Wimbledon Championships 1933

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1933 ►
Date: June 26 - July 7, 1933
Edition: 53rd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Ellsworth Vines
Ladies singles : German EmpireGerman Empire Cilly Aussem
Men's double : FranceFrance Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Doris Metaxa Josane Sigart
BelgiumBelgium 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Elizabeth Ryan Enrique Maier
Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Jack Crawford
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Helen Wills Moody
Men's double : FranceFrance Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon
FranceFrance 
Ladies doubles : FranceFrance Simone Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : Nazi stateNazi state Hilde Krahwinkel Gottfried von Cramm
Nazi stateNazi state 
Grand Slams 1933

The 53rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1933 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Henry Austin was the first player to appear on center court in shorts that year. In 1946 Yvon Petra was the last player to play regularly in long pants.

Men's singles

The Australian Jack Crawford , who had previously won the Australian and French championships , was able to win the title. In the final, he defeated last year's winner Ellsworth Vines in five sets.

Ladies singles

Helen Wills Moody won her sixth Wimbledon title in singles.

Men's doubles

In the men's doubles, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon defended the title.

Ladies doubles

Simone Mathieu and Elizabeth Ryan were successful in women's doubles .

Mixed

The mixed title went to Hilde Krahwinkel and Gottfried von Cramm .

source

  • J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett (2001), p. 3