Wimbledon Championships 1951

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◄ Wimbledon Championships 1951 ►
Date: June 25 - July 6, 1951
Edition: 65th  Wimbledon Championships
Place: Church Road, London
Covering: race
Defending champion
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 
winner
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Dick Savitt
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Ken McGregor Frank Sedgeman
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Shirley Fry Doris Hart
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Doris Hart Frank Sedgeman
AustraliaAustralia 
Grand Slams 1951

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 .