1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Jack Kramer
Runner-up	Tom Brown
Score	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Jack Kramer defeated Brown in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Yvon Petra was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tom Brown.

Seeds

01.

Jack Kramer (champion)

02.

John Bromwich (fourth round)

03.

Tom Brown (final)

04.

Dinny Pails (semifinals)

05.

Geoff Brown (quarterfinals)

06.

Jaroslav Drobný (quarterfinals)

07.

Yvon Petra (quarterfinals)

08.

Bob Falkenburg (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

	Budge Patty	3	6	7	6	6

6	Jaroslav Drobný	6	4	9	2	3
								Budge Patty	3	3	3

							3	Tom Brown	6	6	6
3	Tom Brown	7	6	6

7	Yvon Petra	5	2	4
													3	Tom Brown	1	3	2

													1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6
8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	3	0	2

4	Dinny Pails	4	4	6	6	6
							4	Dinny Pails	1	6	1	0

							1	Jack Kramer	6	3	6	6
5	Geoff Brown	0	1	3

1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

2	John Bromwich	6	6	6
	Jost Spitzer	1	2	4			2	J Bromwich	6	6	11
	Lennart Bergelin	6	6	6				L Bergelin	0	4	9
	Dick Guise	2	3	1										2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
	Paddy Roberts	1	1	4											B Destremau	1	1	1
	Bernard Destremau	6	6	6				B Destremau	4	6	4	6	6
Q	Tony Starte	5	3	4				C Kemp	6	3	6	3	4
	Cyril Kemp	7	6	6																2	J Bromwich	4	6	4	6	4
	Budge Patty	4	6	3	6	6															J Patty	6	0	6	1	6
	Bill Sidwell	6	3	6	2	3		J Patty	7	1	6	5	6
	Atri Madan Mohan	6	6	6				AM Mohan	5	6	2	7	3
Q	Dick Sandys	2	4	3											J Patty	6	6	3	6
	Nils-Erik Hessen	2	4	2											D Barton	3	4	6	1
	Derrick Barton	6	6	6				D Barton	3	6	6	6
	Gordon Fitt	4	5	3				H Billington	6	2	2	1
	Henry Billington	6	7	6

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

6	Jaroslav Drobný	7	7	6
	Pancho Segura	5	5	3			6	J Drobný	6	6	6
	Jimmay Mehta	6	3	3	9	6		J Mehta	2	1	2
	Jacques Sanglier	1	6	6	7	3							6	J Drobný	6	6	6
	Cam Malfroy	1	6	1										W Skonecki	3	1	3
	Yehuda Finkelkraut	6	8	6				Y Finkelkraut	0	4	3
	Tibor Frigyesy	6	3	4	3			W Skonecki	6	6	6
	Władysław Skonecki	4	6	6	6														6	J Drobný
Q	Warwick Shute	3	7	0																E Morea	w/o
	Jacques Peten	6	9	6				J Peten	6	6	6	6
Q	Geoff Emmett	2	2	1				A Najar	8	1	2	2
	Andre Najar	6	6	6										J Peten	6	2	3	3
	Luis Carles	4	0	3										E Morea	1	6	6	6
	Ron McKenzie	6	6	6				R McKenzie	6	3	4	4
	Enrique Morea	6	6	6	9			E Morea	2	6	6	6
	Marcello del Bello	3	2	8	7

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	Tom Brown	7	5	6	2	8
	Eric Sturgess	5	7	2	6	6	3	T Brown	6	6	6
	Peter Hare	11	8	2	3			C Grandet	3	4	4
	Christian Grandet	13	6	6	6									3	T Brown	6	6	10	6
Q	Roy Mansell	3	6	2											H Baxter	2	2	12	4
	Ivo Rinkel	6	8	6				I Rinkel	6	2	6	1
	Cliff Hovell	7	3	6	3	4		H Baxter	3	6	8	6
	Headley Baxter	5	6	3	6	6														3	T Brown	3	13	3	6	6
	Vinny Rurac	6	6	6																	C Long	6	11	6	1	0
LL	David Mockridge	0	1	4				V Rurac	7	3	7	4	6
	Jack Moore	3	0	1				I Tłoczyński	5	6	5	6	4
	Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	6	6											V Rurac	3	2	3
	Jacques Brichant	1	1	2											C Long	6	6	6
	Jack Harper	6	6	6				J Harper	2	2	4
	Colin Long	6	6	6				C Long	6	6	6
	Bjørn Hansen	1	1	0

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

7	Yvon Petra	6	7	6
	Don Butler	2	5	0			7	Y Petra	6	6	6
	Howard Walton	6	6	5	8			H Walton	2	2	2
	John Comery	2	3	7	6									7	Y Petra	6	6	6
Q	Gerry Oakley	2	3	0											D Bose	3	4	3
	Dilip Bose	6	6	6				D Bose	2	6	6	3	6
Q	John Griffith	4	3	4				J Van den Eynde	6	1	4	6	4
	Jack Van den Eynde	6	6	6																	7	Y Petra	6	6	4	6
	Jeff Robson	6	6	1	6																	J Robson	2	3	6	3
	Arnold England	3	2	6	0			J Robson	7	2	4	6	13
	Jack Piercy	6	5	6	6			J Piercy	5	6	6	3	11
	Bob Tinkler	1	7	3	3										J Robson	6	2	6	6	10
	George Godsell	4	5	6	7	4									C Jones	4	6	8	4	8
	Edgar Büchi	6	7	4	5	6		E Büchi	6	3	2	3
	Jimmy Jones	6	7	6				C Jones	4	6	6	6
	Francis Wallis	3	5	4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

LL	John Archer	6	0	3	4
	Hans Redl	4	6	6	6			H Redl	6	2	6	6
	Max Ellmer	5	8	8	6			M Ellmer	2	6	3	4
	Jack Crawford	7	6	6	0									H Redl	1	6	7	0	6
	John Barry	0	4	8	6	6								D Slack	6	3	5	6	3
	Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6	4	4		J Barry	5	2	5
	Douglas Snart	6	2	9	3			D Slack	7	6	7
	Dennis Slack	4	6	11	6																H Redl	3	3	4
	Finn Rune Karlsen	6	1	2	3															8	R Falkenburg	6	6	6
	Józef Hebda	4	6	6	6			J Hebda	6	3	3	2
	Claude Lister	6	6	7				C Lister	1	6	6	6
	Mordechai Apel	4	3	5										C Lister	5	3	1
	Roland Carter	6	9	4	4	8							8	R Falkenburg	7	6	6
	Cristea Caralulis	3	7	6	6	6		R Carter	2	1	5
	Philippe Washer	2	2	2			8	R Falkenburg	6	6	7
8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Alan Coldham	2	2	4
	Iftikar Ahmed	6	6	6				I Ahmed	6	6	6
	Jeffrey Michelmore	6	6	6	3	6		J Michelmore	0	1	3
	Raymond Egan	8	0	2	6	1								I Ahmed	7	4	9	6	4
	Géza Erős	0	3	2										R Abdesselam	9	6	7	4	6
	Eustace Fannin	6	6	6				E Fannin	9	3	6	4
	Derrick Leyland	4	3	4				R Abdesselam	11	6	2	6
	Robert Abdesselam	6	6	6																	R Abdesselam	2	1	4
	András Ádám-Stolpa	6	6	6																4	D Pails	6	6	6
Q	Ron Reeve	2	2	2				A Ádám-Stolpa	4	5	1
	Herman David	6	6	2	3			S Misra	6	7	6
	Sumant Misra	4	8	6	6									S Misra	4	3	2
	Jan Staubo	6	7	6									4	D Pails	6	6	6
	Guy Cooper	2	5	2				J Staubo	2	1	1
	Leslie Cater	1	0	1			4	D Pails	6	6	6
4	Dinny Pails	6	6	6

Section 7

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Stephen Nimr	2	2	0
	Choy Wai-Chuen	6	6	6			W-C Choy	3	6	6	4	3
Q	Guy Jackson	6	6	3	6		M Deloford	6	3	4	6	6
	Murray Deloford	8	1	6	8									M Deloford	6	7	3	3
	Norman Farquharson	6	5	5										P Pellizza	4	9	6	6
	Tony Mottram	8	7	7			A Mottram	5	3	10	4
	Pierre Pellizza	6	6	6			P Pellizza	7	6	8	6
	Derek Bull	2	1	0																P Pellizza	3	2	6	3
	Tim Lewis	3	3	6	1														5	G Brown	6	6	1	6
	Erik Bjerre	6	6	4	6		E Bjerre	6	4	1^r
	Bobby Meredith	4	8	7	6		G Meredith	2	6	3
	Ernest Wittmann	6	6	5	4									G Meredith	2	1	3
	Alexandru Hamburger	1	2	5									5	G Brown	6	6	6
	Vladimír Černík	6	6	7			V Černík	4	6	1	6	1
	Bill Robertson	1	0	3		5	G Brown	6	2	6	4	6
5	Geoff Brown	6	6	6

Section 8

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	8	6
	Edmund David	1	3	10	4			P Geelhand de Merxem	0	0	0
	Brian Royds	0	0	0				T Johansson	6	6	6
	Torsten Johansson	6	6	6										T Johansson	8	5	6	6
	József Asbóth	7	6	6	5	6								J Asbóth	6	7	2	2
	Hans van Swol	9	4	3	7	1		J Asbóth	6	6	6
	Ghaus Mohammad Khan	6	6	6				G Mohammad Khan	3	2	4
	Gwyn Tuckett	2	2	3																T Johansson	5	2	3
LL	José Luis Morea	7	3	6	2														1	J Kramer	7	6	6
	Owen Bold	9	6	2	6			O Bold	0	4	8	3
	Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6				G Cucelli	6	6	6	6
	Norman Kitovitz	3	4	1										G Cucelli	0	2	0
	John Drinkall	5	0	4									1	J Kramer	6	6	6
	Czesław Spychała	7	6	6				C Spychała	2	2	2
Q	Bill Moss	0	1	0			1	J Kramer	6	6	6
1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1947 Australian Championships	Grand Slams Men's Singles	Succeeded by 1947 French Championships

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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