1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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Men's Doubles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Champions United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Jack Kramer[1]
Runners-up United Kingdom Tony Mottram
Australia Bill Sidwell[1]
Final score 8–6, 6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed

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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' Doubles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                                   
  1  United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Jack Kramer
6 6 6  
 United Kingdom Derrick Barton
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
2 4 4  
  1  United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Jack Kramer
10 6 6  
  3  Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Colin Long
8 4 4  
3  Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Colin Long
9 5 6 6
   South Africa Eustace Fannin
South Africa Eric Sturgess
7 7 4 3  
    1  United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Jack Kramer
8 6 6
   United Kingdom Tony Mottram
Australia Bill Sidwell
6 3 3
   India Jimmay Mehta
India Sumant Misra
6 7 4 4  
 United Kingdom Tony Mottram
Australia Bill Sidwell
2 9 6 6  
 United Kingdom Tony Mottram
Australia Bill Sidwell
6 6 7
  2  Australia John Bromwich
Australia Dinny Pails
3 3 5  
 France Pierre Pellizza
France Yvon Petra
4 9 4
  2  Australia John Bromwich
Australia Dinny Pails
6 11 6  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001

External links

  • [1] Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com