Frank Parker defeated
Budge Patty 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1949 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Frank Parker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Frank Parker ''(champion)''
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Richard Gonzales ''(semifinals)''
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Giovanni Cucelli
Giovanni Cucelli (born as Giovanni Kucel) (13 November 1916 – 29 April 1977) was an Italian tennis player. He played Davis Cup for Italy and formed a great doubles partnership with Marcello Del Bello. Because of World War 2, Cucelli was 30 by ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Eric Sturgess ''(semifinals)''
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Lennart Bergelin
Sven Lennart Bergelin (10 June 1925 – 4 November 2008) 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 ...
''(fourth round)''
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Budge Patty ''(finalist)''
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Marcel Bernard
Marcel Bernard (; 18 May 1914 – 29 April 1994) was a French tennis player. He is best remembered for having won the French Championships in 1946 (reaching the semifinals a further three times). Bernard initially intended to play only in the dou ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Dragutin Mitić ''(quarterfinals)''
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Paul Remy
Paul may refer to:
* Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...
''(fourth round)''
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Josip Pallada
Josip Palada ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Палада, ; 5 February 1912 – 4 May 1994) was a Yugoslavian tennis player.
Early life and family
Palada was born in Zagreb and started to play tennis at the age of fifteen on the courts of the Neurologica ...
''(fourth round)''
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Felicisimo Ampon
Felicisimo Ampon (October 27, 1920 – October 7, 1997) was a tennis player from the Philippines. He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only 5 foot 3 inches tall, though closer to 4 ft 11, was once co ...
''(fourth round)''
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Robert Abdesselam
Robert Abdesselam (27 January 1920 – 26 July 2006)[Robert Abdesselam](_blank)
at foundationroberta ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Jacques Thomas ''(fourth round)''
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Franjo Punčec ''(fourth round)''
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Torsten Johansson ''(fourth round)''
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Ricardo Balbiers ''(fourth round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
* r =
Retired
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
* on the French Open website
{{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Men's Singles,1949
1949 in French tennis
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...