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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer
Runners-upAustralia Geoff Brown
Australia Dinny Pails
Score6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw64
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1939 · Wimbledon Championships · 1947 →

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Tom Brown and Jack Kramer defeated Geoff Brown and Dinny Pails in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.   Australia Geoff Brown / Australia Dinny Pails (final)
02.   United States Tom Brown / United States Jack Kramer (champions)
03.   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić / Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada (semifinals)
04.   France Bernard Destremau / France Yvon Petra (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Dinny Pails
6 8 6
France Henri Bolelli
France Pierre Pellizza
4 6 3
1 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Dinny Pails
6 6 6
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
2 4 3
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
6 6 6
United Kingdom Cecil Betts
United Kingdom Cliff Hovell
3 3 2
1 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Dinny Pails
4 4 2
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer
6 6 6
United States Budge Patty
Ecuador Pancho Segura
6 6 5 8
Netherlands Ivo Rinkel
Netherlands Hans van Swol
2 4 7 6
United States Budge Patty
Ecuador Pancho Segura
3 3 3
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer
6 6 6
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Sweden Torsten Johansson
1 6 4 0
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer
6 3 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Dinny Pails
6 6 6
United States Frank Beeman
United States Stanley Drobac
2 4 1 1 Australia G Brown
Australia D Pails
6 6 6
New Zealand Buster Andrews
New Zealand Dennis Coombe
8 6 6 7 6 New Zealand E Andrews
New Zealand D Coombe
1 1 1
United Kingdom Claude Lister
United Kingdom WM Martin
10 4 2 9 3 1 Australia G Brown
Australia D Pails
6 6 6
United Kingdom Freddie Della Porta
United Kingdom Leslie Walter
4 8 4 Poland C Spychała
Poland I Tłoczyński
2 3 4
United States Frank Mehner
United States JE Slater
6 10 6 United States F Mehner
United States JE Slater
4 2 2
Poland Czesław Spychała
Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński
8 6 6 Poland C Spychała
Poland I Tłoczyński
6 6 6
United Kingdom Edward Hansom
United Kingdom Harold Marsland
6 2 3 1 Australia G Brown
Australia D Pails
6 8 6
Peru Enrique Buse
United Kingdom Maurice Lucking
4 7 4 France H Bolelli
France P Pellizza
4 6 3
Belgium Léopold de Borman
Belgium Jack Van den Eynde
6 9 6 Belgium L de Borman
Belgium J Van den Eynde
3 7 4 6 8
United Kingdom Henry Billington
United Kingdom John Olliff
6 6 6 United Kingdom H Billington
United Kingdom J Olliff
6 5 6 4 6
United Kingdom Eric Filby
United Kingdom Donald MacPhail
4 2 2 Belgium L de Borman
Belgium J Van den Eynde
2 3 2
France Henri Bolelli
France Pierre Pellizza
6 6 6 France H Bolelli
France P Pellizza
6 6 6
Republic of Ireland Raymond Egan
FW Peard
2 1 3 France H Bolelli
France P Pellizza
6 6 6
United Kingdom Derek Hardwick
United Kingdom Peter Hare
14 3 2 2 United Kingdom E Avory
United Kingdom E Peters
1 1 2
United Kingdom Ted Avory
United Kingdom Eric Peters
12 6 6 6

The nationality of FW Peard is unknown.

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
6 6 8
United Kingdom Brian Burnett
United Kingdom Peter Young
2 2 6 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia D Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Palada
6 6 6
United Kingdom Roland Carter
United Kingdom Charles Kingsley
6 6 6 United Kingdom R Carter
United Kingdom C Kingsley
1 3 1
United States Bill Robertson
United States John Wilkinson
4 2 3 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia D Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Palada
2 9 7 3 6
France Paul Féret
France Jean Lesueur
6 5 6 3 Czechoslovakia J Caska
Czechoslovakia J Drobný
6 7 5 6 4
Czechoslovakia Josef Caska
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
3 7 8 6 Czechoslovakia J Caska
Czechoslovakia J Drobný
6 6 9
Chile Andrés Hammersley
Argentina Enrique Morea
w/o Australia A Coldham
United Kingdom H Weatherall
1 2 7
Australia Alan Coldham
United Kingdom Henry Weatherall
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia D Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J Palada
6 6 6
United Kingdom Cecil Betts
United Kingdom Cliff Hovell
6 6 8 1 6 United Kingdom C Betts
United Kingdom C Hovell
3 3 2
Norway Johan Haanes
Czechoslovakia Ferdinand Vrba
8 4 6 6 3 United Kingdom C Betts
United Kingdom C Hovell
6 6 6
United Kingdom CF Duncan
Poland Maksymiljan Stolarow
w/o Denmark J Ipsen
Denmark H Johansen
2 3 4
Denmark Jaanik Ipsen
Denmark Helge Johansen
United Kingdom C Betts
United Kingdom C Hovell
6 6 6
United Kingdom JK Hamilton
United Kingdom Derrick Leyland
6 6 6 United Kingdom JK Hamilton
United Kingdom D Leyland
2 2 3
Monaco Vladimir Landau
Monaco Gaston Médécin
2 0 1 United Kingdom JK Hamilton
United Kingdom D Leyland
Switzerland Hans Pfaff
Switzerland Jost Spitzer
7 5 6 6 Switzerland H Pfaff
Switzerland J Spitzer
w/o
United Kingdom Bernard Neal
United Kingdom Bobby Thorn
5 7 2 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United States Budge Patty
Ecuador Pancho Segura
7 6 8
United Kingdom Herman David
Poland Ernest Wittmann
5 1 6 United States J Patty
Ecuador P Segura
6 6 6
United Kingdom Bill Manby
United Kingdom Gwyn Tuckett
United Kingdom N Manby
United Kingdom G Tuckett
2 0 3
Netherlands Hendrik Timmer
Netherlands Hubert Wilton
w/o United States J Patty
Ecuador P Segura
6 5 5 8 6
United Kingdom Derrick Barton
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
6 6 6 United Kingdom D Barton
United Kingdom G Paish
2 7 7 6 1
Republic of Ireland Cyril Kemp
Republic of Ireland George McVeagh
0 3 2 United Kingdom D Barton
United Kingdom G Paish
6 6 6
France Jacques Sanglier
France Jacques Thomas
6 6 6 France J Sanglier
France J Thomas
4 4 4
United Kingdom Tommy Anderson
Australia DA Clayton
3 3 1 United States J Patty
Ecuador P Segura
6 6 5 8
Netherlands Ivo Rinkel
Netherlands Hans van Swol
9 6 6 Netherlands I Rinkel
Netherlands A van Swol
2 4 7 6
Switzerland René Buser
Switzerland Hans Huonder
7 3 4 Netherlands I Rinkel
Netherlands A van Swol
6 5 6 6
France Georges Gremillet
France Henri Pellizza
6 6 6 France G Gremillet
France H Pellizza
1 7 3 2
United Kingdom Guy Cooper
United Kingdom Bob Tinkler
4 3 3 Netherlands I Rinkel
Netherlands A van Swol
6 6 8 6
France Robert Abdesselam
France Roger Dubuc
11 1 7 6 4 France B Destremau
France Y Petra
2 8 6 4
Australia Jack Harper
United Kingdom Jack Warboys
9 6 5 3 France R Abdesselam
France R Dubuc
3 2 4
United Kingdom Jimmy Hunt
United Kingdom Colin Ritchie
1 2 4 4 France B Destremau
France Y Petra
6 6 6
4 France Bernard Destremau
France Yvon Petra
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom Murray Deloford
United Kingdom Jimmy Jones
3 6 2 1
Belgium Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Belgium Philippe Washer
6 2 6 6 Belgium P Geelhand de Merxem
Belgium P Washer
3 7 4
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Sweden Torsten Johansson
6 6 6 Sweden L Bergelin
Sweden T Johansson
6 9 6
Egypt Adli El Shafei
Egypt Mahmoud Talaat
4 2 3 Sweden L Bergelin
Sweden T Johansson
8 6 3 4 6
Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen
Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie
6 4 4 3 United Kingdom D Butler
United Kingdom F Wilde
6 4 6 6 2
United Kingdom Don Butler
United Kingdom Frank Wilde
0 6 6 6 United Kingdom D Butler
United Kingdom F Wilde
6 6 6
India Leonard Brooke Edwards
Australia Joseph Clynton-Reed
4 6 2 0 United Kingdom L Cater
United Kingdom F Wallis
3 1 2
United Kingdom Leslie Cater
United Kingdom Francis Wallis
6 4 6 6 Sweden L Bergelin
Sweden T Johansson
1 6 4 0
United Kingdom Tony Mottram
United Kingdom Bobby Nicoll
6 3 6 6 2 United States T Brown
United States J Kramer
6 3 6 6
United Kingdom Tony Clark
United Kingdom Tim Lewis
1 6 3 2 United Kingdom A Mottram
United Kingdom R Nicoll
6 6 6
United Kingdom Harry Marriner
C Webb
2 6 1 2 United Kingdom G Fitt
United Kingdom R Smith
2 0 1
United Kingdom Gordon Fitt
United Kingdom Reg Smith
6 4 6 6 United Kingdom A Mottram
United Kingdom R Nicoll
1 4 4
United Kingdom John Comery
Republic of Ireland Dick Sandys
2 1 4 2 United States T Brown
United States J Kramer
6 6 6
Czechoslovakia Josef Šíba
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička
6 6 6 Czechoslovakia J Šíba
Czechoslovakia V Vodička
2 1 2
Australia Bob Baker
United Kingdom Tim Miles
0 1 2 2 United States T Brown
United States J Kramer
6 6 6
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Jack Kramer
6 6 6

The nationality of C Webb is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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