1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1948 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg AUS John Bromwich 7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand_slam 1948 Wimbledon Championships Bob Falkenburg defeated John Bromwich in the final 7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th He saved three championship points en route to the title, in the final set. Jack Kramer was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season. Seeds 1 8 USA 1912 Frank Parker (fourth round) 2 1 AUS John Bromwich (final) 3 6 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy (semifinals) 4 3 USA 1912 Tom Brown (quarterfinals) 5 5 TCH Jaroslav Drobný (second round) 6 2 USA 1912 Budge Patty (quarterfinals) 7 7 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg (champion) 8 4 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess (fourth round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 2 AUS John Bromwich 6 7 6 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty 4 5 1 4 USA 1912 Tom Brown 6 3 6 1 1 HUN 1946 József Asbóth 4 6 4 6 6 GBR Tony Mottram 2 6 5 1 3 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 6 1 7 6 7 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 6 6 3 6 SWE Lennart Bergelin 4 2 6 4 2 AUS John Bromwich 6 14 6 HUN 1946 József Asbóth 3 12 2 3 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 4 4 6 7 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 6 6 8 2 AUS John Bromwich 5 6 2 6 5 7 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 7 0 6 3 7 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 AUS John Bromwich 6 6 8 BEL Jack Van den Eynde 2 4 6 HUN 1946 Zoltán Katona 6 6 2 2 2 IRL Guy Jackson 4 4 6 6 6 GBR Douglas Snart 3 6 6 6 Q GBR Clive Bernstein 6 1 1 3 ITA Ferruccio Quintavalle 2 1 2 TCH Vladimír Černík 6 6 6 NED Hans van Swol 9 6 3 2 6 POL 1928 Czesław Spychała 7 3 6 6 2 ESP 1945 Jaime Bartrolí 1 0 1 PHI 1936 Felicisimo Ampon 6 6 6 GBR Francis Wallis 6 2 3 GBR Roland Carter 8 6 6 IND Narendra Nath 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Andre Najar 4 2 1 2 AUS J Bromwich 6 6 6 IRL G Jackson 0 0 2 GBR D Snart 5 4 2 TCH V Černík 7 6 6 NED A van Swol 8 6 7 PHI 1936 F Ampon 6 2 5 GBR R Carter 1 1 1 IND N Nath 6 6 6 2 AUS J Bromwich 6 6 6 TCH V Černík 4 1 2 NED A van Swol 8 1 6 6 IND N Nath 6 6 3 1 2 AUS J Bromwich 6 6 6 NED A van Swol 4 3 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 7 DEN Torben Ulrich 4 4 5 USA 1912 Ellsworth Donnell 6 6 0 3 FRA Robert Abdesselam 4 8 6 6 LL GBR Tim Miles 5 2 3 ITA Carlo Sada 7 6 6 USA 1912 Bill Robertson 6 3 2 YUG Franjo Punčec 8 6 6 GBR Headley Baxter 6 6 4 6 SUI Edgar Büchi 4 0 6 2 GBR Bill Moss 7 1 2 GBR Jimmy Jones 9 6 6 FRA Jean Ducos de la Haille 6 5 6 0 4 GBR Bobby Meredith 1 7 3 6 6 Q USA 1912 Jack Morison 9 2 1 1 Q USA 1912 Charles Jones 7 6 6 6 6 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 6 FRA R Abdesselam 1 1 1 ITA C Sada 6 2 3 2 YUG F Punčec 2 6 6 6 GBR H Baxter 6 2 4 3 GBR J Jones 3 6 6 6 GBR G Meredith 7 6 6 USA 1912 C Jones 5 3 1 6 USA 1912 J Patty 6 0 YUG F Punčec 3 0r GBR J Jones 6 3 6 5 5 GBR G Meredith 4 6 3 7 7 6 USA 1912 J Patty 6 6 8 GBR G Meredith 3 3 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA 1912 Tom Brown 5 6 4 6 9 GBR Don Butler 7 1 6 2 7 GBR Howard Walton 6 7 6 IRL Joe MacHale 4 5 1 ITA Renato Bossi 6 2 6 SWE Borje Fornstedt 8 6 8 GBR Paddy Roberts 11 7 4 6 8 AUS John Spence 9 5 6 8 6 GBR Claude Lister 0 1 4 IND Dilip Bose 6 6 6 AUS Harry Hopman 6 5 6 6 USA 1912 William Young 4 7 4 3 GBR Arnold England 0 1 1 GBR Henry Billington 6 6 6 GBR Roy Mansell 4 7 4 3 GBR Jack Moore 6 5 6 6 4 USA 1912 T Brown 6 6 7 GBR H Walton 2 2 5 SWE B Fornstedt 6 6 6 GBR A Roberts 2 4 2 IND D Bose 6 0 3 8 8 AUS H Hopman 4 6 6 6 6 GBR H Billington 7 6 2 6 GBR J Moore 5 1 6 3 4 USA 1912 T Brown 6 3 6 6 SWE B Fornstedt 4 6 3 2 IND D Bose 6 6 6 GBR H Billington 3 3 1 4 USA 1912 T Brown 4 8 6 6 IND D Bose 6 6 4 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 6 6 6 NED Boebi van Meegeren 2 0 3 BEL Jacques Peten 6 6 8 IND Khusru Madan 3 4 6 EGY 1922 Eddie Mandelbaum 3 1 3 ARG Enrique Morea 6 6 6 POL 1928 Ernest Wittmann 4 6 4 3 FRA Christian Grandet 6 1 6 6 GBR John Comery 3 0 2 HUN 1946 József Asbóth 6 6 6 NOR Johan Haanes 6 6 6 GBR Tim Lewis 4 1 2 Q GBR Tony Starte 4 3 1 GBR Edmund David 6 6 6 YUG Josip Palada 6 6 6 Ceylon Doug Scharenguivel 3 2 4 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 7 6 BEL J Peten 4 5 2 ARG E Morea 6 5 6 6 FRA C Grandet 2 7 4 3 HUN 1946 J Asbóth 7 6 6 NOR J Haanes 5 4 1 GBR E David 4 0 2 YUG J Palada 6 6 6 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 7 6 5 6 ARG E Morea 5 4 7 2 HUN 1946 J Asbóth 6 6 6 YUG J Palada 3 4 4 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 7 5 6 1 HUN 1946 J Asbóth 2 9 7 2 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q Kenya colonial Rusty Mayers 6 6 8 IRL Matthew Murphy 4 1 6 GBR Guy Cooper 4 3 1 GBR Derek Bull 6 6 6 GBR Ron Reeve 6 6 6 HUN 1946 Géza Erős 4 4 3 PAK Ahmed-Hasan Khokhar 0 0 2 BEL Philippe Washer 6 6 6 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 6 GBR Norman Kitovitz 1 4 2 DEN Kurt Nielsen 2 6 6 6 YUG Franjo Kukuljević 6 3 3 2 ITA Giovanni Cucelli 6 6 6 IRL RJ McCabe 2 4 1 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen 1 3 3 5 TCH Jaroslav Drobný 6 6 6 Q Kenya colonial R Mayers 6 5 2 7 6 GBR D Bull 4 7 6 5 4 GBR R Reeve 1 1 1 BEL P Washer 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 6 6 6 DEN K Nielsen 2 4 1 ITA G Cucelli 6 16 1 2 6 5 TCH J Drobný 4 14 6 6 3 Q Kenya colonial R Mayers 4 2 4 BEL P Washer 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 6 6 10 9 6 ITA G Cucelli 8 3 12 7 2 BEL P Washer 8 1 5 GBR A Mottram 10 6 7 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round NED Ivo Rinkel 6 7 6 GBR Dick Guise 0 5 2 Q GBR Laurie Proctor 1 4 2 BEL Jacques Delire 6 6 6 GBR David Mockridge 1 2 4 GBR Leslie Cater 6 6 6 FRA Bernard Destremau 2 6 3 7 0 AUS Jack Harper 6 0 6 5 6 GBR Gordon Fitt 6 5 6 6 SAF 1928 Billy Muller 1 7 1 2 ESP 1945 Mario Szavoszt 1 4 6 3 IND Sumant Misra 6 6 3 6 Q GBR Charles Dobbs 4 4 6 6 AUT Hans Redl 6 6 3 8 ARG Alejo Russell 2 4 3 3 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 6 6 6 NED I Rinkel 7 6 3 5 6 BEL J Delire 5 1 6 7 8 GBR L Cater 2 2 1 AUS J Harper 6 6 6 GBR G Fitt 2 1 4 IND S Misra 6 6 6 AUT H Redl 1 4 4 3 USA 1912 G Mulloy 6 6 6 BEL J Delire 2 3 3 AUS J Harper 6 6 6 IND S Misra 6 4 1 6 4 3 USA 1912 G Mulloy 2 6 6 3 6 AUS J Harper 5 0 4 3 USA 1912 G Mulloy 7 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round PHI 1936 Raymundo Deyro 6 6 6 GBR Dennis Slack 3 2 3 GBR Gwyn Tuckett 4 9 3 2 Q GBR Lawrence Dundas 6 7 6 6 IND Subba Sawhney 2 5 4 AUS Frank Sedgman 6 7 6 ITA Marcello del Bello 6 7 2 6 FRA Paul Rémy 2 5 6 4 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 3 5 6 YUG Dragutin Mitić 6 7 8 TCH Vojtěch Vodička 2 6 1 5 GBR Geoffrey Paish 6 0 6 7 GBR George Godsell 5 8 6 0 ROM 1948 Alexandru Hamburger 7 10 1 6 BEL Jacques Brichant 1 2 3 7 USA 1912 Bob Falkenburg 6 6 6 PHI 1936 R Deyro 6 6 6 Q GBR L Dundas 0 3 3 AUS F Sedgman 6 6 6 5 7 ITA M del Bello 3 2 8 7 5 YUG D Mitić 8 6 6 6 GBR G Paish 6 8 2 1 ROM 1948 A Hamburger 2 2 3 7 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 6 6 6 PHI 1936 R Deyro 6 6 3 1 AUS F Sedgman 0 8 6 6 YUG D Mitić 7 3 6 3 4 7 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 5 6 4 6 6 AUS F Sedgman 1 2 4 7 USA 1912 R Falkenburg 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SUI Jean-Pierre Blondel 1 3 1 EGY 1922 Marcel Coen 6 6 6 PAK Mahmoud Alam 6 5 6 6 HUN 1946 Béla Pető 3 7 4 3 SWE Lennart Bergelin 6 6 8 GBR Cliff Hovell 3 2 6 Q GBR Michael Clarke 3 4 3 ARG Heraldo Weiss 6 6 6 AUS Alan Coldham 4 6 7 6 7 GBR Gerry Oakley 6 2 9 4 5 GBR Peter Hare 2 0 4 IRL Cyril Kemp 6 6 6 Q GBR Charles Fawcus 2 1 9 4 NOR Finn Rune Karlsen 6 6 7 6 NZL Dennis Coombe 2 0 2 1 USA 1912 Frank Parker 6 6 6 EGY 1922 M Coen 9 6 5 6 PAK M Alam 7 4 7 3 SWE L Bergelin 4 6 6 7 ARG H Weiss 6 1 1 5 AUS A Coldham 2 2 5 IRL C Kemp 6 6 7 NOR FR Karlsen 0 0 2 1 USA 1912 F Parker 6 6 6 EGY 1922 M Coen 1 1 5 SWE L Bergelin 6 6 7 IRL C Kemp 0 1 0 1 USA 1912 F Parker 6 6 6 SWE L Bergelin 5 7 9 0 10 1 USA 1912 F Parker 7 5 7 6 8 References External links 1948 MS 1948 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1948 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles