1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
	1947 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Bob Falkenburg ; Jack Kramer[1]
Runners-up	Tony Mottram ; Bill Sidwell[1]
Final score	8–6, 6–3, 6–3
Draw	64 (5Q)
Seeds	4

Tom Brown and Jack Kramer were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Brown partnered with Budge Patty but lost in the first round to Tony Mottram and Bill Sidwell. Kramer partnered with Bob Falkenburg, and they defeated Mottram and Sidwell in the final, 8–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

01.

Bob Falkenburg /

Jack Kramer (Champions)

02.

John Bromwich /

Dinny Pails (Semifinals)

03.

Geoff Brown /

Colin Long (Semifinals)

04.

Tom Brown /

Budge Patty (First round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final


1	Bob Falkenburg Jack Kramer	6	6	6

	Derrick Barton Geoffrey Paish	2	4	4
						1	Bob Falkenburg Jack Kramer	10	6	6

						3	Geoff Brown Colin Long	8	4	4
3	Geoff Brown Colin Long	9	5	6	6

	Eustace Fannin Eric Sturgess	7	7	4	3
											1	Bob Falkenburg Jack Kramer	8	6	6

												Tony Mottram Bill Sidwell	6	3	3
	Jimmay Mehta Sumant Misra	6	7	4	4

	Tony Mottram Bill Sidwell	2	9	6	6
							Tony Mottram Bill Sidwell	6	6	7

						2	John Bromwich Dinny Pails	3	3	5
	Pierre Pellizza Yvon Petra	4	9	4

2	John Bromwich Dinny Pails	6	11	6

Top half

Section 1

First Round						Second Round						Third Round						Quarterfinals

1	Bob Falkenburg Jack Kramer	6	6	6
	Murray Deloford Tim Lewis	1	4	3		1	R Falkenburg J Kramer	6	7	6
	Jimmy Jones Bill Manby	1	3	2			R Abdesselam B Destremau	1	5	3
	Robert Abdesselam Bernard Destremau	6	6	6								1	R Falkenburg J Kramer	6	6	6
	Bobby Meredith Douglas Snart												R Meredith D Snart	1	0	3
	Andre Najar Adli El Shafei	w/o					R Meredith D Snart	5	6	6	6
Q	John Griffith Jack Moore	6	6	6		Q	J Griffith J Moore	7	3	2	4
	Harry Marriner Harold Marsland	1	3	4														1	R Falkenburg J Kramer	6	6	6
	Max Ellmer Jost Spitzer	7	6	6															D Barton G Paish	2	4	4
	John Drinkall Guy Jackson	5	2	3			M Ellmer J Spitzer	8	6	3	12
	Jacques Peten Jacques Van den Eynde	6	7	6			J Peten J Van den Eynde	6	1	6	10
	GI Bayley Claude Lister	4	5	3									M Ellmer J Spitzer	7	6	2	3
	Alexandru Hamburger Derrick Leyland	9	3	6	4								D Barton G Paish	9	4	6	6
	Jaime Bartrolí Fernando Olozaga	7	6	8	6		J Bartrolí F Olozaga	4	2	4
	Derrick Barton Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6			D Barton G Paish	6	6	6
Q	Neil Cox Freddie Della Porta	4	1	4

Section 2

First Round							Second Round						Third Round						Quarterfinals

3	Geoff Brown Colin Long	6	6	7
	Ron McKenzie Jeff Robson	1	1	5			3	G Brown C Long	6	6	6
Q	Joseph Clynton-Reed John Spence	4	2	6				L Bergelin T Johansson	4	4	4
	Lennart Bergelin Torsten Johansson	6	6	8									3	G Brown C Long	6	6	3	6
	Jack Piercy Bill Robertson	4	5	6	3									I Rinkel H van Swol	3	4	6	3
	Erik Bjerre Tibor Frigyesy	6	7	1	6			E Bjerre T Frigyesy	1	0	3
	Jack Warboys Ernest Wittmann	3	3	0				I Rinkel H van Swol	6	6	6
	Ivo Rinkel Hans van Swol	6	6	6															3	G Brown C Long	9	5	6	6
	Eustace Fannin Eric Sturgess	6	6	6																E Fannin E Sturgess	7	7	4	3
	Nils-Erik Hessen Jan Staubo	1	1	1				E Fannin E Sturgess	6	6	6
	Headley Baxter Roland Carter	4	14	6	2			C Kemp G McVeagh	1	2	1
	Cyril Kemp George McVeagh	6	12	8	6									E Fannin E Sturgess	6	6	2	6
	Henry Billington Norman Farquharson	6	4	4	6	2								I Ahmed G Mohammad Khan	3	4	6	2
	Iftikar Ahmed Ghaus Mohammad Khan	3	6	6	3	6		I Ahmed G Mohammad Khan	10	7	3	6
	Busterr Andrews John Barry	2	3	6	2			D Bose M Mohan	8	5	6	3
	Dilip Bose Man Mohan	6	6	3	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round					Quarterfinals

	Józef Hebda Władysław Skonecki	3	6	6	2	3
	Cyril Betts Cliff Hovell	6	2	3	6	3		J Hebda W Skonecki	6	6	6	4	6
	Luis Carles Mario Szavoszt	w/o						RW Baker N Kitovitz	2	8	2	6	3
	RW Baker Norman Kitovitz														RW Baker N Kitovitz	w/o
	Enrique Morea Pancho Segura	6	6	7	7										J Mehta S Misra
	Jack Crawford Jack Harper	2	4	9	5			E Morea P Segura	2	4	6
	Jimmay Mehta Sumant Misra	6	6	6				J Mehta S Misra	6	6	8
Q	Bernard Neal Bobby Thorn	3	2	3																J Mehta S Misra	6	7	4	4
	George Godsell Vinny Rurac	5	5	3																A Mottram W Sidwell	2	9	6	6
	Hans Redl Jacques Sanglier	7	7	6				H Redl J Sanglier	2	2	6	4
	Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer	11	6	5	8			J Brichant P Washer	6	6	2	6
	Owen Bold Cam Malfroy	9	4	7	6										J Brichant P Washer	3	5	3
	Jimmy Hunt Colin Ritchie	5	3	6	8										A Mottram W Sidwell	6	7	6
	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Christian Grandet	7	6	1	10			P Geelhand de Merxem C Grandet	1	1	3
	Tony Mottram Bill Sidwell	6	2	7	4	6		A Mottram W Sidwell	6	6	6
4	Tom Brown Budge Patty	2	6	5	6	4

Section 4

First Round							Second Round						Third Round					Quarterfinals

	Alan Coldham Henry Weatherall	6	10	6	3	6
	Raymond Egan Eustace Fannin	4	12	3	6	4		A Coldham H Weatherall	3	1	4
	Mordechai Apel Yehuda Finkelkraut	6	6	2	3	3		E David H David	6	6	6
	Edmund David Herman David	3	4	6	6	6								E David H David	2	4	5
	Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński	4	4	6	5									P Pellizza Y Petra	6	6	7
	Giovanni Cucelli Marcello del Bello	6	6	4	7			G Cucelli M del Bello	3	7	5	6
	Pierre Pellizza Yvon Petra	6	6	6				P Pellizza Y Petra	6	5	7	8
	Tommy Anderson Bjørn Hansen	3	2	2															P Pellizza Y Petra	4	9	4
	Don Butler Frank Wilde	1	2	3														2	J Bromwich D Pails	6	11	6
	Vladimír Černík Jaroslav Drobný	6	6	6				V Černík J Drobný	6	7	9
	József Asbóth András Ádám-Stolpa	6	6	4	6			J Asbóth A Ádám-Stolpa	2	5	7
	Derek Bull CF Duncan	2	2	6	3									V Černík J Drobný	2	3	4
	Guy Cooper Ron Tinkler	5	1	3									2	J Bromwich D Pails	6	6	6
	Cristea Caralulis Gwyn Tuckett	7	6	6				C Caralulis G Tuckett	1	1	0
Q	Stan Clark Bunny Whiteman	2	0	0			2	J Bromwich D Pails	6	6	6
2	John Bromwich Dinny Pails	6	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

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[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.