1951 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1951 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Dick Savitt AUS Ken McGregor 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 10 grand slam 1951 Wimbledon Championships In the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the title.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th He was the second ever American to win the Wimbledon and Australian tournaments in the same year.Bud Collins Zander Hollander Bud Collins' tennis encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=-GNYAAAAYAAJ May 1997 Visible Ink Press 495 Number 4 seed Budge Patty was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to another American, the unseeded 17-year-old Ham Richardson. This was the final Wimbledon appearance of three-time finalist Gottfried von Cramm. Progress of the competition After defeating Patty, Richardson went out in the fourth round, losing to another unseeded player, the Brazilian Armando Vieira; this was Vieira's most successful Wimbledon, but he lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa's Eric Sturgess, a former world number one,United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 426. in straight sets. McGregor reached the final by defeating Sturgess in the semifinals. Seeds 1 1 AUS Frank Sedgman (quarterfinals) 2 8 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný (third round) 3 3 USA 1912 Art Larsen (quarterfinals) 4 6 USA 1912 Budge Patty (second round) 5 2 USA 1912 Herbie Flam (semifinals) 6 4 USA 1912 Dick Savitt (champion) 7 7 AUS Ken McGregor (final) 8 5 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess (semifinals) 9 1 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy (third round) 10 8 SWE Lennart Bergelin (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 3 4 5 5 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 2 1 6 6 7 3 USA 1912 Art Larsen 1 4 4 6 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 6 6 6 8 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 6 6 6 BRA 1889 Armando Vieira 2 0 3 7 AUS Ken McGregor 6 4 5 6 6 10 SWE Lennart Bergelin 0 6 7 2 4 5 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 6 13 3 2 6 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 1 15 6 6 8 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 4 6 3 5 7 AUS Ken McGregor 6 3 6 7 6 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 6 6 6 7 AUS Ken McGregor 4 4 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 AUS Frank Sedgman 6 6 6 PHI 1936 Raymundo Deyro 4 3 4 Q SWE Sven Davidson 6 6 3 6 Q GBR Clive Bernstein 2 0 6 3 NOR Sverre Lie 6 3 7 6 6 IRL Guy Jackson 8 6 5 3 1 USA 1912 Robert Sibert 0 0 2 USA 1912 Straight Clark 6 6 6 9 USA 1912 Gardnar Mulloy 13 4 6 6 6 BEL Philippe Washer 15 6 3 4 1 GBR John Horn 6 6 3 7 Ceylon Doug Scharenguivel 2 1 6 5 ARG Heraldo Weiss 6 2 9 6 GBR Murray Deloford 4 6 7 2 ITA Fausto Gardini 4 6 6 6 GBR Headley Baxter 6 2 1 2 1 AUS F Sedgman 6 7 6 7 Q SWE S Davidson 4 9 4 2 NOR S Lie 4 4 5 USA 1912 S Clark 6 6 7 9 USA 1912 G Mulloy 6 6 6 GBR J Horn 4 0 4 ARG H Weiss 2 6 6 4 ITA F Gardini 6 3 8 6 1 AUS F Sedgman 8 11 6 USA 1912 S Clark 6 9 3 9 USA 1912 G Mulloy 5 6 4 4 ITA F Gardini 7 3 6 6 1 AUS F Sedgman 6 6 6 ITA F Gardini 0 2 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA 1912 Herbie Flam 6 6 6 IND Naresh Kumar 1 2 2 GBR Geoff Ward 2 3 3 POL 1928 Czesław Spychała 6 6 6 GBR Peter Hare 4 2 1 GBR Henry Billington 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Sydney Levy 6 4 6 0 4 FRA Jean-Claude Molinari 3 6 4 6 6 ESP 1945 Jaime Bartrolí 6 6 6 3 FRA Philippe Chatrier 8 8 4 6 YUG Petko Milojković 2 1 6 6 3 AUT Freddie Huber 6 6 3 2 6 GBR Douglas Snart 0 1 8 NED Hans van Swol 6 6 10 EGY 1922 Adli El Shafei 6 6 6 Q HUN 1949 András Kálmán 4 4 4 5 USA 1912 H Flam 6 6 6 POL 1928 C Spychała 0 1 2 GBR H Billington 6 6 4 8 FRA J-C Molinari 2 3 6 6 FRA P Chatrier 6 6 2 1 8 AUT A Huber 4 2 6 6 6 NED A van Swol 7 6 6 EGY 1922 A El Shafei 5 3 1 5 USA 1912 H Flam 6 6 6 GBR H Billington 3 4 4 FRA P Chatrier 4 3 4 NED A van Swol 6 6 6 5 USA 1912 H Flam 6 6 6 NED A van Swol 2 2 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Art Larsen 6 6 0 6 AUS Mervyn Rose 1 2 6 1 USA 1912 Hal Burrows 3 3 2 GBR Geoffrey Paish 6 6 6 USA 1912 Gene Garrett 6 6 7 ITA Marcello del Bello 4 0 5 Q GBR Bill Hough 1 0 1 YUG Josip Palada 6 6 6 TCH Milan Matouš 1 2 6 6 6 FRA Robert Haillet 6 6 2 1 0 GBR Ron Reeve 3 9 4 GBR Howard Walton 6 11 6 SWE Torsten Johansson 6 6 6 SUI Erwin Balestra 0 0 1 GBR Derek Bull 4 2 9 6 6 IRN 1925 Matthew Mohtadi 6 6 7 3 3 3 USA 1912 A Larsen 6 6 12 GBR G Paish 3 1 10 USA 1912 W Garrett 6 6 6 YUG J Palada 3 3 2 TCH M Matouš 6 6 6 GBR H Walton 1 3 2 SWE T Johansson 6 5 6 6 GBR D Bull 1 7 4 4 3 USA 1912 A Larsen 6 6 3 6 USA 1912 W Garrett 3 3 6 3 TCH M Matouš 3 7 4 SWE T Johansson 6 9 6 3 USA 1912 A Larsen 6 7 6 SWE T Johansson 3 5 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 USA 1912 Dick Savitt 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Nigel Cockburn 2 2 2 GBR Edmund David 6 6 6 GBR Lawrence Dundas 0 4 4 DEN Kurt Nielsen 6 7 6 6 CAN 1921 Brendan Macken 3 9 3 2 GBR Charles Fawcus 2 6 2 3 BEL Jacques Peten 6 4 6 6 POL 1928 Władysław Skonecki 7 6 6 Q GBR Roy Mansell 5 1 1 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński POR José Roquette w/o HUN 1949 József Asbóth 4 10 6 6 FRG Ernst Buchholz 6 8 3 2 HKG 1910 Ip Koon Hung 4 6 6 5 2 TCH Vladimír Černík 6 4 4 7 6 6 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 6 6 GBR E David 1 1 1 DEN K Nielsen 6 6 7 BEL J Peten 4 1 5 POL 1928 W Skonecki 6 6 6 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 3 4 4 HUN 1949 J Asbóth 6 9 1 11 6 TCH V Černík 1 11 6 9 3 6 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 1 6 8 6 DEN K Nielsen 4 6 3 10 4 POL 1928 W Skonecki 5 6 8 6 2 HUN 1949 J Asbóth 7 3 10 4 6 6 USA 1912 R Savitt 6 6 6 HUN 1949 J Asbóth 4 2 3 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round BEL Ivan Devroe 2 3 2 FRA Bernard Destremau 6 6 6 PHI 1936 Cesar Carmona 6 3 8 4 2 ITA Rolando del Bello 1 6 6 6 6 GBR Darrell Shaw 3 6 6 5 6 Q USA 1912 Jack Morison 6 4 2 7 1 GBR Gerry Oakley 6 6 8 Malaya Ong Chew Bee 3 4 6 SWE Bengt Axelsson 6 6 6 Q GBR Bernard Crouch 1 2 4 JAM 1906 Frank Mott-Trille 4 4 4 SAF 1928 Stanley Davidson 6 6 6 GBR Paddy Roberts 6 2 3 AUS Don Candy 8 6 6 GBR Roland Carter 1 0 3 8 SAF 1928 Eric Sturgess 6 6 6 FRA B Destremau 2 6 6 9 ITA R del Bello 6 4 2 7 GBR D Shaw 1 4 3 GBR G Oakley 6 6 6 SWE B Axelsson 6 6 6 SAF 1928 S Davidson 3 3 2 AUS D Candy 3 6 6 2 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 4 8 6 FRA B Destremau 6 6 6 GBR G Oakley 4 1 4 SWE B Axelsson 6 0 4 2 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 4 6 6 6 FRA B Destremau 2 3 2 8 SAF 1928 E Sturgess 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round IRL Joe Hackett 4 4 5 SWE Staffan Stockenberg 6 6 7 SUI Jost Spitzer 4 3 4 SAF 1928 Abe Segal 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Marcel Coen 0 1 4 GBR Claude Lister 6 6 6 BRA 1889 Armando Vieira 7 6 8 AUS Don Tregonning 5 4 6 GBR Tony Clark 6 2 1 2 GBR Tommy Anderson 4 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Robert Connor 5 6 1 7 4 YUG Vladimir Petrović 7 2 6 5 6 Q NED Fred Dehnert 2 3 2 USA 1912 Ham Richardson 6 6 6 SAF 1928 David Lurie 1 1 4 4 USA 1912 Budge Patty 6 6 6 SWE S Stockenberg 6 7 4 6 SAF 1928 A Segal 1 5 6 4 GBR C Lister 4 4 6 3 BRA 1889 A Vieira 6 6 1 6 GBR T Anderson 6 6 4 6 1 YUG V Petrović 2 8 6 0 6 USA 1912 H Richardson 4 6 4 10 6 4 USA 1912 J Patty 6 3 6 8 4 SWE S Stockenberg 6 3 6 BRA 1889 A Vieira 8 6 8 YUG V Petrović 6 0 2 5 USA 1912 H Richardson 2 6 6 7 BRA 1889 A Vieira 6 1 6 6 USA 1912 H Richardson 3 6 3 0 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round TCH Bohuslav Hykš 2 0 0 NED Ivo Rinkel 6 6 6 Q SAF 1928 Johann Kupferburger 5 3 0 SAF 1928 Leon Norgarb 7 6 6 FRA Paul Rémy 6 7 6 YUG Milan Branović 3 5 2 IRL Bruce Haughton 2 6 5 AUS Peter Cawthorn 6 8 7 AUT Hans Redl 6 6 4 6 FRA Jean Becker 1 1 6 0 SAF 1928 David Samaai 6 4 6 2 6 Q FRA Michel Lemasson 4 6 3 6 4 CAN 1921 Lorne Main 6 6 6 GBR John Barrett 0 2 1 IND Narendra Nath 6 1 6 2 7 AUS Ken McGregor 8 6 3 6 NED I Rinkel 4 10 4 SAF 1928 L Norgarb 6 12 6 FRA P Rémy 6 6 6 AUS Peter Cawthorn 3 3 3 AUT H Redl 6 5 5 3 SAF 1928 D Samaai 3 7 7 6 CAN 1921 L Main 3 5 5 7 AUS K McGregor 6 7 7 SAF 1928 L Norgarb 6 4 3 6 2 FRA P Rémy 3 6 6 3 6 SAF 1928 D Samaai 1 4 1 7 AUS K McGregor 6 6 6 FRA P Rémy 4 6 3 4 7 AUS K McGregor 6 3 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round ITA Giovanni Cucelli 6 6 6 GBR Norman Kitovitz 2 2 3 NZL Athol Tills 6 6 1 6 GBR George Godsell 1 4 6 4 PHI 1936 Felicisimo Ampon 6 6 6 GBR Dick Guise 1 0 0 GBR Tony Starte 2 1 0 10 SWE Lennart Bergelin 6 6 6 NOR Finn Søhol 2 2 4 GBR Tony Mottram 6 6 6 GBR Tadeusz Slawek 0 2 0 CAN 1921 Henri Rochon 6 6 6 BEL Jacques Brichant 5 4 3 DEN Torben Ulrich 7 6 6 FRG Gottfried von Cramm 7 4 4 2 EGY 1922 Jaroslav Drobný 9 6 6 ITA G Cucelli 6 6 6 NZL A Tills 3 1 4 PHI 1936 F Ampon 6 6 2 7 3 10 SWE L Bergelin 2 2 6 9 6 GBR A Mottram 6 6 7 CAN 1921 H Rochon 0 3 5 DEN T Ulrich 9 6 3 4 2 EGY 1922 J Drobný 11 1 6 6 ITA G Cucelli 7 2 4 3 10 SWE L Bergelin 5 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 5 6 2 7 8 2 EGY 1922 J Drobný 7 4 6 5 6 10 SWE L Bergelin 6 6 6 GBR A Mottram 1 0 2 References External links 1951 MS 1951 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1951 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles