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1949 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Ted Schroeder defeated Jaroslav Drobný in the final, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships. Bob Falkenburg was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to John Bromwich. Seeds Ted Schroeder (champion) Pancho Gonzales ''(fourth round)'' Frank Parker ''(quarterfinals)'' Bob Falkenburg ''(quarterfinals)'' John Bromwich ''(semifinals)'' Jaroslav Drobný ''(final)'' Eric Sturgess ''(semifinals)'' Frank Sedgman Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman (born 29 October 1927) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1949 Wimble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Schroeder
Frederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder (July 20, 1921 – May 26, 2006) was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the U.S. National. He was the No. 1-ranked American amateur player in 1942; the No. 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949, and the latter year saw Schroeder ranked World No. 1 amateur by Pierre Gillou (president of the Fédération Française de Tennis). He was born in Newark, New Jersey, but developed as a tennis player in Southern California under the guidance of Perry T. Jones. Early life and career Schroeder was born in Newark, NJ but moved to Glendale in his childhood where he learned to play tennis. He was discovered by Perry T. Jones who was based at the Los Angeles Tennis Club and mentored several world-class players including Ellsworth Vines, Bobby Riggs and Jack Kramer. Schroeder was an almost exact contemporary of Kramer, having been born only 10 days earlier in 1921, and they began to play ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budge Patty
Edward John Patty (February 11, 1924 – October 4, 2021), better known as Budge Patty, was an American world no. 1 tennis player whose career spanned a period of 15 years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950. He was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year) and one of only three as of 2021. Early life Edward John Patty was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on February 11, 1924. His grandmother was born in France, while one of his grandfathers was Austrian. His family relocated to Los Angeles during his childhood, and he attended Los Angeles High School. He was nicknamed "Budge" by his brother, who perceived Patty to be lethargic, resulting in a "failure to budge". Patty started playing tennis as a child, and practised with Pauline Betz every Saturday morning when he was a junior player. After winning the Los Angeles novice championships when he was 13, she encouraged him to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Abdesselam
Robert Abdesselam (27 January 1920 – 26 July 2006)Robert Abdesselam at foundationrobertabdesselam.org was a noted French international player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1947 to 1953. Biography Robert Abdesselam was born in El Biar on 27 January 1920, son of Kabyle Muslim Mehana Abdesselam, attorney at the Paris Court of Appeal, and a Catholic mother, Marguerite Tedeschi, after a famous painter o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Van Swol
Albertus Christiaan "Hans" van Swol (; 22 August 1914 – 20 May 2010) was a Dutch tennis player. He was five-fold Dutch singles champion (1938, 1940, 1941, 1948 and 1949). He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon on five occasions (1946, 1948–1951) but never made it to the quarter finals stage. He reached the third round of the French Championships at Roland-Garros in 1937. In June 1946 he won the singles title at the Surrey Grass Court Championships in Surbiton, defeating D.W. Butler in the final in three sets. Van Swol played in 16 ties for the Dutch Davis Cup team between 1937 and 1955 and compiled a record of 18 wins and 21 losses. Best result during that period was reaching the quarterfinal of the European zone in 1948 and 1951. The Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (KNLTB) awards the 'A.C. Van Swol Beker' (A.C. Van Swol Cup) on a yearly basis to the most successful Dutch tennis talent who has not yet reached the age of 17. In 2003 he personally awarded the cup t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Walton
Howard Francis Walton (23 July 1916 — 14 December 1989) was a British tennis player active in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He also represented England at the World Table Tennis Championships. Walton, youngest of six children, was the only son born to Percival Walton and Florence Bargery in Birmingham. He was known for having a distinctive cramped style of tennis which came about from the way he had practised as a child. While living in Manchester, his father had turned two of their attics into a court. Due to the cramped space there was not even enough room for a forehand drive so his own style of play developed. First playing tournament tennis while he was in the RAF, Walton won the Warwickshire county title four times and regularly featured at Wimbledon post war. By the time of his last Wimbledon appearance in 1963 he was the only English player, along with Geoffrey Paish, to have not missed a main draw during this period. In 1948 he earned a call up to the Great Britain Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Asbóth
József Asbóth (; 18 September 1917 – 22 September 1986) was a Hungarian tennis player. Born to a family of railway workers, he is best remembered for being the first Hungarian and first player from Eastern Europe to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 French Open (where as the fifth seed he beat Yvon Petra, Tom Brown and Eric Sturgess). He remains the only Hungarian male player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Asbóth was a clay court specialist who was good at keeping the ball in play. Asbóth also reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948 (beating Sturgess and Brown, then losing to John Bromwich). Hungary's Communist government had let him leave the country only after the personal warrant of the Swedish King Gustaf V that Asbóth would return to his homeland and wasn't going to emigrate. In 1941, he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central European Cup. Asboth won the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur or Nice French Riviera Open tournament in 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Matouš
Milan Matouš (4 March 1923 — February 2003) was a Czech-Italian ice hockey and tennis player. Matouš, born in Prague, played for I. ČLTK Praha in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League during the 1940s and represented the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team. In 1948 he defected with his future wife, tennis player Helena Štraubeová. Settling in Italy, Matouš played ice hockey for HC Milan, while also competing on the tennis tour. He won the 1949 Portuguese International Championships and was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1950 Wimbledon Championships. His ice hockey career also included a season in Switzerland with HC Ambrì-Piotta and international appearances for Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... References External links * {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Godsell
George Edward Godsell (26 April 1907 – 1 May 1953) was a British tennis player. Based in Gloucestershire, Godsell was active from the 1930s to early 1950s. Locally he won the singles title at Cheltenham four times and he was also a winner of the East of England Championships. He competed regularly at Wimbledon and reached the singles third round twice. Playing into his 40s, he reportedly appeared in 49 tournament finals across 1949 and 1950, believed to be the most of any male player during this time. Godsell died at the age of 46 from carbon monoxide poisoning Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in carbon monoxide (CO) at excessive levels. Symptoms are often described as "flu-like" and commonly include headache, dizziness, weakness, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion. Large e ..., having taken his own life. He was found dead at his home in West London. A neighbour revealed during an inquest that Godsell had been depressed and was suffering from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragutin Mitić
Dragutin Mitić ( sh-Cyrl, Драгутин Митић, ; 16 September 1917 – 27 August 1986) was a tennis player from Yugoslavia. He defected to the West in 1952 and afterwards lived in the United States. Early life and family Dragutin Mitić was born in Zagreb on 16 September 1917. He was nicknamed ''Dragec''. His first tennis performance was an instant success. In 1932 he played at the national junior championships and won. At eighteen, he competed in Bled and upset Czechoslovakian Josef Caska with a 13:11, 6:1 score, and brought home the mixed doubles with Hella Kovač. He made his Davis Cup debut in 1936. That same year he traveled to South Africa and, although he didn't return with any major result, gained international experience. Tennis career Mitić played tennis for Zagreb clubs ''Akademski teniski klub'' ATK, between 1935 and 1940, ''Slavija'' in 1946, ''Dinamo'' in 1947–48, ''Naprijed'' in 1949, and ZTK in 1951. He played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Cockburn
Nigel M. Cockburn was a South African tennis player of Scottish descent. A native of Natal, Cockburn was active on tour in the 1940s and 1950s. While touring the British Isles in 1949 he made the fourth round at Wimbledon and won both the Irish Championships and Scottish Championships. He had further success in England in 1951 when he claimed the All England Plate. In 1952 he beat 15th-seed Enrique Morea at the French Championships, before losing his third round match in five sets to Kurt Nielsen Kurt Nielsen (19 November 1930 – 11 June 2011) was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and was the first Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament. Nielsen reached the single .... Cockburn died of an undisclosed illness in 1957 at the age of 34. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockburn, Nigel Year of birth missing 1957 deaths South African male tennis players Sportspeople from KwaZulu-Natal Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Bartrolí
Jaime Bartrolí Mas (23 January 1918 – 20 July 1989) was a Spanish tennis player and coach. Active in the 1940s and 1950s, Bartrolí won a total of 14 national doubles championships, eight in doubles and six in mixed doubles. He is a Barcelona native and was an early participant in the Trofeo Conde de Godó (modern day Barcelona Open), considered an influential figure in encouraging other players to enter the tournament. Bartrolí played for the Spain Davis Cup team from 1946 to 1948, then for one final year in 1954. His most noted contribution to Spanish Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... tennis was through his stints as non playing captain, first serving between 1956 and 1958. He led Spain to the 1965 and 1967 Davis Cup finals in his second period as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Ádám-Stolpa
András Ádám-Stolpa (15 September 1921 – 8 November 2010) was a Hungarian champion tennis, basketball and ice hockey player. Ádám-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 (the same year he won the Hungarian National Tennis Championships), 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957–1960. Ádám-Stolpa advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1947 French Championships after defeating the second seeded American, Budge Patty. (In 1950, Mr. Patty won the men's singles championship at both Wimbledon and the French Open.) Mr. Stolpa played men's singles in the French Open again in 1948, 1954–1960, and 1965. Adam-Stolpa played in seniors tournaments in Budapest 13–16 November 2008. and 5–8 February 2009. On 27 July 2009, he was ranked 876th senior male by the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |