Wimbledon Championships 1951
◄ Wimbledon Championships 1951 ► | |
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Date: | June 25 - July 6, 1951 |
Edition: | 65th Wimbledon Championships |
Place: | Church Road, London |
Covering: | race |
Defending champion | |
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 |
winner | |
Men's singles : | Dick Savitt |
Ladies singles : | Doris Hart |
Men's double : |
Ken McGregor Frank Sedgeman |
Ladies doubles : |
Shirley Fry Doris Hart |
Mixed : |
Doris Hart Frank Sedgeman |
Grand Slams 1951 | |
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The 65th edition of the Wimbledon Championships took place in 1951 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road.
Doris Hart won the title in all three competitions in which she competed (singles, doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Dick Savitt , who had already won the Australian championships that year, defeated Ken McGregor in the final and won his only title at Wimbledon.
Ladies singles
In the women's category, Doris Hart won her second individual title after 1947.
Men's doubles
Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgeman were successful in men's doubles .
Ladies doubles
Shirley Fry and Doris Hart won the women's doubles .
Mixed
In mixed, Doris Hart and Frank Sedgeman were successful.
source
- J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 .