1949 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

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Mixed Doubles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Champions South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers[1]
Runners-up Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough[1]
Final score 9–7, 9–11, 7–5
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed

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Eric Sturgess and Sheila Summers defeated the defending champions John Bromwich and Louise Brough in the final, 9–7, 9–11, 7–5 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
3 9 6  
 United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
6 7 0  
  1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
6 6  
   Australia George Worthington
Australia Thelma Long
1 2  
 Sweden Torsten Johansson
Sweden Birgit Gullbrandsson
7 1
   Australia George Worthington
Australia Thelma Long
9 6  
    1  Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
7 11 5
  4  South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers
9 9 7
   Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Joyce Fitch
6 4 3  
4  South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers
3 6 6  
  4  South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers
6 7 6
  2  Australia Bill Sidwell
United States Margaret duPont
4 9 3  
 United Kingdom Tony Mottram
United Kingdom Joy Gannon
1 4
  2  Australia Bill Sidwell
United States Margaret duPont
6 6  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001

External links

  • [1] Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com