1946 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Yvon Petra

Yvon Petra was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946, beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final...

defeated Geoffrey Brown 4–6 4–6 6–3 7–5 8–6 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships

1946 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown 6-2 6-4 7-9 5-7 6-4-Women's Singles: Pauline Betz Addie defeated Louise Brough Clapp 6-2, 6-4...

1946 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough 6–2 6–4 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Yvon Petra

Yvon Petra

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Dinny Pails
Dinny Pails
Dennis "Dinny" Pails was a former Australian tennis champion.Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships tennis tournament in 1947. Pails, an Australian who was born in Great Britain, defeated John Bromwich in the final in five sets: 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6...

(Quarterfinalist)
Jack Kramer (Fourth round)
Geoffrey Brown (Finalist)
Pancho Segura
Pancho Segura
Pancho Segura, born Francisco Olegario Segura , was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. In 1950 and 1952, as a professional, he was the World Co-No. 1 player...

(Third round)
Yvon Petra
Yvon Petra
Yvon Petra was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946, beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final...

(Champion)
Dragutin Mitić
Dragutin Mitić
Dragutin Mitić was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslav team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1936 to 1951. Mitić defected to the West with Milan Branović while competing at the 1952 Italian Open.-References:...

(Fourth round)
Franjo Punčec
Franjo Punčec
Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946...

(Quarterfinalist)
Lennart Bergelin
Lennart Bergelin
Lennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping...

(Quarterfinalist)