1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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Men's Doubles
1948 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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Bob Falkenburg and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but Kramer was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season. Falkenburg partnered with Frank Parker, but lost to John Bromwich and Frank Sedgman in the semifinals.

Bromwich and Sedgman defeated Tom Brown and Gardnar Mulloy in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1948 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
                                                   
  2  United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
9 4 3 9 6  
 Argentina Enrique Morea
Argentina Alejo Russell
7 6 6 7 2  
  2  United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
1 6 4 6 8  
   Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Australia Jack Harper
6 3 6 4 6  
4  United Kingdom Tony Mottram
South Africa Eric Sturgess
3 4 4
   Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Australia Jack Harper
6 6 6  
    2  United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
7 5 5 7
  3  Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
5 7 7 9
   Italy Giovanni Cucelli
Italy Marcello del Bello
3 1 5  
3  Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
6 6 7  
3  Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
6 6 4 6 6
  1  United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Frank Parker
2 8 6 4 1  
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička
1 2 6 0
  1  United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Frank Parker
6 6 3 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