1950 Wimbledon Championships

The 1950 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July.[1] It was the 64th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1950.

1950 Wimbledon Championships
Date26 June – 8 July
Edition64th
CategoryGrand Slam
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Budge Patty
Women's Singles
Louise Brough
Men's Doubles
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Women's Doubles
Louise Brough / Margaret duPont
Mixed Doubles
Eric Sturgess / Louise Brough
Boys' Singles
John Horn
Girls' Singles
Lorna Cornell

For the first time since the 1927 introduction of seedings 16 players were seeded in the men's singles event instead of eight.[2] Budge Patty and Louise Brough won the singles titles.

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Budge Patty defeated Frank Sedgman, 6–1, 8–10, 6–2, 6–3 [3]

Women's Singles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Louise Brough defeated Margaret duPont, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 [4]

Men's Doubles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

John Bromwich / Adrian Quist defeated Geoff Brown / Bill Sidwell, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 [5]

Women's Doubles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Louise Brough / Margaret duPont defeated Shirley Fry / Doris Hart, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 [6]

Mixed Doubles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

Eric Sturgess / Louise Brough defeated Geoff Brown / Pat Todd, 11–9, 1–6, 6–4 [7]

Juniors

Boys' Singles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles

John Horn defeated Kamel Moubarek, 6–0, 6–2 [8]

Girls' Singles
Main article: 1950 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles

Lorna Cornell defeated Astrid Winther, 6–4, 6–1 [9]

References
  1. Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 128. ISBN 978-1899039401.
  2. "Sedgman Gets No.1 Seeding For Wimbledon Singles". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 21 June 1950. p. 1.
  3. "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  9. "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
Preceded by
1950 French Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1950 U.S. National Championships
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