Wimbledon Championships 1949

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1949 ►
Date: June 20 - July 1, 1949
Edition: 63rd  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Bob Falkenburg
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia John Bromwich Frank Sedgman
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp John Bromwich
AustraliaAustralia 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Ted Schroeder
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Pancho Gonzales Frank Parker
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : South Africa 1928South African Union Sheila Summers Eric Sturgess
South Africa 1928South African Union 
Grand Slams 1949

The 63rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1949 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

In that year, the repairs to damage to the spectator area on Center Court, which came from the Second World War, were completed. Each title holder now received a replica of the winner's cup. For the first time a woman was a linesman on center court.

Men's singles

Ted Schroeder won the men's race .

Ladies singles

Louise Brough-Clapp defended her title. Against Margaret Osborne duPont , she prevailed in the final in three sets.

Men's doubles

Pancho Gonzales and Frank Parker won the men's doubles title.

Ladies doubles

In women's doubles, Louise Brough-Clapp and Margaret Osborne duPont won their third title in a row.

Mixed

The South Africans Sheila Summers and Eric Sturgess won the mixed competition .

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. 4