1948 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	John Bromwich ; Louise Brough
Runners-up	Frank Sedgman ; Doris Hart
Score	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	80 (5 Q )
Seeds	4
Events

John Bromwich and Louise Brough successfully defended their title, defeating Frank Sedgman and Doris Hart in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

1.

John Bromwich /

Louise Brough (champions)

2.

Tom Brown /

Margaret Osborne (semifinals)

3.

Jaroslav Drobný /

Pat Todd (semifinals)

4.

Frank Sedgman /

Doris Hart (final)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

2	Tom Brown Margaret duPont	4	6	6

	Tony Mottram Jean Bostock	6	4	3
					2	Tom Brown Margaret duPont	4	6	3

					4	Frank Sedgman Doris Hart	6	3	6
4	Frank Sedgman Doris Hart	3	7	6

	Lennart Bergelin Nelly Landry	6	5	3
										4	Frank Sedgman Doris Hart	2	6	3

										1	John Bromwich Louise Brough	6	3	6
	Don Butler Kay Menzies	2	3

3	Jaroslav Drobný Pat Todd	6	6
					3	Jaroslav Drobný Pat Todd	7	1	6

					1	John Bromwich Louise Brough	5	6	8
	John Wilkinson Mary Prentiss	3	1

1	John Bromwich Louise Brough	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	2	Tom Brown Margaret duPont	6	6
		David Mockridge Kay Tuckey	0	1
					2	T Brown M duPont	6	6
						G Jackson M Fitzgibbon	4	4
		Guy Jackson Mary Fitzgibbon	6	6
		Derek Bull Betty Wilford	4	3
									2	T Brown M duPont	6	6
										H Weiss H Rihbany	2	3
		József Asbóth Zsuzsa Körmöczy	6	6
		Ferruccio Quintavalle Annelise Bossi	2	3
						J Asbóth Z Körmöczy	w/o
						H Weiss H Rihbany
		Heraldo Weiss Helen Rihbany	7	6
		Walter Musgrove Mary Belin	5	2

Section 2

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

		Eric Sturgess Sheila Summers	6	6
		Paul Rémy Ginette Jucker	4	2
						E Sturgess S Summers	6	6
						G Paish J Gannon	0	3
		Geoffrey Paish Joy Gannon	6	6
		Howard Walton Wendy Stork	2	4
										E Sturgess S Summers	2	6	5
										A Mottram J Bostock	6	1	7
		Edgar Büchi Edith Sutz	9	6
	Q	Freddie Della Porta Peggy Knight	7	4
						E Büchi E Sutz	1	4
						A Mottram J Bostock	6	6
		Tony Mottram Jean Bostock	6	6
		Kurt Nielsen Lisa Andersen	1	3

Section 3

First round	Second round				Third round					Fourth round

	4	Frank Sedgman Doris Hart	6	6
		Hans Redl Hilde Doleschell	3	2
					4	F Sedgman D Hart	6	6
						I Rinkel J Quertier	2	0
		Marcello del Bello Effie Peters	w/o
		Ivo Rinkel Jean Quertier
										4	F Sedgman D Hart	6	6
											George McVeagh G Chandler	2	3
		Roland Morton Patsy O'Connel	3	3
		George McVeagh Gay Chandler	6	6
						George McVeagh G Chandler	3	7	6
						P Hare A Osborne	6	5	2
	Q	Ted Urlwin-Smith Peggy Urlwin-Smith	2	3
		Peter Hare Audrey Osborne	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

	Franjo Kukuljević Gloria Butler	3	6	1
	Cliff Hovell Mary Halford	6	3	6		C Hovell M Halford	2	6
	Headley Baxter Vera Thomas	6	2	5		V Černík O Mišková	6	8
	Vladimír Černík Olga Mišková	4	6	7							V Černík O Mišková	7	6
	Enrique Morea Mary Terán de Weiss	0	3								J Spence R Woodgate	5	3
	Jack Harper Billie Yorke	6	6			J Harper A Yorke	w/o
	Matthew Murphy Roguie Bain	6	7	3		J Spence R Woodgate
	John Spence Billie Woodgate	4	9	6												V Černík O Mišková	3	6	5
	Lennart Bergelin Nelly Landry	7	6													L Bergelin N Landry	6	3	7
	Subba Sawhney Gem Hoahing	5	2			L Bergelin N Landry	2	6	6
	Ralph Nichols Betty Passingham	6	6			R Nichols E Passingham	6	2	3
	Christian Grandet Madzy Couquerque	2	2								L Bergelin N Landry	1	6	6
	Jimmy Jones Ermyntrude Harvey	3	4								G Oakley P Rodgers	6	1	3
	Gerry Oakley Patsy Rodgers	6	6			G Oakley P Rodgers	6	6
	Robert Abdesselam Alice Weiwers	6	6			R Abdesselam A Weiwers	3	4
	Johan Haanes Laila Schou Nilsen	4	3

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	RJ McCabe Maeve Brennan	3	3
	Boebi van Meegeren Tineke Lubbers-Fischer	6	6			R van Meegeren T Lubbers-Fischer	2	3
	Alexandru Hamburger Georgie Woodgate	6	2	2		D Bose J Walker-Smith	6	6
	Dilip Bose Jean Walker-Smith	4	6	6							D Bose J Walker-Smith	2	1
	John Fulton Lesley Fulton	3	4								D Butler K Menzies	6	6
	Czesław Spychała Bea Carris	6	6			C Spychała B Carris	3	10	4
	Don Butler Kay Menzies	3	8	6		D Butler K Menzies	6	8	6
	Zoltán Katona Márta Peterdy	6	6	4											D Butler K Menzies	8	6
	Marcel Coen Miriamme de Borman	4	7	9											A Roberts J Curry	6	2
	Hans van Swol Dorothy Muller	6	5	7		M Coen M de Borman	5	3
	Paddy Roberts Joan Curry	10	6			A Roberts J Curry	7	6
	Bill Robertson Rita Anderson	8	3								A Roberts J Curry	6	8
	Roland Carter Margaret Cary	w/o									G Cooper V Cooper	2	6
	Guy Cooper Valerie Cooper					G Cooper V Cooper	5	6	6
	Ernest Wittmann Edith Middleton	3	3			C Lister T Lister	7	4	3
	Claude Lister Thelma Lister	6	6

Section 6

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Q	Bobby Thorn Viola White	1	3
		Bobby Meredith Elsa Haylock	6	6
							G Meredith E Haylock	4	3
							J Van den Eynde J de Meulemeester	6	6
		Jack Van den Eynde Josane de Meulemeester	3	6	8
		Borje Fornstedt Nel Hermsen	6	3	6
											J Van den Eynde J de Meulemeester	w/o
										3	J Drobný P Todd
		Dennis Slack Peggy Dawson-Scott	5	2
		Jean Borotra Colette Boegner	7	6
							J Borotra C Boegner	0	3
						3	J Drobný P Todd	6	6
		Henry Billington Susan Billington	0	7	2
	3	Jaroslav Drobný Pat Todd	6	5	6

Section 7

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

		Colin Ritchie Barbara Knapp	1	3
		Philippe Washer Shirley Fry	6	6
							P Washer S Fry	6	6
							C Kemp E Lombard	2	3
		Alejo Russell Betty Hilton	5	6	3
		Cyril Kemp Betty Lombard	7	2	6
											P Washer S Fry	w/o
											J Wilkinson M Prentiss
		Norman Kitovitz Sheila Dowdeswell	2	4
		John Wilkinson Mary Prentiss	6	6
							J Wilkinson M Prentiss	6	6
							J Brugnon G Blaisse-Terwindt	1	1
		Jacques Brugnon Truid Blaisse-Terwindt	6	6
		Herman David Nancy Glover	3	4

Section 8

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

		Tim Lewis Pam Bocquet	6	6
		Norman Blair Molly Blair	2	1
						N Lewis P Bocquet	6	6
						W Young A Rice	1	4
		William Young Argyll Rice	6	6
		GI Bayley Edna Pool	2	4
										N Lewis P Bocquet	1	3
									1	J Bromwich L Brough	6	6
		Dennis Coombe Natalie Zinovieff	4	2
		Harry Hopman Barbara Scofield	6	6
						H Hopman B Scofield	3	3
					1	J Bromwich L Brough	6	6
		Eddie Mandelbaum Vera Mattar	2	1
	1	John Bromwich Louise Brough	6	6

References

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

[Tingay-1] 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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