1947 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

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Mixed Doubles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough[1]
Runners-up Australia Colin Long
Australia Nancye Bolton[1]
Final score 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed

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Tom Brown and Louise Brough were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Brown partnered with Margaret Osborne but lost in the semifinals to Colin Long and Nancye Bolton. Brough partnered with John Bromwich, and they defeated Long and Bolton in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.[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 Tom Brown
United States Margaret Osborne
6 6  
 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
France Simonne Mathieu
3 2  
  1  United States Tom Brown
United States Margaret Osborne
5 2  
  3  Australia Colin Long
Australia Nancye Bolton
7 6  
3  Australia Colin Long
Australia Nancye Bolton
6 6
   Hungary József Asbóth
Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy
1 2  
    3  Australia Colin Long
Australia Nancye Bolton
6 4 2
  1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
1 6 6
   Australia Bill Sidwell
Australia Nell Hopman
2 8  
4  Sweden Lennart Bergelin
United States Doris Hart
6 10  
  4  Sweden Lennart Bergelin
United States Doris Hart
4 2
  1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
6 6  
 South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers
2 7
  1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
6 9  

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