Wimbledon Championships 1950

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Wimbledon Championships 1950
Date: June 26 - July 7, 1950
Edition: 64th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp John Bromwich
AustraliaAustralia 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Budge Patty
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia John Bromwich Adrian Quist
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Louise Brough-Clapp Eric Sturgess
South Africa 1928South African Union 
Grand Slams 1950

The 64th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1950 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.

Men's singles

In the men's category, Budge Patty won his only individual victory at Wimbledon.

Ladies singles

Louise Brough-Clapp won her third title in a row. As in the previous year, she met Margaret Osborne duPont in the final , who she defeated in three sets.

Men's doubles

In the purely Australian final, John Bromwich and Adrian Quist prevailed against Geoffrey Brown and Bill Sidwell .

Ladies doubles

Louise Brough-Clapp and Margaret Osborne duPont won the women's doubles for the fourth time in a row.

Mixed

In mixed, Louise Brough-Clapp and Eric Sturgess were successful.

source

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