1939 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Men's doubles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Elwood Cooke
United States Bobby Riggs
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Charles Hare
United Kingdom Frank Wilde
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →

Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs defeated Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.     Henner Henkel /   Georg von Metaxa (second round)
02.     Elwood Cooke /   Bobby Riggs (champions)
03.     Jean Borotra /   Jacques Brugnon (semifinals)
04.     Charles Hare /   Frank Wilde (final)

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Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  John Olliff
  Ronnie Shayes
6 5 13 6 6
  Tod Hughan
  Hans van Swol
8 7 11 3 2
  John Olliff
  Ronnie Shayes
2 4 4
4   Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
6 6 6
4   Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
6 6 7
  Dragutin Mitić
  Franjo Punčec
1 1 5
4   Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
3 6 3 7
2   Elwood Cooke
  Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 9
  Don Butler
  Donald MacPhail
9 6 2 3 4
3   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
7 3 6 6 6
3   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
4 6 2 3
2   Elwood Cooke
  Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 6
  Henry Billington
  Pat Hughes
3 6 8 2 9
2   Elwood Cooke
  Bobby Riggs
6 3 6 6 11

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Henner Henkel
  Georg von Metaxa
6 6 6
  Douglas Freshwater
  Bill Manby
4 1 4 1   H Henkel
  G von Metaxa
3 5 5
  Don McNeill
  Gene Smith
  D McNeill
  E Smith
6 7 7
  Kho Sin-Kie
  George Lyttleton-Rogers
w/o   D McNeill
  E Smith
8 6 3 3 4
  John Olliff
  Ronnie Shayes
6 6 8   J Olliff
  R Shayes
6 4 6 6 6
Q   John Briggs
  Brian Finnigan
2 4 6   J Olliff
  R Shayes
6 6 6
  Josef Šíba
  Laddie Wheatcroft
6 1 6 3 3   G Emmett
  R Nicoll
2 4 4
  Geoff Emmett
  Bobby Nicoll
1 6 3 6 6   J Olliff
  R Shayes
6 5 13 6 6
  Max Ellmer
  Hans Pfaff
4 3 2   T Hughan
  A van Swol
8 7 11 3 2
  Léopold de Borman
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6 6 6   L de Borman
  P Geelhand de Merxem
3 6 8 6 6
  Harold Hare
  Claude Lister
6 7 6 6 6   H Hare
  C Lister
6 3 10 4 4
  Vanni Canepele
  Giorgio de Stefani
8 5 3 7 4   L de Borman
  P Geelhand de Merxem
4 5 3
  Ted Avory
  Harry Lee
3 7 4   T Hughan
  A van Swol
6 7 6
  Tod Hughan
  Hans van Swol
6 9 6   T Hughan
  A van Swol
3 2 6 8 6
  Christian Boussus
  Antoine Gentien
7 6 6   C Boussus
  A Gentien
6 6 3 6 3
Q   Freddie Della Porta
  Leslie Walter
5 3 4

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
9 6 6
  Raymond Egan
  Eustace Fannin
7 3 4 4   C Hare
  F Wilde
8 6 6
Q   Kálmán Aschner
  Chuni Savara
4 4 2   J Asbóth
  M Csikós
6 4 4
  József Asbóth
  Mihály Csikós
6 6 6 4   C Hare
  F Wilde
6 6 6
  Neil Edwards
  Roland Morton
6 6 2 7   N Edwards
  R Morton
1 3 3
  GI Bayley
  Ho Jin
3 2 6 5   N Edwards
  R Morton
7 6 7 1 6
Q   Headley Baxter
  Bunny Whiteman
6 6 6 Q   H Baxter
  B Whiteman
5 3 9 6 2
  GL Mytton
  John Tew
3 4 4 4   C Hare
  F Wilde
6 6 7
  Daniel Prenn
  Jack Van den Eynde
4 5 6 3   D Mitić
  F Punčec
1 1 5
  Dennis Coombe
  Cam Malfroy
6 7 3 6   D Coombe
  C Malfroy
6 8 8
  JK Hamilton
  Derrick Leyland
4 6 2 3   H Gulcz
  H Plougmann
2 6 6
  Helmuth Gulcz
  Helge Plougmann
6 4 6 6   D Coombe
  C Malfroy
9 6 4 0 4
  Jack Piercy
  Dickie Ritchie
w/o   D Mitić
  F Punčec
7 4 6 6 6
  Brian Sturgeon
  Gwyn Tuckett
  B Sturgeon
  G Tuckett
5 3 2
  Cecil Betts
  Bob Mulliken
1 2 3   D Mitić
  F Punčec
7 6 6
  Dragutin Mitić
  Franjo Punčec
6 6 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Robert Abdesselam
  Franjo Kukuljević
4 8 4 6 4
  Hector Etchart
  Alejo Russell
6 6 6 2 6   H Etchart
  A Russell
  František Cejnar
  Jaroslav Drobný
8 6 9   F Cejnar
  J Drobný
w/o
  Murray Deloford
  Jimmy Jones
6 3 7   H Etchart
  A Russell
4 3 11
  Ghaus Mohammad
  Yeswanath-Rao Savoor
3 5 6 3   D Butler
  D MacPhail
6 6 13
  Don Butler
  Donald MacPhail
6 7 4 6   D Butler
  D MacPhail
9 6 7
  Derek Bull
  Guy Cooper
3 6 6 6   D Bull
  G Cooper
7 3 5
  Tony Mottram
  Norman Taylor
6 2 3 4   D Butler
  D MacPhail
9 6 2 3 4
  Ian Collins
  Bob Tinkler
14 6 3 6 3   J Borotra
  J Brugnon
7 3 6 6 6
  Cristea Caralulis
  Arnulf Schmidt
12 2 6 4   I Collins
  R Tinkler
4 3 7 7 6
  John Comery
  Jimmy Hunt
7 6 6 1 2   G Dallos
  J Palada
6 6 5 5 2
  György Dallos
  Josip Palada
7 4 3 6 6   I Collins
  R Tinkler
6 4 4 4
  Tommy Anderson
  Jack Harrison
4 4 4 3   J Borotra
  J Brugnon
4 6 6 6
  Dewar Brown
  Jack Gunn
6 6 6   D Brown
  J Gunn
1 7 2
  Rolf Göpfert
  Roderich Menzel
6 6 3 4 2 3   J Borotra
  J Brugnon
6 9 6
3   Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
2 4 6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Hector Fisher
  Boris Maneff
4 4 1
  Emil Gábori
  Ottó Szigeti
6 6 6   E Gábori
  O Szigeti
6 6 6
  Reginald Bessemer-Clark
  Alan Coldham
4 2 2   E Peters
  C Ritchie
2 4 3
  Eric Peters
  Colin Ritchie
6 6 6   E Gábori
  O Szigeti
2 6 6 3 2
  Henry Billington
  Pat Hughes
7 6 8 6   H Billington
  P Hughes
6 4 4 6 6
  Alexandru Hamburger
  Garton Hone
9 3 6 3   H Billington
  P Hughes
6 6 10
  Owen Anderson
  Bill Robertson
0 3 2   E David
  H David
3 0 8
  Edmund David
  Herman David
6 6 6   H Billington
  P Hughes
3 6 8 2 9
  George Godsell
  Pat Sherwood
6 6 6 2   E Cooke
  R Riggs
6 3 6 6 11
  Gaston Médécin
  Andre Najar
1 3 0   G Godsell
  P Sherwood
6 8 6
  Heinrich Kleinschroth
  Georgios Nikolaides
2 3 6 4   A Baworowski
  I Tłoczyński
2 6 3
  Adam Baworowski
  Ignacy Tłoczyński
6 6 1 6   G Godsell
  P Sherwood
3 3 3
Q   CF Hall
  FG Hill
5 6 6 6 2   E Cooke
  R Riggs
6 6 6
  Gordon Fitt
  Jimmy Reddall
7 3 3 4 Q   CF Hall
  FG Hill
2 1 3
  Eric Filby
  Laurie Shaffi
3 3 2 2   E Cooke
  R Riggs
6 6 6
2   Elwood Cooke
  Bobby Riggs
6 6 6

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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