Wimbledon Championships 1950
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1950 ► | |
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Date: | June 26 - July 7, 1950 |
Edition: | 64th Wimbledon Championships |
Place: | Church Road, London |
Covering: | race |
Defending champion | |
Men's singles : | Ted Schroeder |
Ladies singles : | Louise Brough-Clapp |
Men's double : |
Pancho Gonzales Frank Parker |
Ladies doubles : |
Louise Brough-Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont |
Mixed : |
Louise Brough-Clapp John Bromwich |
winner | |
Men's singles : | Budge Patty |
Ladies singles : | Louise Brough-Clapp |
Men's double : |
John Bromwich Adrian Quist |
Ladies doubles : |
Louise Brough-Clapp Margaret Osborne duPont |
Mixed : |
Louise Brough-Clapp Eric Sturgess |
Grand Slams 1950 | |
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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 .