1949 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

Eric Sturgess and Sheila Summers defeated the defending champions John Bromwich and Louise Brough in the final, 9–7, 9–11, 7–5 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed Doubles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
Runners-up John Bromwich
Louise Brough
Final score9–7, 9–11, 7–5
Draw80 (5 Q )
Seeds4

Seeds

01.   John Bromwich / Louise Brough (Final)
02.   Bill Sidwell / Margaret Osborne (Semifinals)
03.   Bob Falkenburg / Gussie Moran (Withdrew)
04.   Eric Sturgess / Sheila Summers (Champions)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
3 9 6
Geoffrey Paish
Jean Quertier
6 7 0
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
6 6
George Worthington
Thelma Long
1 2
Torsten Johansson
Birgit Gullbrandsson
7 1
George Worthington
Thelma Long
9 6
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
7 11 5
4 Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
9 9 7
Geoff Brown
Joyce Fitch
6 4 3
4 Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
3 6 6
4 Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
6 7 6
2 Bill Sidwell
Margaret duPont
4 9 3
Tony Mottram
Joy Gannon
1 4
2 Bill Sidwell
Margaret duPont
6 6

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
6 6
Subba Sawhney
Jean Walker-Smith
0 0
1 J Bromwich
L Brough
6 6
D Coombe
M Blair
2 2
Dennis Coombe
Molly Blair
Kálmán Fehér
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
w/o
1 J Bromwich
L Brough
6 6
D Butler
E Hilton
0 3
Thorgny Haanes
Virginia Boyer
4 0
George McVeagh
Gay Chandler
6 6
George McVeagh
G Chandler
2 5
D Butler
E Hilton
6 7
Don Butler
Betty Hilton
6 5 6
Franjo Punčec
Francine Isaac
3 7 1

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Cyril Kemp
Betty Lombard
6 6 4
Adli El Shafei
Betsy Venter
0 8 6
A El Shafei
B Venter
6 4
R Balbiers
S Fry
8 6
Hans Redl
Hilde Doleschell
6 2 2
Ricardo Balbiers
Shirley Fry
4 6 6
R Balbiers
S Fry
4 1
G Paish
J Quertier
6 6
Geoffrey Paish
Jean Quertier
6 6
Stephen Nimr
Freda Hammersley
0 2
G Paish
J Quertier
6 6
C Lister
E Peters
2 3
Claude Lister
Effie Peters
7 6
Gerry Oakley
Patsy Rodgers
5 3

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 Bob Falkenburg
Gussie Moran
w/o
Heraldo Weiss
Mary Terán de Weiss
H Weiss
M Terán de Weiss
6 6
L Proctor
N Feiron
2 4
Laurie Proctor
Nathalie Feiron
6 4 6
Eddie Mandelbaum
María Josefa de Riba
3 6 4
H Weiss
M Terán de Weiss
3 7 5
T Johansson
B Gullbrandsson
6 5 7
Torsten Johansson
Birgit Gullbrandsson
3 6 8
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Joy Hibbert
6 4 6
T Johansson
B Gullbrandsson
6 5 6
P Rémy
N Adamson
4 7 3
GI Bayley
Betty Coutts
3 6 3
Paul Rémy
Nelly Adamson
6 3 6

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Robert Abdesselam
Anne-Marie Seghers
3 3
Frank Sedgman
Kay Menzies
6 6 F Sedgman
K Menzies
6 6
Headley Baxter
Peggy Dawson-Scott
6 6 10 H Baxter
P Dawson-Scott
4 3
Christian Grandet
Arvilla McGuire
8 1 8 F Sedgman
K Menzies
6 6
Dragutin Mitić
Nel Hermsen
6 6 N Cockburn
E Watermeyer
1 4
Buster Andrews
Phyllis King
1 0 D Mitić
P Hermsen
4 4
Q Warwick Shute
Laura Morgan
2 4 N Cockburn
E Watermeyer
6 6
Nigel Cockburn
Toots Watermeyer
6 6 F Sedgman
K Menzies
6 4 8
Ernest Wittmann
Billie Woodgate
6 3 7 G Worthington
T Long
3 6 10
Q David Samaai
Meg Buxton-Knight
4 6 5 E Wittmann
R Woodgate
6 7
Hans Huonder
Edith Sutz
2 4 H David
N Glover
3 5
Herman David
Nancy Glover
6 6 E Wittmann
R Woodgate
3 2
Bent Koželuh
Gladys Lines
2 1 G Worthington
T Long
6 6
George Worthington
Thelma Long
6 6 G Worthington
T Long
Robert Colin
Jacqueline Boutin
6 6 R Colin
J Boutin
Q Mike Lloyd
Joey David
2 4

Section 5

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Douglas Snart
Wendy Stork
4 1
Milan Matouš
Helena Straubeová
6 6 M Matouš
H Straubeová
6 6
Roland Carter
Enid Andrews
3 3 R Buser
V Rigollet
4 4
René Buser
Violette Rigollet
6 6 M Matouš
H Straubeová
8 8
Jean Borotra
Colette Boegner
6 6 J Borotra
C Boegner
6 6
Jaime Bartroli
MI Maier
0 4 J Borotra
C Boegner
6 12
Tim Lewis
Georgie Woodgate
6 6 N Lewis
G Woodgate
4 10
Mahmoud Talaat
Georgina Greiss
3 4 M Matouš
H Straubeová
0 4
Geoff Brown
Joyce Fitch
G Brown
J Fitch
6 6
Władysław Skonecki
Louise Anderson
w/o G Brown
J Fitch
6 6
Q Leslie Cater
Leonie Brighton
6 6 6 Q L Cater
L Brighton
2 3
Paddy Roberts
Joan Curry
2 8 4 G Brown
J Fitch
6 7
Henry Billington
Susan Billington
7 6 A Coldham
P O'Connell
2 5
Roy Mansell
Edith Middleton
5 4 H Billington
S Billington
3 5
Q Peter Hare
Elsie Phillips
6 3 2 A Coldham
P O'Connell
6 7
Alan Coldham
Patsy O'Connell
1 6 6

Section 6

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Derek Bull
Betty Wilford
5 6 13
Marcel Coen
Miriamme de Borman
7 3 11
D Bull
E Wilford
6 4 1
F Ampon
G Butler
2 6 6
Felicisimo Ampon
Gloria Butler
6 6
Jacques Thomas
Jacqueline Marcellin
2 1
F Ampon
G Butler
3 2
4 E Sturgess
S Summers
6 6
John Fulton
Lesley Fulton
4 4
Eustace Fannin
Helen Rihbany
6 6
E Fannin
H Rihbany
2 1
4 E Sturgess
S Summers
6 6
Tommy Anderson
Gem Hoahing
2 2
4 Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
6 6

Section 7

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Czesław Spychała
Bea Carris
6 3 3
Tony Mottram
Joy Gannon
4 6 6
A Mottram
J Gannon
6 6
M del Bello
A Bossi
2 2
Cliff Hovell
Rita Anderson
5 6 3
Marcello del Bello
Annelise Bossi
7 3 6
A Mottram
J Gannon
6 4 7
A Hamburger
K Tuckey
2 6 5
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Sheila Dowdeswell
3 6
Alexandru Hamburger
Kay Tuckey
6 8
A Hamburger
K Tuckey
6 2 6
N-E Hessen
L Schou Nilsen
3 6 4
Guy Cooper
Mary Lagerborg
1 1
Nils-Erik Hessen
Laila Schou Nilsen
6 6

Section 8

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
Sydney Levy
Molly Stone
3 4
Hans van Swol
Mary Halford
6 6
A van Swol
M Halford
1 2
E Cochell
P Todd
6 6
Dezső Vad
Marta Peterdy-Wolf
w/o
Earl Cochell
Pat Todd
E Cochell
P Todd
4 6 3
2 W Sidwell
M duPont
6 3 6
Guy Jackson
Mary Fitzgibbon
6 4 5
Erik Bjerre
Eva Fog
3 6 7
E Bjerre
E Fog
2 1
2 W Sidwell
M duPont
6 6
Bobby Meredith
Natalie Gourlay
0 0
2 Bill Sidwell
Margaret duPont
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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