Gottfried von Cramm defeated
Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well ...
6–0, 2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1936 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Gottfried von Cramm is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well ...
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Gottfried von Cramm ''(champion)''
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Bunny Austin ''(quarterfinals)''
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Christian Boussus
Christian Boussus (5 March 1908 – August 2003) was a left-handed French tennis player who found success in the 1920s and 1930s.
Tennis career
He started playing amateur tennis in the late 1920s by entering one of his first tournaments at the ...
''(semifinals)''
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Henner Henkel ''(third round)''
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Marcel Bernard ''(semifinals)''
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Bernard Destremau ''(quarterfinals)''
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Kho Sin-Kie ''(fourth round)''
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Kay Lund ''(third round)''
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Frank Herbert David Wilde ''(second round)''
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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 ...
''(first round)''
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Charles Edgar Hare ''(fourth round)''
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Adam Baworowski ''(fourth round)''
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Georg Von Metaxa ''(third round)''
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Jacques Brugnon ''(second round)''
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André Martin-Legeay ''(fourth round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
* r =
Retired
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
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,1936
1936 in French tennis
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...