1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Men's Doubles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Elwood Cooke
Bobby Riggs
Runners-up Charles Hare
Frank Wilde
Final score6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs defeated Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa (Second round)
02.   Elwood Cooke / Bobby Riggs (Champions)
03.   Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon (Semifinals)
04.   Charles Hare / Frank Wilde (Final)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
John Olliff
Ronnie Shayes
6 5 13 6 6
Tod Hughan
Hans van Swol
8 7 11 3 2
John Olliff
Ronnie Shayes
2 4 4
4 Charles Hare
Frank Wilde
6 6 6
4 Charles Hare
Frank Wilde
6 6 7
Dragutin Mitić
Franjo Punčec
1 1 5
4 Charles Hare
Frank Wilde
3 6 3 7
2 Elwood Cooke
Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 9
Don Butler
Donald MacPhail
9 6 2 3 4
3 Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon
7 3 6 6 6
Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon
4 6 2 3
2 Elwood Cooke
Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 6
Henry Billington
Pat Hughes
3 6 8 2 9
2 Elwood Cooke
Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 6 11

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Henner Henkel
Georg von Metaxa
6 6 6
Douglas Freshwater
Bill Manby
4 1 4 1 H Henkel
G von Metaxa
3 5 5
Don McNeill
Gene Smith
D McNeill
E Smith
6 7 7
Kho Sin-Kie
George Lyttleton-Rogers
w/o D McNeill
E Smith
8 6 3 3 4
John Olliff
Ronnie Shayes
6 6 8 J Olliff
R Shayes
6 4 6 6 6
Q John Briggs
Brian Finnigan
2 4 6 J Olliff
R Shayes
6 6 6
Josef Šíba
Laddie Wheatcroft
6 1 6 3 3 G Emmett
R Nicoll
2 4 4
Geoff Emmett
Bobby Nicoll
1 6 3 6 6 J Olliff
R Shayes
6 5 13 6 6
Max Ellmer
Hans Pfaff
4 3 2 T Hughan
A van Swol
8 7 11 3 2
Léopold de Borman
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6 6 6 L de Borman
P Geelhand de Merxem
3 6 8 6 6
Harold Hare
Claude Lister
6 7 6 6 6 H Hare
C Lister
6 3 10 4 4
Vanni Canepele
Giorgio de Stefani
8 5 3 7 4 L de Borman
P Geelhand de Merxem
4 5 3
Ted Avory
Harry Lee
3 7 4 T Hughan
A van Swol
6 7 6
Tod Hughan
Hans van Swol
6 9 6 T Hughan
A van Swol
3 2 6 8 6
Christian Boussus
Antoine Gentien
7 6 6 C Boussus
A Gentien
6 6 3 6 3
Q Freddie Della Porta
Leslie Walter
5 3 4

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 Charles Hare
Frank Wilde
9 6 6
Raymond Egan
Eustace Fannin
7 3 4 4 C Hare
F Wilde
8 6 6
Q Kálmán Aschner
Chuni Savara
4 4 2 J Asbóth
M Csikós
6 4 4
József Asbóth
Mihály Csikós
6 6 6 4 C Hare
F Wilde
6 6 6
Neil Edwards
Roland Morton
6 6 2 7 N Edwards
R Morton
1 3 3
GI Bayley
Ho Jin
3 2 6 5 N Edwards
R Morton
7 6 7 1 6
Q Headley Baxter
Bunny Whiteman
6 6 6 Q H Baxter
B Whiteman
5 3 9 6 2
GL Mytton
John Tew
3 4 4 4 C Hare
F Wilde
6 6 7
Daniel Prenn
Jacques Van den Eynde
4 5 6 3 D Mitić
F Punčec
1 1 5
Dennis Coombe
Cam Malfroy
6 7 3 6 D Coombe
C Malfroy
6 8 8
JK Hamilton
Derrick Leyland
4 6 2 3 H Gulcz
H Plougmann
2 6 6
Helmuth Gulcz
Helge Plougmann
6 4 6 6 D Coombe
C Malfroy
9 6 4 0 4
Jack Piercy
Dickie Ritchie
w/o D Mitić
F Punčec
7 4 6 6 6
Brian Sturgeon
Gwyn Tuckett
B Sturgeon
G Tuckett
5 3 2
Cecil Betts
Bob Mulliken
1 2 3 D Mitić
F Punčec
7 6 6
Dragutin Mitić
Franjo Punčec
6 6 6

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Robert Abdesselam
Franjo Kukuljević
4 8 4 6 4
Hector Etchart
Alejo Russell
6 6 6 2 6 H Etchart
A Russell
František Cejnar
Jaroslav Drobný
8 6 9 F Cejnar
J Drobný
w/o
Murray Deloford
Jimmy Jones
6 3 7 H Etchart
A Russell
4 3 11
Ghaus Mohammad
Yeswanath-Rao Savoor
3 5 6 3 D Butler
D MacPhail
6 6 13
Don Butler
Donald MacPhail
6 7 4 6 D Butler
D MacPhail
9 6 7
Derek Bull
Guy Cooper
3 6 6 6 D Bull
G Cooper
7 3 5
Tony Mottram
Norman Taylor
6 2 3 4 D Butler
D MacPhail
9 6 2 3 4
Ian Collins
Bob Tinkler
14 6 3 6 3 J Borotra
J Brugnon
7 3 6 6 6
Cristea Caralulis
Arnulf Schmidt
12 2 6 4 I Collins
R Tinkler
4 3 7 7 6
John Comery
Jimmy Hunt
7 6 6 1 2 G Dallos
J Palada
6 6 5 5 2
György Dallos
Josip Palada
7 4 3 6 6 I Collins
R Tinkler
6 4 4 4
Tommy Anderson
Jack Harrison
4 4 4 3 J Borotra
J Brugnon
4 6 6 6
Dewar Brown
Jack Gunn
6 6 6 D Brown
J Gunn
1 7 2
Rolf Goepfert
Roderich Menzel
6 6 3 4 2 3 J Borotra
J Brugnon
6 9 6
3 Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon
2 4 6 6 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Hector Fisher
Boris Maneff
4 4 1
Emil Gábori
Ottó Szigeti
6 6 6 E Gábori
O Szigeti
6 6 6
Reginald Bessemer-Clark
Alan Coldham
4 2 2 E Peters
C Ritchie
2 4 3
Eric Peters
Colin Ritchie
6 6 6 E Gábori
O Szigeti
2 6 6 3 2
Henry Billington
Pat Hughes
7 6 8 6 H Billington
P Hughes
6 4 4 6 6
Alexandru Hamburger
Garton Hone
9 3 6 3 H Billington
P Hughes
6 6 10
Owen Anderson
Bill Robertson
0 3 2 E David
H David
3 0 8
Edmund David
Herman David
6 6 6 H Billington
P Hughes
3 6 8 2 9
George Godsell
Pat Sherwood
6 6 6 2 E Cooke
R Riggs
6 3 6 6 11
Gaston Medecin
Andre Najar
1 3 0 G Godsell
P Sherwood
6 8 6
Heinrich Kleinschroth
Georgios Nikolaides
2 3 6 4 A Baworowski
I Tłoczyński
2 6 3
Adam Baworowski
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6 6 1 6 G Godsell
P Sherwood
3 3 3
Q CF Hall
FG Hill
5 6 6 6 2 E Cooke
R Riggs
6 6 6
Gordon Fitt
Jimmy Reddall
7 3 3 4 Q CF Hall
FG Hill
2 1 3
Eric Filby
Laurie Shaffi
3 3 2 2 E Cooke
R Riggs
6 6 6
2 Elwood Cooke
Bobby Riggs
6 6 6

References

  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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