1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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.

Men's Doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Champions John Bromwich
Frank Sedgman
Runners-up Tom Brown
Gardnar Mulloy
Final score5–7, 7–5, 7–5, 9–7
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4

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

Seeds

01.   Bob Falkenburg / Frank Parker (Semifinals)
02.   Tom Brown / Gardnar Mulloy (Final)
03.   John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman (Champions)
04.   Tony Mottram / Eric Sturgess (Quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
2 Tom Brown
Gardnar Mulloy
9 4 3 9 6
Enrique Morea
Alejo Russell
7 6 6 7 2
2 Tom Brown
Gardnar Mulloy
1 6 4 6 8
Lennart Bergelin
Jack Harper
6 3 6 4 6
4 Tony Mottram
Eric Sturgess
3 4 4
Lennart Bergelin
Jack Harper
6 6 6
2 Tom Brown
Gardnar Mulloy
7 5 5 7
3 John Bromwich
Frank Sedgman
5 7 7 9
Giovanni Cucelli
Marcello del Bello
3 1 5
3 John Bromwich
Frank Sedgman
6 6 7
3 John Bromwich
Frank Sedgman
6 6 4 6 6
1 Bob Falkenburg
Frank Parker
2 8 6 4 1
Franjo Kukuljević
Vojtěch Vodička
1 2 6 0
1 Bob Falkenburg
Frank Parker
6 6 3 6

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Section 3

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

Section 4

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