John "Budge" Edward Patty (born February 11, 1924) was an American

United States

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 male tennis

Tennis

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 player. He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas

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, United States

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.

1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

In 1950, he won the men's singles championship at both Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 and the French Open.
Only two other American men have achieved this double victory: Don Budge

Don Budge

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 in 1938 and Tony Trabert

Tony Trabert

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 in 1955.

He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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 in 1977.

Patty attended Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles High School

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. He now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, with his wife, Marcina.

Grand Slam record

• French Championships
  • Singles champion: 1950
  • Singles runner-up: 1949
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1946

• Wimbledon
  The Championships, Wimbledon
  The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
  
  
  • Singles champion: 1950
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1957

• U.S. Championships
  U.S. Open (tennis)
  The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
  
  
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1957

External links

• John Edward (Budge) Patty Tennis Archives
• International Tennis Hall of Fame