1952 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Frank Sedgman

Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...

defeated Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...

4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships

1952 Wimbledon Championships

-Men's Singles: Frank Sedgman defeated Jaroslav Drobný 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2-Women's Singles: Maureen Connolly Brinker defeated Louise Brough Clapp 6-4, 6-3...

1952 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles

Mo Connolly defeated Louise Brough 7–5 6–3 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Frank Sedgman

Frank Sedgman

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

Frank Sedgman
Frank Sedgman
Frank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...

(Champion)

Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...

(Finalist)

Vic Seixas
Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...

(Quarterfinalist)

Dick Savitt
Dick Savitt
Richard "Dick" Savitt is a 6’ 3" and 185-pound right-handed American male former tennis player.Savitt was ranked 2nd in the world in 1951. That year, at the age of 24, he won both the Wimbledon Singles Championship and the Australian Singles title...

(Quarterfinalist)

Ken McGregor
Ken McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was a former tennis player from Australia who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered to be one of the greatest men's doubles teams of all time...

(Quarterfinalist)

Herbie Flam (Semifinalist)

Eric Sturgess
Eric Sturgess
Eric William Sturgess was a South African male tennis player. Eric Sturgess attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg...

(Quarterfinalist)

Mervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose
Mervyn Rose was an Australian male tennis player. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and turned professional in 1959...

(Semifinalist)

Arthur Larsen (First round)

Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy is a tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. When he was the Tennis Coach of the University of Miami, he recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Pancho won three straight NCAA Singles Titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945,...

(Fourth round)

Ham Richardson (First round)

J.E. Patty (Fourth round)

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Final Eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

External links

1952 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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