1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

none April 2022 1947 Wimbledon Championships s USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg USA 1912 Jack Kramer GBR Tony Mottram AUS Bill Sidwell 8–6, 6–3, 6–3 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 4 grand slam 1947 Wimbledon Championships Tom Brown and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Brown partnered with Budge Patty but lost in the first round to Tony Mottram and Bill Sidwell. Kramer partnered with Bob Falkenburg, and they defeated Mottram and Sidwell in the final, 8–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1947 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 1 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg / USA 1912 Jack Kramer (champions) 2 4 AUS John Bromwich / AUS Dinny Pails (semifinals) 3 2 AUS Geoff Brown / AUS Colin Long (semifinals) 4 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown / USA 1912 Budge Patty (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 yes 1 USA 1912 Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 GBR Derrick BartonGBR Geoffrey Paish 2 4 4 3 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Colin Long 9 5 6 6 SAF 1928 Eustace FanninSAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 7 7 4 3 IND British Jimmy MehtaIND British Sumant Misra 6 7 4 4 GBR Tony MottramAUS Bill Sidwell 2 9 6 6 FRA Pierre PellizzaFRA Yvon Petra 4 9 4 2 AUS John BromwichAUS Dinny Pails 6 11 6 1 USA 1912 Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 10 6 6 3 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Colin Long 8 4 4 GBR Tony MottramAUS Bill Sidwell 6 6 7 2 AUS John BromwichAUS Dinny Pails 3 3 5 1 USA 1912 Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 8 6 6 GBR Tony MottramAUS Bill Sidwell 6 3 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA 1912 Bob FalkenburgUSA 1912 Jack Kramer 6 6 6 GBR Murray DelofordGBR Tim Lewis 1 4 3 GBR Jimmy JonesGBR Bill Manby 1 3 2 FRA Robert AbdesselamFRA Bernard Destremau 6 6 6 GBR Bobby MeredithGBR Douglas Snart EGY 1922 Andre NajarEGY 1922 Adli El Shafei w/o Q GBR John GriffithGBR Jack Moore 6 6 6 GBR Harry MarrinerGBR Harold Marsland 1 3 4 SUI Max EllmerSUI Jost Spitzer 7 6 6 GBR John DrinkallIRL Guy Jackson 5 2 3 BEL Jacques PetenBEL Jack Van den Eynde 6 7 6 GBR GI BayleyGBR Claude Lister 4 5 3 ROM Alexandru HamburgerGBR Derrick Leyland 9 3 6 4 ESP 1945 Jaime BartrolíESP 1945 Fernando Olozaga 7 6 8 6 GBR Derrick BartonGBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 Q GBR Neil CoxGBR Freddie Della Porta 4 1 4 1 USA 1912 R FalkenburgUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 7 6 FRA R AbdesselamFRA B Destremau 1 5 3 GBR G MeredithGBR D Snart 5 6 6 6 Q GBR J GriffithGBR J Moore 7 3 2 4 SUI M EllmerSUI J Spitzer 8 6 3 12 BEL J PetenBEL J Van den Eynde 6 1 6 10 ESP 1945 J BartrolíESP 1945 F Olozaga 4 2 4 GBR D BartonGBR G Paish 6 6 6 1 USA 1912 R FalkenburgUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 GBR G MeredithGBR D Snart 1 0 3 SUI M EllmerSUI J Spitzer 7 6 2 3 GBR D BartonGBR G Paish 9 4 6 6 1 USA 1912 R FalkenburgUSA 1912 J Kramer 6 6 6 GBR D BartonGBR G Paish 2 4 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 AUS Geoff BrownAUS Colin Long 6 6 7 NZL Ron McKenzieNZL Jeff Robson 1 1 5 Q AUS Joseph Clynton-ReedAUS John Spence 4 2 6 SWE Lennart BergelinSWE Torsten Johansson 6 6 8 GBR Jack PiercyUSA 1912 Bill Robertson 4 5 6 3 DEN Erik BjerreHUN 1946 Tibor Frigyesy 6 7 1 6 GBR Jack WarboysPOL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 3 3 0 NED Ivo RinkelNED Hans van Swol 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Eustace FanninSAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 6 6 6 NOR Nils-Erik HessenNOR Jan Staubo 1 1 1 GBR Headley BaxterGBR Roland Carter 4 14 6 2 IRL Cyril KempIRL George McVeagh 6 12 8 6 GBR Henry BillingtonSAF 1928 Norman Farquharson 6 4 4 6 2 IND British Iftikar AhmedIND British Ghaus Mohammad Khan 3 6 6 3 6 NZL Busterr AndrewsNZL John Barry 2 3 6 2 IND British Dilip BoseIND British Man Mohan 6 6 3 6 3 AUS G BrownAUS C Long 6 6 6 SWE L BergelinSWE T Johansson 4 4 4 DEN E BjerreHUN 1946 T Frigyesy 1 0 3 NED I RinkelNED H van Swol 6 6 6 SAF 1928 E FanninSAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 6 IRL C KempIRL G McVeagh 1 2 1 IND British I AhmedIND British G Mohammad Khan 10 7 3 6 IND British D BoseIND British M Mohan 8 5 6 3 3 AUS G BrownAUS C Long 6 6 3 6 NED I RinkelNED H van Swol 3 4 6 3 SAF 1928 E FanninSAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 2 6 IND British I AhmedIND British G Mohammad Khan 3 4 6 2 3 AUS G BrownAUS C Long 9 5 6 6 SAF 1928 E FanninSAF 1928 E Sturgess 7 7 4 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals POL 1928 Józef HebdaPOL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 3 6 6 2 6 GBR Cyril BettsGBR Cliff Hovell 6 2 3 6 3 ESP 1945 Luis CarlesESP 1945 Mario Szavoszt w/o AUS Bob BakerGBR Norman Kitovitz ARG Enrique MoreaECU Pancho Segura 6 6 7 7 AUS Jack CrawfordAUS Jack Harper 2 4 9 5 IND British Jimmy MehtaIND British Sumant Misra 6 6 6 Q GBR Bernard NealGBR Bobby Thorn 3 2 3 GBR George GodsellROM Vinny Rurac 5 5 3 AUT Hans RedlFRA Jacques Sanglier 7 7 6 BEL Jacques BrichantBEL Philippe Washer 11 6 5 8 NZL Owen BoldNZL Cam Malfroy 9 4 7 6 GBR Jimmy HuntGBR Colin Ritchie 5 3 6 8 BEL Pierre Geelhand de MerxemFRA Christian Grandet 7 6 1 10 GBR Tony MottramAUS Bill Sidwell 6 2 7 4 6 4 USA 1912 Tom BrownUSA 1912 Budge Patty 2 6 5 6 4 POL 1928 J HebdaPOL 1928 W Skonecki 2 8 2 6 3 AUS R BakerGBR N Kitovitz 6 6 6 4 6 ARG E MoreaECU P Segura 2 4 6 IND British J MehtaIND British S Misra 6 6 8 AUT H RedlFRA J Sanglier 2 2 6 4 BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 6 6 2 6 BEL P Geelhand de MerxemFRA C Grandet 1 1 3 GBR A MottramAUS W Sidwell 6 6 6 AUS R BakerGBR N Kitovitz w/o IND British J MehtaIND British S Misra BEL J BrichantBEL P Washer 3 5 3 GBR A MottramAUS W Sidwell 6 7 6 IND British J MehtaIND British S Misra 6 7 4 4 GBR A MottramAUS W Sidwell 2 9 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS Alan ColdhamGBR Henry Weatherall 6 10 6 3 6 IRL Raymond EganSAF 1928 Eustace Fannin 4 12 3 6 4 Mandatory Palestine Mordechai ApelMandatory Palestine Yehuda Finkelkraut 6 6 2 3 3 GBR Edmund DavidGBR Herman David 3 4 6 6 6 POL 1928 Czesław SpychałaPOL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 4 4 6 5 ITA Giovanni CucelliITA Marcello del Bello 6 6 4 7 FRA Pierre PellizzaFRA Yvon Petra 6 6 6 GBR Tommy AndersonDEN Bjørn Hansen 3 2 2 GBR Don ButlerGBR Frank Wilde 1 2 3 TCH Vladimír ČerníkTCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 HUN 1946 József AsbóthHUN 1946 András Ádám-Stolpa 6 6 4 6 GBR Derek BullGBR CF Duncan 2 2 6 3 GBR Guy CooperGBR Ron Tinkler 5 1 3 ROM Cristea CaralulisGBR Gwyn Tuckett 7 6 6 Q GBR Stan ClarkGBR Bunny Whiteman 2 0 0 2 AUS John BromwichAUS Dinny Pails 6 6 6 AUS A ColdhamGBR H Weatherall 3 1 4 GBR E DavidGBR H David 6 6 6 ITA G CucelliITA M del Bello 3 7 5 6 FRA P PellizzaFRA Y Petra 6 5 7 8 TCH V ČerníkTCH J Drobný 6 7 9 HUN 1946 J AsbóthHUN 1946 A Ádám-Stolpa 2 5 7 ROM C CaralulisGBR G Tuckett 1 1 0 2 AUS J BromwichAUS D Pails 6 6 6 GBR E DavidGBR H David 2 4 5 FRA P PellizzaFRA Y Petra 6 6 7 TCH V ČerníkTCH J Drobný 2 3 4 2 AUS J BromwichAUS D Pails 6 6 6 FRA P PellizzaFRA Y Petra 4 9 4 2 AUS J BromwichAUS D Pails 6 11 6 References External links 1947 MD Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles