narendra Nath 9 3 3 PHI 1936 Felicisimo AmponPHI 1936 Raymundo Deyro 11 6 6 GBR Headley BaxterGBR Roland Carter 6 4 3 6 9 Q GBR Leslie CaterGBR Francis Wallis 3 6 6 2 7 GBR Cyril BettsGBR Bobby Nicoll 1 2 2 TCH Vladimír ČerníkTCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 SUI Jean-Pierre BlondelSUI Edgar Büchi 4 1 6 4 GBR GI BayleyGBR Claude Lister 6 6 3 6 GBR Derek BullGBR Cliff Hovell 4 6 1 GBR Gerry OakleyAUS John Spence 6 8 6 NED Ivo RinkelNED Hans van Swol 4 1 2 3 AUS John BromwichAUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 6 ITA G CucelliITA M del Bello 6 3 6 6 ESP 1945 J BartrolíESP 1945 M Szavoszt 3 6 1 4 PHI 1936 F AmponPHI 1936 R Deyro 7 7 6 GBR H BaxterGBR R Carter 5 5 0 TCH V ČerníkTCH J Drobný 6 6 6 GBR GI BayleyGBR C Lister 3 4 2 GBR G OakleyAUS J Spence 2 1 2 3 AUS J BromwichAUS F Sedgman 6 6 6 ITA G CucelliITA M del Bello 6 1 6 6 PHI 1936 F AmponPHI 1936 R Deyro 4 6 4 3 TCH V ČerníkTCH J Drobný 2 6 2 1 3 AUS J BromwichAUS F Sedgman 6 4 6 6 ITA G CucelliITA M del Bello 3 1 5 3 AUS J BromwichAUS F Sedgman 6 6 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals FRA Jean BorotraFRA Jacques Brugnon 6 5 7 6 POL 1928 Czesław SpychałaPOL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 4 7 5 3 Q GBR Laurie ProctorGBR John White 7 4 6 6 6 AUT G JaceniakAUT Hans Redl 9 6 1 2 4 USA 1912 Charles JonesBEL JM Stas w/o YUG Franjo KukuljevićTCH Vojtěch Vodička BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Jacques Peten 6 8 7 3 6 GBR Edmund DavidGBR Herman David 2 6 9 6 0 IRL Cyril KempIRL George McVeagh 8 6 6 GBR Stan ClarkGBR Bunny Whiteman 6 3 1 GBR George GodsellGBR Ted Tinling 1 4 4 GBR Dennis SlackGBR Howard Walton 6 6 6 HUN 1946 József AsbóthHUN 1946 Béla Pető 2 7 9 0 AUS Harry HopmanGBR Geoffrey Paish 6 9 7 6 SAF 1928 Billy MullerSAF 1928 Walter Musgrove 1 3 0 1 BRA Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Frank Parker 6 6 6 FRA J BorotraFRA J Brugnon 6 6 7 Q GBR L ProctorGBR J White 2 2 5 YUG F KukuljevićTCH V Vodička 6 6 5 6 BEL J BrichantBEL J Peten 3 3 7 2 IRL C KempIRL G McVeagh 0 7 6 3 GBR D SlackGBR H Walton 6 9 3 6 AUS H HopmanGBR G Paish 3 1 7 1 BRA R FalkenburgUSA 1912 F Parker 6 6 9 FRA J BorotraFRA J Brugnon 6 3 6 3 6 YUG F KukuljevićTCH V Vodička 2 6 4 6 8 GBR D SlackGBR H Walton 4 3 5 1 BRA R FalkenburgUSA 1912 F Parker 6 6 7 YUG F KukuljevićTCH V Vodička 1 2 6 0 1 BRA R FalkenburgUSA 1912 F Parker 6 6 3 6 References External links 1948 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles