1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1947 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Jack Kramer USA 1912 Tom Brown 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1947 Wimbledon Championships Jack Kramer defeated Brown in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Yvon Petra was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tom Brown. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Jack Kramer (champion) 2 1 AUS John Bromwich (fourth round) 3 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown (final) 4 6 AUS Dinny Pails (semifinals) 5 7 AUS Geoff Brown (quarterfinals) 6 2 TCH Jaroslav Drobný (quarterfinals) 7 4 FRA Yvon Petra (quarterfinals) 8 5 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes USA 1912 Budge Patty 3 6 7 6 6 6 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 4 9 2 3 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown 7 6 6 7 FRA Yvon Petra 5 2 4 8 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 6 6 3 0 2 4 AUS Dinny Pails 4 4 6 6 6 5 AUS Geoff Brown 0 1 3 1 USA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty 3 3 3 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown 6 6 6 4 AUS Dinny Pails 1 6 1 0 1 USA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 3 6 6 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown 1 3 2 1 USA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 AUS John Bromwich 6 6 6 SUI Jost Spitzer 1 2 4 SWE Lennart Bergelin 6 6 6 GBR Dick Guise 2 3 1 GBR Paddy Roberts 1 1 4 FRA Bernard Destremau 6 6 6 Q GBR Tony Starte 5 3 4 IRL Cyril Kemp 7 6 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty 4 6 3 6 6 AUS Bill Sidwell 6 3 6 2 3 IND British Atri Madan Mohan 6 6 6 Q IRL Dick Sandys 2 4 3 NOR Nils-Erik Hessen 2 4 2 GBR Derrick Barton 6 6 6 GBR Gordon Fitt 4 5 3 GBR Henry Billington 6 7 6 2 AUS J Bromwich 6 6 11 SWE L Bergelin 0 4 9 FRA B Destremau 4 6 4 6 6 IRL C Kemp 6 3 6 3 4 USA 1912 J Patty 7 1 6 5 6 IND British AM Mohan 5 6 2 7 3 GBR D Barton 3 6 6 6 GBR H Billington 6 2 2 1 2 AUS J Bromwich 6 6 6 FRA B Destremau 1 1 1 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 3 6 GBR D Barton 3 4 6 1 2 AUS J Bromwich 4 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 J Patty 6 0 6 1 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 7 7 6 Ecuador Pancho Segura 5 5 3 IND British Jimmay Mehta 6 3 3 9 6 FRA Jacques Sanglier 1 6 6 7 3 NZL Cam Malfroy 1 6 1 Mandatory Palestine Yehuda Finkelkraut 6 8 6 HUN 1946 Tibor Frigyesy 6 3 4 3 POL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 4 6 6 6 Q GBR Warwick Shute 3 7 0 BEL Jacques Peten 6 9 6 Q GBR Geoff Emmett 2 2 1 EGY 1922 Andre Najar 6 6 6 ESP 1945 Luis Carles 4 0 3 NZL Ron McKenzie 6 6 6 ARG Enrique Morea 6 6 6 9 ITA Marcello del Bello 3 2 8 7 6 TCH J Drobný 6 6 6 IND British J Mehta 2 1 2 Mandatory Palestine Y Finkelkraut 0 4 3 POL 1928 W Skonecki 6 6 6 BEL J Peten 6 6 6 6 EGY 1922 A Najar 8 1 2 2 NZL R McKenzie 6 3 4 4 ARG E Morea 2 6 6 6 6 TCH J Drobný 6 6 6 POL 1928 W Skonecki 3 1 3 BEL J Peten 6 2 3 3 ARG E Morea 1 6 6 6 6 TCH J Drobný ARG E Morea w/o Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown 7 5 6 2 8 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 5 7 2 6 6 GBR Peter Hare 11 8 2 3 FRA Christian Grandet 13 6 6 6 Q GBR Roy Mansell 3 6 2 NED Ivo Rinkel 6 8 6 GBR Cliff Hovell 7 3 6 3 4 GBR Headley Baxter 5 6 3 6 6 ROM Vinny Rurac 6 6 6 LL GBR David Mockridge 0 1 4 GBR Jack Moore 3 0 1 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 BEL Jacques Brichant 1 1 2 AUS Jack Harper 6 6 6 AUS Colin Long 6 6 6 DEN Bjørn Hansen 1 1 0 3 USA 1912 T Brown 6 6 6 FRA C Grandet 3 4 4 NED I Rinkel 6 2 6 1 GBR H Baxter 3 6 8 6 ROM V Rurac 7 3 7 4 6 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 5 6 5 6 4 AUS J Harper 2 2 4 AUS C Long 6 6 6 3 USA 1912 T Brown 6 6 10 6 GBR H Baxter 2 2 12 4 ROM V Rurac 3 2 3 AUS C Long 6 6 6 3 USA 1912 T Brown 3 13 3 6 6 AUS C Long 6 11 6 1 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 FRA Yvon Petra 6 7 6 GBR Don Butler 2 5 0 GBR Howard Walton 6 6 5 8 GBR John Comery 2 3 7 6 Q GBR Gerry Oakley 2 3 0 IND British Dilip Bose 6 6 6 Q GBR John Griffith 4 3 4 BEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 6 NZL Jeff Robson 6 6 1 6 GBR Arnold England 3 2 6 0 GBR Jack Piercy 6 5 6 6 GBR Bob Tinkler 1 7 3 3 GBR George Godsell 4 5 6 7 4 SUI Edgar Büchi 6 7 4 5 6 GBR Jimmy Jones 6 7 6 GBR Francis Wallis 3 5 4 7 FRA Y Petra 6 6 6 GBR H Walton 2 2 2 IND British D Bose 2 6 6 3 6 BEL J Van den Eynde 6 1 4 6 4 NZL J Robson 7 2 4 6 13 GBR J Piercy 5 6 6 3 11 SUI E Büchi 6 3 2 3 GBR C Jones 4 6 6 6 7 FRA Y Petra 6 6 6 IND British D Bose 3 4 3 NZL J Robson 6 2 6 6 10 GBR C Jones 4 6 8 4 8 7 FRA Y Petra 6 6 4 6 NZL J Robson 2 3 6 3 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round LL GBR John Archer 6 0 3 4 AUT Hans Redl 4 6 6 6 SUI Max Ellmer 5 8 8 6 AUS Jack Crawford 7 6 6 0 NZL John Barry 0 4 8 6 6 GBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 4 4 GBR Douglas Snart 6 2 9 3 GBR Dennis Slack 4 6 11 6 NOR Finn Rune Karlsen 6 1 2 3 POL 1928 Józef Hebda 4 6 6 6 GBR Claude Lister 6 6 7 Mandatory Palestine Mordechai Apel 4 3 5 GBR Roland Carter 6 9 4 4 8 ROM Cristea Caralulis 3 7 6 6 6 BEL Philippe Washer 2 2 2 8 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 6 6 6 AUT H Redl 6 2 6 6 SUI M Ellmer 2 6 3 4 NZL J Barry 5 2 5 GBR D Slack 7 6 7 POL 1928 J Hebda 6 3 3 2 GBR C Lister 1 6 6 6 GBR R Carter 2 1 5 8 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 6 6 7 AUT H Redl 1 6 7 0 6 GBR D Slack 6 3 5 6 3 GBR C Lister 5 3 1 8 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 7 6 6 AUT H Redl 3 3 4 8 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Alan Coldham 2 2 4 IND British Iftikar Ahmed 6 6 6 GBR Jeffrey Michelmore 6 6 6 3 6 IRL Raymond Egan 8 0 2 6 1 HUN 1946 Géza Erős 0 3 2 SAF 1928 Eustace Fannin 6 6 6 GBR Derrick Leyland 4 3 4 FRA Robert Abdesselam 6 6 6 HUN 1946 András Ádám-Stolpa 6 6 6 Q GBR Ron Reeve 2 2 2 GBR Herman David 6 6 2 3 IND British Sumant Misra 4 8 6 6 NOR Jan Staubo 6 7 6 GBR Guy Cooper 2 5 2 GBR Leslie Cater 1 0 1 4 AUS Dinny Pails 6 6 6 IND British I Ahmed 6 6 6 GBR J Michelmore 0 1 3 SAF 1928 E Fannin 9 3 6 4 FRA R Abdesselam 11 6 2 6 HUN 1946 A Ádám-Stolpa 4 5 1 IND British S Misra 6 7 6 NOR J Staubo 2 1 1 4 AUS D Pails 6 6 6 IND British I Ahmed 7 4 9 6 4 FRA R Abdesselam 9 6 7 4 6 IND British S Misra 4 3 2 4 AUS D Pails 6 6 6 FRA R Abdesselam 2 1 4 4 AUS D Pails 6 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round EGY 1922 Stephen Nimr 2 2 0 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen 6 6 6 Q IRL Guy Jackson 6 6 3 6 GBR Murray Deloford 8 1 6 8 SAF 1928 Norman Farquharson 6 5 5 GBR Tony Mottram 8 7 7 FRA Pierre Pellizza 6 6 6 GBR Derek Bull 2 1 0 GBR Tim Lewis 3 3 6 1 DEN Erik Bjerre 6 6 4 6 GBR Bobby Meredith 4 8 7 6 POL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 6 6 5 4 ROM Alexandru Hamburger 1 2 5 TCH Vladimír Černík 6 6 7 USA 1912 Bill Robertson 1 0 3 5 AUS Geoff Brown 6 6 6 Republic of China (1912–1949) W-C Choy 3 6 6 4 3 GBR M Deloford 6 3 4 6 6 GBR A Mottram 5 3 10 4 FRA P Pellizza 7 6 8 6 DEN E Bjerre 6 4 1r GBR G Meredith 2 6 3 TCH V Černík 4 6 1 6 1 5 AUS G Brown 6 2 6 4 6 GBR M Deloford 6 7 3 3 FRA P Pellizza 4 9 6 6 GBR G Meredith 2 1 3 5 AUS G Brown 6 6 6 FRA P Pellizza 3 2 6 3 5 AUS G Brown 6 6 1 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round BEL Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 8 6 GBR Edmund David 1 3 10 4 GBR Brian Royds 0 0 0 SWE Torsten Johansson 6 6 6 HUN 1946 József Asbóth 7 6 6 5 6 NED Hans van Swol 9 4 3 7 1 IND British Ghaus Mohammad Khan 6 6 6 GBR Gwyn Tuckett 2 2 3 LL ARG José Luis Morea 7 3 6 2 NZL Owen Bold 9 6 2 6 ITA Giovanni Cucelli 6 6 6 GBR Norman Kitovitz 3 4 1 GBR John Drinkall 5 0 4 POL 1928 Czesław Spychała 7 6 6 Q GBR Bill Moss 0 1 0 1 USA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 BEL P Geelhand de Merxem 0 0 0 SWE T Johansson 6 6 6 HUN 1946 J Asbóth 6 6 6 IND British G Mohammad Khan 3 2 4 NZL O Bold 0 4 8 3 ITA G Cucelli 6 6 6 6 POL 1928 C Spychała 2 2 2 1 USA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 SWE T Johansson 8 5 6 6 HUN 1946 J Asbóth 6 7 2 2 ITA G Cucelli 0 2 0 1 USA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 SWE T Johansson 5 2 3 1 USA 1912 J Kramer 7 6 6 References External links 1947 MS 1947 Australian Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1947 French Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles