In the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition,
Dick Savitt defeated
Ken McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor (2 June 1929 – 1 December 2007) was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally ...
in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the title.
He was the second ever American to win the Wimbledon and Australian tournaments in the same year. Number 4 seed
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 wa ...
was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to another American, the unseeded 17-year-old
.
Progress of the competition
After defeating Patty, Richardson went out in the fourth round, losing to another unseeded player, the Brazilian
Armando Vieira
Armando Vieira (born 11 April 1925) is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His best achievement was reaching quarterfinals of the 1951 Wimbledon Championships.
In June 1951 he won the singles title at the Dutch International Championships after ...
; this was Vieira's most successful Wimbledon, but he lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa's
Eric Sturgess, a former world number one, in straight sets.
McGregor reached the final by defeating Sturgess in the semifinals.
Seeds
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 double ...
''(quarterfinals)''
Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný (; 12 October 1921 – 13 September 2001) was a World No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, w ...
''(third round)''
Art Larsen
Arthur David "Art" or "Tappy" Larsen (April 17, 1925 – December 7, 2012) was an American No. 1 male tennis player best remembered for his victory at the U.S. Championships in 1950 and for his eccentricities. He won the "Times" national sport ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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 wa ...
''(second round)''
Herbie Flam
Herbert Flam (November 7, 1928 – November 25, 1980) was an American tennis player who in 1957 was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur (and World No. 5 by Adrian Quist). ''(semifinals)''
Dick Savitt (champion)
Ken McGregor
Kenneth Bruce McGregor (2 June 1929 – 1 December 2007) was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally ...
''(final)''
Eric Sturgess ''(semifinals)''
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. Du ...
''(third round)''
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. Bergeli ...
''(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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1951 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles
Men's Singles
Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles