1938 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
	1938 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Don Budge
Runner-up	Bunny Austin
Final score	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
Draw	96 (10Q)
Seeds	8

Don Budge successfully defended his title, defeating Bunny Austin in the final, 6–1, 6–0, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships.[1] This marked the last appearance in a men's singles final by a British player until Andy Murray's appearance in the 2012 final.

Seeds

01.

Don Budge (Champion)

02.

Bunny Austin (Final)

03.

Roderich Menzel (Fourth round)

04.

Henner Henkel (Semifinals)

05.

Franjo Punčec (Semifinals)

06.

Dragutin Mitić (Fourth round)

07.

Ladislav Hecht (Quarterfinals)

08.

Kho Sin-Kie (Fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final


2	Bunny Austin	6	6	6

	Max Ellmer	2	1	2
					2	Bunny Austin	6	6	6

					4	Henner Henkel	2	4	0
4	Henner Henkel	7	6	6

7	Ladislav Hecht	5	1	2
										2	Bunny Austin	1	0	3

										1	Don Budge	6	6	6
5	Franjo Punčec	6	6	6

	Donald MacPhail	2	1	1
					5	Franjo Punčec	2	1	4

					1	Don Budge	6	6	6
	František Cejnar	3	0	5

1	Don Budge	6	6	7

Top half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

2	Bunny Austin	4	6	3	6	6
	Eric Filby	6	1	6	4	3	2	H Austin	6	6	6
	Henry Burrows	3	5	3			Q	J Darkins	4	4	4
Q	Jack Darkins	6	7	6										2	H Austin	6	6	6
Q	Reginald Bessemer-Clark	2	6	1	6	6									J Comery	1	1	3
	Leonard King	6	1	6	4	2	Q	R Bessemer-Clark	0	4	1
	John Comery	6	6	6				J Comery	6	6	6
Q	Jimmay Mehta	2	2	4																2	H Austin	6	4	9	0	6
	Dennis Cook	1	2	0																	G Mako	4	6	7	6	4
	Gene Mako	6	6	6				G Mako	4	6	6	4	6
	Cam Malfroy	6	6	6				C Malfroy	6	3	4	6	2
Q	Jack Moore	1	2	2											G Mako	6	6	5	6
	Donald Rutnam	1	2	5										Q	T Henderson-Brooks	2	3	7	2
Q	Thomas Henderson-Brooks	6	6	7			Q	T Henderson-Brooks	6	1	4	9	6
	Engelbert Koch	6	2	6	6			E Koch	4	6	6	7	0
	Alberto del Bono	2	6	3	1

Section 2

First Round						Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

6	Dragutin Mitić	3	6	6	6
	Mervyn Weston	6	4	1	4	6	D Mitić	6	6	6	3	6
	Alejo Russell	10	6	7	6		A Russell	8	0	3	6	4
	Jaroslav Drobný	8	4	9	3								6	D Mitić	4	6	6	6
	Alcides Procópio	6	7	6										A Procópio	6	2	0	0
	Léopold de Borman	3	5	0			A Procópio	2	7	6	7
	Raymond Egan	9	4	7			S Harreguy	6	5	4	5
	Sebastian Harreguy	11	6	9															6	D Mitić	6	2	5	6	2
	Yasumine Kuramitsu	4	5	4																M Ellmer	3	6	7	1	6
	Max Ellmer	6	7	6			M Ellmer	7	6	6
Q	Keith Lavarack	1	2	2			R Morton	5	0	1
	Roland Morton	6	6	6										M Ellmer	6	6	6
	Guy Cooper	1	1	3										S Sawhney	2	2	1
	Brian Sturgeon	6	6	6			B Sturgeon	6	4	3	2
	Subba Sawhney	6	7	6			S Sawhney	3	6	6	6
	Maurice Lucking	3	5	3

Section 3

First Round							Second Round						Third Round						Fourth Round

4	Henner Henkel	6	6	6
	Derek Bull	2	0	2			4	H Henkel	6	6	6
	Daniel Prenn	6	6	5	1	4		M Deloford	3	1	3
	Murray Deloford	4	4	7	6	6							4	H Henkel	6	6	6
	Laurie Shaffi	3	1	5										C Boussus	2	3	2
	Christian Boussus	6	6	7				C Boussus	6	6	6
	Ottó Szigeti	6	1	2	6	3		R Meredith	4	3	3
	Bobby Meredith	3	6	6	2	6													4	H Henkel	6	6	6
	Bill Robertson	3	4	6	3															B Maneff	3	1	1
	Boris Maneff	6	6	1	6			B Maneff	6	5	6	6
Q	Tommy Anderson	6	8	9			Q	T Anderson	1	7	2	4
	Cecil Betts	4	6	7										B Maneff	6	3	6	6
	Eric Peters	3	6	6	1	6								R Singh	3	6	2	1
	Bob Mulliken	6	4	3	6	4		E Peters	2	6	5	3
	Ranbir Singh	6	6	2	7			R Singh	6	4	7	6
	Ho Jin	1	3	6	5

Section 4

First Round							Second Round					Third Round						Fourth Round

7	Ladislav Hecht	6	6	6
LL	Derrick Leyland	4	3	4			7	L Hecht	6	6	6
	Jacques Van den Eynde	6	6	6				J Van den Eynde	2	4	4
	John Collins	2	3	3								7	L Hecht	6	6	5	6
	Edmund David	5	1	2									N Sharpe	3	4	7	1
	Nigel Sharpe	7	6	6				N Sharpe	6	6	9
	Herman David	3	2	6	5			R Tinkler	3	3	7
	Bob Tinkler	6	6	2	7													7	L Hecht	6	3	6	6
	Fumiteru Nakano	6	6	6															F Kukuljević	4	6	3	4
	Gaston Medecin	1	1	2				F Nakano	6	6	12
	Gwyn Tuckett	1	8	1	6	6		G Tuckett	2	4	10
	Tod Hughan	6	6	6	4	4							F Nakano	3	5	8	3
	Franjo Kukuljević	2	2	6	6	6							F Kukuljević	6	7	6	6
	Don Butler	6	6	3	4	2		F Kukuljević	6	6	6
	Walter Musgrove	6	3	4	2			L Nelson	1	1	4
	Lawrence Nelson	3	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round							Second Round					Third Round							Fourth Round

	Colin Ritchie	6	8	2	6
	Hector Etchart	4	6	6	2			C Ritchie	2	3	0
	Rolf Goepfert	6	3	6	4	6		R Goepfert	6	6	6
	Yubishthira Singh	2	6	3	6	3							R Goepfert	2	6	4	3
	Tamino Abe	6	8	6									J Olliff	6	2	6	6
	David Williams	0	6	3				T Abe	4	3	4
	Dickie Ritchie	1	4	6	2			J Olliff	6	6	6
	John Olliff	6	6	4	6															J Olliff	3	3	0
	Mihály Csikós	6	4	3	6	7													5	F Punčec	6	6	6
	Georgios Nikolaides	4	6	6	3	5		M Csikós	2	0	4
	Owen Anderson	6	6	4	6			O Anderson	6	6	6
	Alan Coldham	2	4	6	3								O Anderson	5	3	6	6	4
	Jimmy Hunt	6	1	3	1							5	F Punčec	7	6	4	3	6
Q	Sigurd Rinde	4	6	6	6		Q	S Rinde	1	4	1
	Jacques Brugnon	3	2	4			5	F Punčec	6	6	6
5	Franjo Punčec	6	6	6

Section 6

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round

	Ted Avory	6	6	6
	Henry Weatherall	1	3	2				E Avory	6	10	7
	Jack Piercy	4	4	2				P Geelhand de Merxem	4	8	5
	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6											E Avory	2	3	1
	Donald MacPhail	6	6	6											D MacPhail	6	6	6
	Hans van Swol	3	4	2				D MacPhail	6	6	2	6
	Harry Lee	6	6	3	6			H Lee	3	3	6	1
	Dewar Brown	4	4	6	3																	D MacPhail	6	9	0
	Norman Taylor	1	6	3																	3	R Menzel	8	7	0^r
	Jimmy Jones	6	8	6				C Jones	6	6	2	6
	Claude Lister	4	6	2	6	6		C Lister	2	2	6	1
	Werner Steiner	6	4	6	2	2									C Jones	3	2	6	10	5
Q	Alexandru Hamburger	4	6	2	3									3	R Menzel	6	6	4	8	7
	Choy Wai-Chuen	6	2	6	6			W-C Choy	5	6	6	2	6
	Gordon Fitt	3	5	3			3	R Menzel	7	3	4	6	8
3	Roderich Menzel	6	7	6

Section 7

First Round							Second Round							Third Round						Fourth Round

Q	Cliff Hovell	3	6	3	6	3
	Dennis Coombe	6	4	6	4	6		D Coombe	0	4	6	6	3
	František Cejnar	6	6	6				F Cejnar	6	6	3	4	6
	Vladimir Landau	2	4	2											F Cejnar	6	6	11
	R de Brauw	3	1	4											G Mohammad	2	4	9
	Ghaus Mohammad	6	6	6				G Mohammad	2	6	6	6
	Henri Bolelli	6	6	6				H Bolelli	6	2	3	2
	Leonard Brooke Edwards	4	2	1																	F Cejnar	7	3	3	6	6
	Jean Moreau	3	3	2																8	S-K Kho	5	6	6	1	3
	Bob Higgin	6	6	6				R Higgin	6	2	4
	Ian Collins	6	6	6				I Collins	8	6	6
	Bert Whitney	1	4	1											I Collins	10	2	6	2
	Frank Wilde	6	3	7	5									8	S-K Kho	8	6	8	6
	Georg von Metaxa	4	6	9	7			G von Metaxa	4	6	4	4
	Harold Hare	3	4	4			8	S-K Kho	6	3	6	6
8	Kho Sin-Kie	6	6	6

Section 8

First Round						Second Round						Third Round						Fourth Round

	Laddie Wheatcroft	4	3	3
	George Godsell	6	6	6			G Godsell	6	6	6
	PD Eeman	6	4	1	4		A England	2	4	0
	Arnold England	3	6	6	6								G Godsell	6	3	4	4
	Jack Lysaght	1	6	6	6								R Shayes	2	6	6	6
	György Dallos	6	2	1	4		J Lysaght	4	4	4
	Ronnie Shayes	6	2	6	7		R Shayes	6	6	6
	Pat Sherwood	0	6	3	5														R Shayes	3	4	1
	George Lyttleton-Rogers	6	2	6	6													1	D Budge	6	6	6
	Stan Clark	4	6	1	3		G Lyttleton-Rogers	7	0	6	6
	Josip Palada	6	3	6	6		J Palada	5	6	4	3
	Hector Fisher	1	6	3	4								G Lyttleton-Rogers	0	5	1
	Jack Harrison	4	3	4								1	D Budge	6	7	6
	Henry Billington	6	6	6			H Billington	5	1	1
	Kenneth Gandar-Dower	2	3	3		1	D Budge	7	6	6
1	Don Budge	6	6	6

References

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

Preceded by 1938 French Championships	Grand Slams Men's Singles	Succeeded by 1938 U.S. Championships

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.