1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1946 Wimbledon Championships FRA Yvon Petra AUS Geoff Brown 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 128 8 1939 grand slam 1946 Wimbledon Championships Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Bobby Riggs was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Seeds 1 1 AUS Dinny Pails (quarterfinals) 2 8 USA 1912 Jack Kramer (fourth round) 3 6 AUS Geoff Brown (final) 4 3 ECU Pancho Segura (third round) 5 2 FRA Yvon Petra (champion) 6 7 YUG Dragutin Mitić (fourth round) 7 4 YUG Franjo Punčec (quarterfinals) 8 5 SWE Lennart Bergelin (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 AUS Dinny Pails 5 5 8 4 5 FRA Yvon Petra 7 7 6 6 USA 1912 Tom Brown 6 8 6 7 YUG Franjo Punčec 2 6 4 8 SWE Lennart Bergelin 11 9 4 3 AUS Geoff Brown 13 11 6 FRA Pierre Pellizza 4 4 4 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 5 FRA Yvon Petra 4 4 6 7 8 USA 1912 Tom Brown 6 6 3 5 6 3 AUS Geoff Brown 6 7 6 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 4 5 2 5 FRA Yvon Petra 6 6 7 5 6 3 AUS Geoff Brown 2 4 9 7 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Dinny Pails 6 6 6 CHI Andrés Hammersley 2 2 0 NED Hubert Wilton 6 6 7 GBR Henry Billington 4 4 5 GBR Don Butler 6 6 6 British Ceylon Doug Scharenguivel 2 1 2 USA 1912 Frank Mehner 6 6 7 GBR Roland Morton 3 1 5 GBR Jack Moore 6 6 6 GBR Tommy Anderson 2 4 3 BEL Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 6 NZL Buster Andrews 4 3 4 FRA Henri Bolelli 6 6 6 NOR Finn Rune Karlsen 3 3 1 USA 1912 Budge Patty 4 6 6 6 FRA Jacques Thomas 6 3 2 2 1 AUS D Pails 6 6 6 NED H Wilton 0 4 1 GBR D Butler 6 4 6 4 6 USA 1912 F Mehner 4 6 4 6 4 GBR J Moore 1 2 6 BEL P Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 8 FRA H Bolelli 3 6 7 USA 1912 J Patty 6 8 9 1 AUS D Pails 6 6 6 GBR D Butler 1 4 2 BEL P Geelhand de Merxem 8 1 3 4 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 6 6 1 AUS D Pails 6 6 7 USA 1912 J Patty 2 1 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 FRA Yvon Petra 6 8 7 TCH Vojtěch Vodička 2 6 5 YUG Josip Palada 6 6 6 IRL Raymond Egan 0 3 4 EGY 1922 Adli El Shafei 3 5 6 6 6 GBR George Godsell 6 7 3 4 3 AUS Bob Baker 6 9 6 5 6 AUS Joseph Clynton-Reed 8 7 2 7 4 SWE Torsten Johansson Republic of China (1912–1949) Ken Lo w/o GBR Peter Hare 1 6 8 2 GBR Gordon Fitt 6 3 10 6 SUI René Buser 6 6 3 4 6 GBR Bobby Meredith 3 4 6 6 2 FRA Georges Gremillet 7 2 7 6 GBR Geoffrey Paish 5 6 5 0 5 FRA Y Petra 9 6 6 YUG J Palada 7 4 0 EGY 1922 A El Shafei 6 6 6 AUS R Baker 3 2 2 SWE T Johansson 6 6 3 6 GBR G Fitt 3 4 6 3 SUI R Buser 6 6 6 FRA G Gremillet 3 3 4 5 FRA Y Petra 6 6 6 EGY 1922 A El Shafei 2 2 2 SWE T Johansson 6 8 8 5 4 SUI R Buser 3 6 10 7 6 5 FRA Y Petra 6 4 6 6 SUI R Buser 4 6 0 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 ECU Pancho Segura 6 6 6 GBR Tony Clark 1 1 1 GBR John Comery 1 7 6 6 7 USA 1912 Sanford Webster 6 9 3 1 5 USA 1912 Tom Brown 6 10 6 GBR Murray Deloford 4 8 2 GBR Roland Carter 6 6 11 GBR Claude Lister 4 4 9 TCH Josef Šíba 2 4 6 6 6 SUI Hans Huonder 6 6 1 4 3 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 6 YUG Stefán László 2 1 1 BEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 4 4 6 FRA Robert Abdesselam 4 1 6 6 1 GBR Frank Wilde 3 6 0 6 6 GBR Dennis Slack 6 2 6 3 3 4 ECU F Segura 6 6 6 GBR J Comery 1 1 1 USA 1912 T Brown 6 6 6 GBR R Carter 1 4 1 TCH J Šíba 6 1 8 4 GBR A Mottram 3 6 10 6 BEL J Van den Eynde 6 7 7 6 GBR F Wilde 2 5 9 3 4 ECU F Segura 6 3 3 3 USA 1912 T Brown 4 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 6 6 6 BEL J Van den Eynde 3 1 2 USA 1912 T Brown 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 1 1 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 YUG Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 GBR Gwyn Tuckett 2 2 3 DEN Jaanik Ipsen 7 6 6 IRL George McVeagh 5 4 3 PER Enrique Buse 2 7 6 4 6 GBR Francis Wallis 6 5 4 6 2 TCH Ferdinand Vrba 6 2 6 6 GBR Guy Cooper 3 6 0 3 Republic of China (1912-1949) Kho Sin-Kie 6 6 6 FRA Paul Féret 4 1 4 AUS Alan Coldham 6 6 6 GBR Derek Bocquet 1 1 2 AUS Jack Harper 6 6 6 BEL Léopold de Borman 2 2 2 NED Hans van Swol 6 6 6 GBR Bob Tinkler 1 3 4 7 YUG F Punčec 6 6 6 DEN J Ipsen 1 3 0 PER E Buse 6 3 4 3 TCH F Vrba 4 6 6 6 Republic of China (1912-1949) S-K Kho 6 4 6 7 AUS A Coldham 1 6 4 5 AUS J Harper 6 6 4 6 0 NED A van Swol 4 8 6 4 6 7 YUG F Punčec 6 6 5 6 TCH F Vrba 3 0 7 3 Republic of China (1912-1949) S-K Kho 6 4 2 5 NED A van Swol 1 6 6 7 7 YUG F Punčec 6 6 6 NED A van Swol 1 2 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Derrick Leyland 6 6 6 USA 1912 JE Slater 3 4 3 FRA Jacques Sanglier 6 6 6 NOR Johan Haanes 2 4 4 USA 1912 Bill Robertson 6 5 6 6 NED Boebi van Meegeren 4 7 2 2 IRL Cyril Kemp 6 6 0 11 6 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen 4 4 6 13 2 GBR Derrick Barton 6 6 6 FRA Christian Grandet 2 4 3 GBR Arnold England 6 6 7 GBR John Drinkall 4 1 5 GBR Maurice Lucking 6 6 3 6 8 NZL Dennis Coombe 8 4 6 2 6 BEL Philippe Washer 4 6 1 6 5 8 SWE Lennart Bergelin 6 3 6 2 7 GBR D Leyland 1 1 10 FRA J Sanglier 6 6 12 USA 1912 W Robertson 4 8 6 4 6 IRL C Kemp 6 6 4 6 0 GBR D Barton 6 8 6 GBR A England 3 6 2 GBR M Lucking 0 0 0 8 SWE L Bergelin 6 6 6 FRA J Sanglier 7 6 4 1 7 USA 1912 W Robertson 5 2 6 6 5 GBR D Barton 8 3 4 8 SWE L Bergelin 10 6 6 FRA J Sanglier 2 4 1 8 SWE L Bergelin 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA Bernard Destremau 7 8 4 6 TCH Josef Caska 5 6 6 0 GBR Jack Darkins 4 6 6 7 EGY 1922 Mahmoud Talaat 6 3 2 5 ARG Enrique Morea 6 6 8 GBR Harold Marsland 3 3 6 SUI Jost Spitzer 6 6 6 GBR Bobby Nicoll 2 1 3 USA 1912 Stanley Drobac 5 2 7 6 7 GBR Fergus Davidson 7 6 5 4 5 POL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 6 6 6 USA 1912 Frank Beeman 1 2 2 GBR Harry Marriner 4 6 6 6 AUS DA Clayton 6 0 2 0 GBR Brian Burnett 0 3 0 3 AUS Geoff Brown 6 6 6 FRA B Destremau 6 6 6 GBR J Darkins 1 0 3 ARG E Morea 6 6 6 SUI J Spitzer 2 1 2 USA 1912 S Drobac 2 1 3 POL 1928 E Wittmann 6 6 6 GBR H Marriner 0 0 1 3 AUS G Brown 6 6 6 FRA B Destremau 6 0 2 8 ARG E Morea 2 6 6 10 POL 1928 E Wittmann 0 0 2 3 AUS G Brown 6 6 6 ARG E Morea 2 1 3 3 AUS G Brown 6 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR Herman David 8 9 6 GBR Derek Hardwick 6 7 2 NED Ivo Rinkel 7 6 6 GBR Tim Lewis 5 4 4 FRA Pierre Pellizza 6 6 6 GBR Reg Smith 2 1 0 AUS Harry Hopman 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Andre Najar 4 0 2 FRA Roger Dubuc POL 1928 Maksymiljan Stolarow w/o GBR Cecil Betts 6 6 6 NZL John Cope 3 1 2 GBR Donald MacPhail 6 6 6 FRA Henri Pellizza 2 3 2 USA 1912 John Wilkinson 1 2 0 6 YUG Dragutin Mitić 6 6 6 GBR H David 4 11 3 6 3 NED I Rinkel 6 9 6 4 6 FRA P Pellizza 4 4 6 6 6 AUS H Hopman 6 6 3 4 1 FRA R Dubuc 6 7 6 GBR C Betts 2 5 0 GBR D MacPhail 6 3 0 2 6 YUG D Mitić 2 6 6 6 NED I Rinkel 2 2 2 FRA P Pellizza 6 6 6 FRA R Dubuc 2 4 3 6 YUG D Mitić 6 6 6 FRA P Pellizza 7 3 7 6 6 6 YUG D Mitić 9 6 5 4 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round POL 1928 Czesław Spychała 6 6 9 GBR Jimmy Jones 1 4 7 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 GBR Eric Filby 4 2 3 GBR Headley Baxter 6 6 6 MON Gaston Médécin 1 0 3 BEL Jacques Peten 6 8 7 SUI Hans Pfaff 3 6 5 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 4 6 6 FRA Jean Lesueur 2 6 3 4 GBR Cliff Hovell 6 6 6 GBR Howard Walton 3 4 4 GBR Ted Avory 6 6 6 DEN Helge Johansen 3 2 1 IRL Dick Sandys 0 2 0 2 USA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 POL 1928 C Spychała 4 4 2 TCH J Drobný 6 6 6 GBR H Baxter 5 6 2 BEL J Peten 7 8 6 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 6 6 6 GBR C Hovell 3 2 1 GBR E Avory 1 1 0 2 USA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 TCH J Drobný 6 6 6 BEL J Peten 2 2 3 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 1 0 0 2 USA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 TCH J Drobný 2 17 6 3 6 2 USA 1912 J Kramer 6 15 3 6 3 References External links 1946 MS 1946 Australian Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1946 French Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles