1938 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1938 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Don Budge GBR Bunny Austin 6–1, 6–0, 6–3 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1938 Wimbledon Championships Defending champion Don Budge defeated Bunny Austin in the final, 6–1, 6–0, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Austin was the last British man to reach the Wimbledon singles final until Andy Murray in 2012. Seeds 1 1 USA 1912 Don Budge (champion) 2 1 GBR Bunny Austin (final) 3 6 TCH Roderich Menzel (fourth round) 4 3 GER Nazi Henner Henkel (semifinals) 5 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec (semifinals) 6 2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić (fourth round) 7 4 TCH Ladislav Hecht (quarterfinals) 8 7 Republic of China (1912-1949) Kho Sin-Kie (fourth round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 GBR Bunny Austin 6 6 6 SUI Max Ellmer 2 1 2 4 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 7 6 6 7 TCH Ladislav Hecht 5 1 2 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 GBR Donald MacPhail 2 1 1 TCH František Cejnar 3 0 5 1 USA 1912 Don Budge 6 6 7 2 GBR Bunny Austin 6 6 6 4 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 2 4 0 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 2 1 4 1 USA 1912 Don Budge 6 6 6 2 GBR Bunny Austin 1 0 3 1 USA 1912 Don Budge 6 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 GBR Bunny Austin 4 6 3 6 6 GBR Eric Filby 6 1 6 4 3 GBR Henry Burrows 3 5 3 Q GBR Jack Darkins 6 7 6 Q GBR Reginald Bessemer-Clark 2 6 1 6 6 AUS Leonard King 6 1 6 4 2 GBR John Comery 6 6 6 Q IND British Jimmay Mehta 2 2 4 GBR Dennis Cook 1 2 0 USA 1912 Gene Mako 6 6 6 NZL Cam Malfroy 6 6 6 Q GBR Jack Moore 1 2 2 IND British Donald Rutnam 1 2 5 Q GBR Thomas Henderson-Brooks 6 6 7 GER Nazi Engelbert Koch 6 2 6 6 ITA 1861 Alberto del Bono 2 6 3 1 2 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 Q GBR J Darkins 4 4 4 Q GBR R Bessemer-Clark 0 4 1 GBR J Comery 6 6 6 USA 1912 G Mako 4 6 6 4 6 NZL C Malfroy 6 3 4 6 2 Q GBR T Henderson-Brooks 6 1 4 9 6 GER Nazi E Koch 4 6 6 7 0 2 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 GBR J Comery 1 1 3 USA 1912 G Mako 6 6 5 6 Q GBR T Henderson-Brooks 2 3 7 2 2 GBR H Austin 6 4 9 0 6 USA 1912 G Mako 4 6 7 6 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić 3 6 6 6 AUS Mervyn Weston 6 4 1 4 ARG Alejo Russell 10 6 7 6 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 8 4 9 3 BRA 1889 Alcides Procópio 6 7 6 BEL Léopold de Borman 3 5 0 IRL Raymond Egan 9 4 7 URU Sebastian Harreguy 11 6 9 JPN 1870 Yasumine Kuramitsu 4 5 4 SUI Max Ellmer 6 7 6 Q GBR Keith Lavarack 1 2 2 GBR Roland Morton 6 6 6 GBR Guy Cooper 1 1 3 GBR Brian Sturgeon 6 6 6 IND British Subba Sawhney 6 7 6 GBR Maurice Lucking 3 5 3 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia D Mitić 6 6 6 3 6 ARG A Russell 8 0 3 6 4 BRA A Procópio 2 7 6 7 URU S Harreguy 6 5 4 5 SUI M Ellmer 7 6 6 GBR R Morton 5 0 1 GBR B Sturgeon 6 4 3 2 IND British S Sawhney 3 6 6 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia D Mitić 4 6 6 6 BRA 1889 A Procópio 6 2 0 0 SUI M Ellmer 6 6 6 IND British S Sawhney 2 2 1 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia D Mitić 6 2 5 6 2 SUI M Ellmer 3 6 7 1 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 GER Nazi Henner Henkel 6 6 6 GBR Derek Bull 2 0 2 (No citizenship) Daniel Prenn 6 6 5 1 4 GBR Murray Deloford 4 4 7 6 6 GBR Laurie Shaffi 3 1 5 FRA Christian Boussus 6 6 7 HUN 1920 Ottó Szigeti 6 1 2 6 3 GBR Bobby Meredith 3 6 6 2 6 USA 1912 Bill Robertson 3 4 6 3 SUI Boris Maneff 6 6 1 6 Q GBR Tommy Anderson 6 8 9 GBR Cecil Betts 4 6 7 GBR Eric Peters 3 6 6 1 6 GBR Bob Mulliken 6 4 3 6 4 IND British Ranbir Singh 6 6 2 7 Republic of China (1912–1949) Ho Jin 1 3 6 5 4 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 6 6 GBR M Deloford 3 1 3 FRA C Boussus 6 6 6 GBR G Meredith 4 3 3 SUI B Maneff 6 5 6 6 Q GBR T Anderson 1 7 2 4 GBR E Peters 2 6 5 3 IND British R Singh 6 4 7 6 4 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 6 6 FRA C Boussus 2 3 2 SUI B Maneff 6 3 6 6 IND British R Singh 3 6 2 1 4 GER Nazi H Henkel 6 6 6 SUI B Maneff 3 1 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 TCH Ladislav Hecht 6 6 6 LL GBR Derrick Leyland 4 3 4 BEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 6 GBR John Collins 2 3 3 GBR Edmund David 5 1 2 GBR Nigel Sharpe 7 6 6 GBR Herman David 3 2 6 5 GBR Bob Tinkler 6 6 2 7 JPN 1870 Fumiteru Nakano 6 6 6 MON Gaston Médécin 1 1 2 GBR Gwyn Tuckett 1 8 1 6 6 NED Tod Hughan 6 6 6 4 4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 2 2 6 6 6 GBR Don Butler 6 6 3 4 2 SAF 1928 Walter Musgrove 6 3 4 2 USA 1912 Lawrence Nelson 3 6 6 6 7 TCH L Hecht 6 6 6 BEL J Van den Eynde 2 4 4 GBR N Sharpe 6 6 9 GBR R Tinkler 3 3 7 JPN 1870 F Nakano 6 6 12 GBR G Tuckett 2 4 10 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 6 6 6 USA 1912 L Nelson 1 1 4 7 TCH L Hecht 6 6 5 6 GBR N Sharpe 3 4 7 1 JPN 1870 F Nakano 3 5 8 3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 6 7 6 6 7 TCH L Hecht 6 3 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 4 6 3 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Colin Ritchie 6 8 2 6 ARG Hector Etchart 4 6 6 2 GER Nazi Rolf Göpfert 6 3 6 4 6 IND British Yubishthira Singh 2 6 3 6 3 JPN 1870 Tamio Abe 6 8 6 GBR David Williams 0 6 3 GBR Dickie Ritchie 1 4 6 2 GBR John Olliff 6 6 4 6 HUN 1920 Mihály Csikós 6 4 3 6 7 GRE old Georgios Nikolaides 4 6 6 3 5 USA 1912 Owen Anderson 6 6 4 6 AUS Alan Coldham 2 4 6 3 GBR Jimmy Hunt 6 1 3 1 Q NOR Sigurd Rinde 4 6 6 6 FRA Jacques Brugnon 3 2 4 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 GBR C Ritchie 2 3 0 GER Nazi R Göpfert 6 6 6 JPN 1870 T Abe 4 3 4 GBR J Olliff 6 6 6 HUN 1920 M Csikós 2 0 4 USA 1912 O Anderson 6 6 6 Q NOR S Rinde 1 4 1 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 6 6 6 GER Nazi R Göpfert 2 6 4 3 GBR J Olliff 6 2 6 6 USA 1912 O Anderson 5 3 6 6 4 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 7 6 4 3 6 GBR J Olliff 3 3 0 5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Punčec 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Ted Avory 6 6 6 GBR Henry Weatherall 1 3 2 GBR Jack Piercy 4 4 2 BEL Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 6 GBR Donald MacPhail 6 6 6 NED Hans van Swol 3 4 2 GBR Harry Lee 6 6 3 6 NZL Dewar Brown 4 4 6 3 GBR Norman Taylor 1 6 3 GBR Jimmy Jones 6 8 6 GBR Claude Lister 4 6 2 6 6 SUI Werner Steiner 6 4 6 2 2 Q ROM Alexandru Hamburger 4 6 2 3 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen 6 2 6 6 GBR Gordon Fitt 3 5 3 3 TCH Roderich Menzel 6 7 6 GBR E Avory 6 10 7 BEL P Geelhand de Merxem 4 8 5 GBR D MacPhail 6 6 2 6 GBR H Lee 3 3 6 1 GBR C Jones 6 6 2 6 GBR C Lister 2 2 6 1 Republic of China (1912–1949) W-C Choy 5 6 6 2 6 3 TCH R Menzel 7 3 4 6 8 GBR E Avory 2 3 1 GBR D MacPhail 6 6 6 GBR C Jones 3 2 6 10 5 3 TCH R Menzel 6 6 4 8 7 GBR D MacPhail 6 9 0 3 TCH R Menzel 8 7 0r Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GBR Cliff Hovell 3 6 3 6 3 NZL Dennis Coombe 6 4 6 4 6 TCH František Cejnar 6 6 6 MON Vladimir Landau 2 4 2 NED R de Brauw 3 1 4 IND British Ghaus Mohammad 6 6 6 FRA Henri Bolelli 6 6 6 IND British Leonard Brooke Edwards 4 2 1 BEL Jean Moreau 3 3 2 GBR Bob Higgin 6 6 6 GBR Ian Collins 6 6 6 GBR Bert Whitney 1 4 1 GBR Frank Wilde 6 3 7 5 GER Nazi Georg von Metaxa 4 6 9 7 GBR Harold Hare 3 4 4 8 Republic of China (1912-1949) Kho Sin-Kie 6 6 6 NZL D Coombe 0 4 6 6 3 TCH F Cejnar 6 6 3 4 6 IND British G Mohammad 2 6 6 6 FRA H Bolelli 6 2 3 2 GBR R Higgin 6 2 4 GBR I Collins 8 6 6 GER Nazi G von Metaxa 4 6 4 4 8 Republic of China (1912-1949) S-K Kho 6 3 6 6 TCH F Cejnar 6 6 11 IND British G Mohammad 2 4 9 GBR I Collins 10 2 6 2 8 Republic of China (1912-1949) S-K Kho 8 6 8 6 TCH F Cejnar 7 3 3 6 6 8 Republic of China (1912-1949) S-K Kho 5 6 6 1 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Laddie Wheatcroft 4 3 3 GBR George Godsell 6 6 6 GBR PD Eeman 6 4 1 4 GBR Arnold England 3 6 6 6 GBR Jack Lysaght 1 6 6 6 HUN 1920 György Dallos 6 2 1 4 GBR Ronald Shayes 6 2 6 7 GBR Pat Sherwood 0 6 3 5 IRL George Lyttleton-Rogers 6 2 6 6 GBR Stan Clark 4 6 1 3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Josip Palada 6 3 6 6 SUI Hector Fisher 1 6 3 4 GBR Jack Harrison 4 3 4 GBR Henry Billington 6 6 6 GBR Kenneth Gandar-Dower 2 3 3 1 USA 1912 Don Budge 6 6 6 GBR G Godsell 6 6 6 GBR A England 2 4 0 GBR J Lysaght 4 4 4 GBR R Shayes 6 6 6 IRL G Lyttleton-Rogers 7 0 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia J Palada 5 6 4 3 GBR H Billington 5 1 1 1 USA 1912 D Budge 7 6 6 GBR G Godsell 6 3 4 4 GBR R Shayes 2 6 6 6 IRL G Lyttleton-Rogers 0 5 1 1 USA 1912 D Budge 6 7 6 GBR R Shayes 3 4 1 1 USA 1912 D Budge 6 6 6 References External links 1938 MS 1938 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1938 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon 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