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1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
Runners-upUnited States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
Score5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1947 · Wimbledon Championships · 1949 →

Bob Falkenburg and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but Kramer was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season. Falkenburg partnered with Frank Parker, but lost to John Bromwich and Frank Sedgman in the semifinals.

Bromwich and Sedgman defeated Tom Brown and Gardnar Mulloy in the final, 5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.   United States Bob Falkenburg / United States Frank Parker (semifinals)
02.   United States Tom Brown / United States Gardnar Mulloy (final)
03.   Australia John Bromwich / Australia Frank Sedgman (champions)
04.   United Kingdom Tony Mottram / South Africa Eric Sturgess (quarterfinals)

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
                     
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
9 4 3 9 6
Argentina Enrique Morea
Argentina Alejo Russell
7 6 6 7 2
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
1 6 4 6 8
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Australia Jack Harper
6 3 6 4 6
4 United Kingdom Tony Mottram
South Africa Eric Sturgess
3 4 4
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Australia Jack Harper
6 6 6
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
7 5 5 7
3 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
5 7 7 9
Italy Giovanni Cucelli
Italy Marcello del Bello
3 1 5
3 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
6 6 7
3 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
6 6 4 6 6
1 United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Frank Parker
2 8 6 4 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička
1 2 6 0
1 United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Frank Parker
6 6 3 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 United States Tom Brown
United States Gardnar Mulloy
9 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
7 3 4 2 United States T Brown
United States G Mulloy
6 5 4 7 6
India Sumant Misra
India Subba Sawhney
6 8 6 India S Misra
India S Sawhney
1 7 6 5 3
Italy Renato Bossi
Italy Ferruccio Quintavalle
1 6 4 2 United States T Brown
United States G Mulloy
6 6 6
United Kingdom Henry Billington
United Kingdom Don Butler
6 6 6 United Kingdom H Billington
United Kingdom D Butler
3 3 4
Pakistan Mahmoud Alam
Pakistan Ahmed-Hasan Khokhar
3 4 4 United Kingdom H Billington
United Kingdom D Butler
7 6 6
United Kingdom Guy Cooper
United Kingdom Henry Weatherall
6 4 5 United Kingdom B Finnigan
United States J Wilkinson
5 4 1
United Kingdom Brian Finnigan
United States John Wilkinson
8 6 7 2 United States T Brown
United States G Mulloy
9 4 3 9 6
France Jean Ducos de la Haille
Italy Carlo Sada
7 4 5 Argentina E Morea
Argentina A Russell
7 6 6 7 2
Argentina Enrique Morea
Argentina Alejo Russell
9 6 7 Argentina E Morea
Argentina A Russell
6 6 6
United Kingdom Norman Kitovitz
United Kingdom David Mockridge
1 6 4 Hungary Z Katona
Argentina H Weiss
3 2 4
Hungary Zoltán Katona
Argentina Heraldo Weiss
6 8 6 Argentina E Morea
Argentina A Russell
6 6 13
Egypt Eddie Mandelbaum
Egypt Henri Zalzal
8 4 3 United States J Patty
Belgium P Washer
2 4 11
United States Budge Patty
Belgium Philippe Washer
10 6 6 United States J Patty
Belgium P Washer
6 6 6
United Kingdom Bobby Meredith
United Kingdom Douglas Snart
6 6 6 United Kingdom G Meredith
United Kingdom D Snart
2 4 1
Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Torben Ulrich
2 2 3

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 United Kingdom Tony Mottram
South Africa Eric Sturgess
6 6 6
Sweden Borje Fornstedt
Norway Johan Haanes
2 3 4 4 United Kingdom A Mottram
South Africa E Sturgess
6 4 7 6
United Kingdom Geoff Emmett
United Kingdom Ralph Nichols
4 4 10 United Kingdom L Hare
United Kingdom P Hare
4 6 5 2
United Kingdom Lindsay Hare
United Kingdom Peter Hare
6 6 12 4 United Kingdom A Mottram
South Africa E Sturgess
6 6 6
United Kingdom Ted Frith
United Kingdom Paddy Roberts
2 5 6 1 Egypt M Coen
Netherlands R van Meegeren
4 3 3
United Kingdom Roy Mansell
United Kingdom Gwyn Tuckett
6 7 4 6 United Kingdom R Mansell
United Kingdom G Tuckett
7 4 3 4
United Kingdom John Griffith
United Kingdom Jack Moore
6 3 1 4 Egypt M Coen
Netherlands R van Meegeren
5 6 6 6
Egypt Marcel Coen
Netherlands Boebi van Meegeren
3 6 6 6 4 United Kingdom A Mottram
South Africa E Sturgess
3 4 4
Q Australia Joseph Clynton-Reed
United Kingdom Malcolm Maclagan
0 0 2 Sweden L Bergelin
Australia J Harper
6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Tommy Anderson
United Kingdom DC Argyle
6 6 6 Q United Kingdom T Anderson
United Kingdom DC Argyle
6 4 0 5
New Zealand Dennis Coombe
United Kingdom Charles Kingsley
4 3 6 Republic of Ireland G Jackson
Republic of Ireland M Murphy
4 6 6 6
Republic of Ireland Guy Jackson
Republic of Ireland Matthew Murphy
6 6 8 Republic of Ireland G Jackson
Republic of Ireland M Murphy
6 3 4 4
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Australia Jack Harper
6 6 6 Sweden L Bergelin
Australia J Harper
3 6 6 6
Belgium Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Belgium Jack Van den Eynde
4 1 4 Sweden L Bergelin
Australia J Harper
8 6 6
United Kingdom Colin Ritchie
United Kingdom Dickie Ritchie
2 3 6 1 France C Grandet
France P Rémy
6 1 4
France Christian Grandet
France Paul Rémy
6 6 1 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Australia Alan Coldham
Poland Ernest Wittmann
3 3 4
Italy Giovanni Cucelli
Italy Marcello del Bello
6 6 6 Italy G Cucelli
Italy M del Bello
6 3 6 6
France Robert Abdesselam
France Bernard Destremau
6 2 5 6 5 Spain J Bartrolí
Spain M Szavoszt
3 6 1 4
Spain Jaime Bartrolí
Spain Mario Szavoszt
3 6 7 4 7 Italy G Cucelli
Italy M del Bello
6 1 6 6
India Dilip Bose
India Narendra Nath
9 3 3 Philippines F Ampon
Philippines R Deyro
4 6 4 3
Philippines Felicisimo Ampon
Philippines Raymundo Deyro
11 6 6 Philippines F Ampon
Philippines R Deyro
7 7 6
United Kingdom Headley Baxter
United Kingdom Roland Carter
6 4 3 6 9 United Kingdom H Baxter
United Kingdom R Carter
5 5 0
Q United Kingdom Leslie Cater
United Kingdom Francis Wallis
3 6 6 2 7 Italy G Cucelli
Italy M del Bello
3 1 5
United Kingdom Cyril Betts
United Kingdom Bobby Nicoll
1 2 2 3 Australia J Bromwich
Australia F Sedgman
6 6 7
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Černík
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
6 6 6 Czechoslovakia V Černík
Czechoslovakia J Drobný
6 6 6
Switzerland Jean-Pierre Blondel
Switzerland Edgar Büchi
4 1 6 4 United Kingdom GI Bayley
United Kingdom C Lister
3 4 2
United Kingdom GI Bayley
United Kingdom Claude Lister
6 6 3 6 Czechoslovakia V Černík
Czechoslovakia J Drobný
2 6 2 1
United Kingdom Derek Bull
United Kingdom Cliff Hovell
4 6 1 3 Australia J Bromwich
Australia F Sedgman
6 4 6 6
United Kingdom Gerry Oakley
Australia John Spence
6 8 6 United Kingdom G Oakley
Australia J Spence
2 1 2
Netherlands Ivo Rinkel
Netherlands Hans van Swol
4 1 2 3 Australia J Bromwich
Australia F Sedgman
6 6 6
3 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Frank Sedgman
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
France Jean Borotra
France Jacques Brugnon
6 5 7 6
Poland Czesław Spychała
Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński
4 7 5 3 France J Borotra
France J Brugnon
6 6 7
Q United Kingdom Laurie Proctor
United Kingdom John White
7 4 6 6 6 Q United Kingdom L Proctor
United Kingdom J White
2 2 5
Austria G Jaceniak
Austria Hans Redl
9 6 1 2 4 France J Borotra
France J Brugnon
6 3 6 3 6
United States Charles Jones
Belgium JM Stas
w/o Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia V Vodička
2 6 4 6 8
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia V Vodička
6 6 5 6
Belgium Jacques Brichant
Belgium Jacques Peten
6 8 7 3 6 Belgium J Brichant
Belgium J Peten
3 3 7 2
United Kingdom Edmund David
United Kingdom Herman David
2 6 9 6 0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević
Czechoslovakia V Vodička
1 2 6 0
Republic of Ireland Cyril Kemp
Republic of Ireland George McVeagh
8 6 6 1 United States R Falkenburg
United States F Parker
6 6 3 6
United Kingdom Stan Clark
United Kingdom Bunny Whiteman
6 3 1 Republic of Ireland C Kemp
Republic of Ireland G McVeagh
0 7 6 3
United Kingdom George Godsell
United Kingdom Ted Tinling
1 4 4 United Kingdom D Slack
United Kingdom H Walton
6 9 3 6
United Kingdom Dennis Slack
United Kingdom Howard Walton
6 6 6 United Kingdom D Slack
United Kingdom H Walton
4 3 5
Hungary József Asbóth
Hungary Béla Pető
2 7 9 0 1 United States R Falkenburg
United States F Parker
6 6 7
Australia Harry Hopman
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
6 9 7 6 Australia H Hopman
United Kingdom G Paish
3 1 7
South Africa Billy Muller
South Africa Walter Musgrove
1 3 0 1 United States R Falkenburg
United States F Parker
6 6 9
1 United States Bob Falkenburg
United States Frank Parker
6 6 6

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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