1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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

Men's Doubles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Tom Brown
Jack Kramer
Runners-up Geoff Brown
Dinny Pails
Final score6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Draw64
Seeds4

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

Seeds

01.   Geoff Brown / Dinny Pails (Final)
02.   Tom Brown / Jack Kramer (Champions)
03.   Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada (Semifinals)
04.   Bernard Destremau / Yvon Petra (Third round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Geoff Brown
Dinny Pails
6 8 6
Henri Bolelli
Pierre Pellizza
4 6 3
1 Geoff Brown
Dinny Pails
6 6 6
3 Dragutin Mitić
Josip Palada
2 4 3
3 Dragutin Mitić
Josip Palada
6 6 6
Cecil Betts
Cliff Hovell
3 3 2
1 Geoff Brown
Dinny Pails
4 4 2
2 Tom Brown
Jack Kramer
6 6 6
Budge Patty
Pancho Segura
6 6 5 8
Ivo Rinkel
Hans van Swol
2 4 7 6
Budge Patty
Pancho Segura
3 3 3
2 Tom Brown
Jack Kramer
6 6 6
Lennart Bergelin
Torsten Johansson
1 6 4 0
2 Tom Brown
Jack Kramer
6 3 6 6

Section 1

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

The nationality of FW Peard is unknown.

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 Dragutin Mitić
Josip Palada
6 6 8
Brian Burnett
Peter Young
2 2 6 3 D Mitić
J Palada
6 6 6
Roland Carter
Charles Kingsley
6 6 6 R Carter
C Kingsley
1 3 1
Bill Robertson
John Wilkinson
4 2 3 3 D Mitić
J Palada
2 9 7 3 6
Paul Féret
Jean Lesueur
6 5 6 3 J Caska
J Drobný
6 7 5 6 4
Josef Caska
Jaroslav Drobný
3 7 8 6 J Caska
J Drobný
6 6 9
Andrés Hammersley
Enrique Morea
w/o A Coldham
H Weatherall
1 2 7
Alan Coldham
Henry Weatherall
3 D Mitić
J Palada
6 6 6
Cecil Betts
Cliff Hovell
6 6 8 1 6 C Betts
C Hovell
3 3 2
Johan Haanes
Ferdinand Vrba
8 4 6 6 3 C Betts
C Hovell
6 6 6
CF Duncan
Maksymiljan Stolarow
w/o J Ipsen
H Johansen
2 3 4
Jaanik Ipsen
Helge Johansen
C Betts
C Hovell
6 6 6
JK Hamilton
Derrick Leyland
6 6 6 JK Hamilton
D Leyland
2 2 3
Vladimir Landau
Gaston Medecin
2 0 1 JK Hamilton
D Leyland
Hans Pfaff
Jost Spitzer
7 5 6 6 H Pfaff
J Spitzer
w/o
Bernard Neal
Bobby Thorn
5 7 2 2

Section 3

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

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Murray Deloford
Jimmy Jones
3 6 2 1
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Philippe Washer
6 2 6 6 P Geelhand de Merxem
P Washer
3 7 4
Lennart Bergelin
Torsten Johansson
6 6 6 L Bergelin
T Johansson
6 9 6
Adli El Shafei
Mahmoud Talaat
4 2 3 L Bergelin
T Johansson
8 6 3 4 6
Choy Wai-Chuen
Kho Sin-Kie
6 4 4 3 D Butler
F Wilde
6 4 6 6 2
Don Butler
Frank Wilde
0 6 6 6 D Butler
F Wilde
6 6 6
Leonard Brooke Edwards
Joseph Clynton-Reed
4 6 2 0 L Cater
F Wallis
3 1 2
Leslie Cater
Francis Wallis
6 4 6 6 L Bergelin
T Johansson
1 6 4 0
Tony Mottram
Bobby Nicoll
6 3 6 6 2 T Brown
J Kramer
6 3 6 6
Tony Clark
Tim Lewis
1 6 3 2 A Mottram
R Nicoll
6 6 6
Harry Marriner
C Webb
2 6 1 2 G Fitt
RC Smith
2 0 1
Gordon Fitt
RC Smith
6 4 6 6 A Mottram
R Nicoll
1 4 4
John Comery
Dick Sandys
2 1 4 2 T Brown
J Kramer
6 6 6
Josef Šíba
Vojtěch Vodička
6 6 6 J Šíba
V Vodička
2 1 2
RW Baker
Tim Miles
0 1 2 2 T Brown
J Kramer
6 6 6
2 Tom Brown
Jack Kramer
6 6 6

The nationality of C Webb is unknown.

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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