1946 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1946 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Yvon Petra
Runner-up	Geoff Brown
Final score	6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4
Draw	128
Seeds	8

Yvon Petra defeated Geoff Brown in the final, 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Bobby Riggs was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Dinny Pails	5	5	8	4
	5	Yvon Petra	7	7	6	6
										5	Yvon Petra	4	4	6	7	8
											Tom Brown	6	6	3	5	6
		Tom Brown	6	8	6
	7	Franjo Punčec	2	6	4
																			5	Yvon Petra	6	6	7	5	6
																			3	Geoff Brown	2	4	9	7	4
	8	Lennart Bergelin	11	9	4
	3	Geoff Brown	13	11	6
										3	Geoff Brown	6	7	6
											Jaroslav Drobný	4	5	2
		Pierre Pellizza	4	4	4
		Jaroslav Drobný	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	1	Dinny Pails	6	6	6
		Andrés Hammersley	2	2	0					1	D Pails	6	6	6
		Hubert Wilton	6	6	7						H Wilton	0	4	1
		Henry Billington	4	4	5														1	D Pails	6	6	6
		Don Butler	6	6	6															D Butler	1	4	2
		Doug Scharenguivel	2	1	2						D Butler	6	4	6	4	6
		Frank Mehner	6	6	7						F Mehner	4	6	4	6	4
		Roland Morton	3	1	5																							1	D Pails	6	6	7
		Jack Moore	6	6	6																								J Patty	2	1	5
		Tommy Anderson	2	4	3						J Moore	1	2	6
		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6						P Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	8
		Buster Andrews	4	3	4															P Geelhand de Merxem	8	1	3	4
		Henri Bolelli	6	6	6															J Patty	6	6	6	6
		Finn Rune Karlsen	3	3	1						H Bolelli	3	6	7
		Budge Patty	4	6	6	6					J Patty	6	8	9
		Jacques Thomas	6	3	2	2

Section 2

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	5	Yvon Petra	6	8	7
		Vojtěch Vodička	2	6	5					5	Y Petra	9	6	6
		Josip Palada	6	6	6						J Palada	7	4	0
		Raymond Egan	0	3	4														5	Y Petra	6	6	6
		Adly El Shafei	3	5	6	6	6													A El Shafei	2	2	2
		George Godsell	6	7	3	4	3				A El Shafei	6	6	6
		RW Baker	6	9	6	5	6				RW Baker	3	2	2
		Joseph Clynton-Reed	8	7	2	7	4																					5	Y Petra	6	4	6	6
		Torsten Johansson																											R Buser	4	6	0	1
		Ken Lo	w/o								T Johansson	6	6	3	6
		Peter Hare	1	6	8	2					G Fitt	3	4	6	3
		Gordon Fitt	6	3	10	6														T Johansson	6	6	8	5	4
		René Buser	6	6	3	4	6													R Buser	3	8	10	7	6
		Bobby Meredith	3	4	6	6	2				R Buser	6	6	6
		Georges Gremillet	7	2	7	6					G Gremillet	3	3	4
		Geoffrey Paish	5	6	5	0

Section 3

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	4	Pancho Segura	6	6	6
		Tony Clark	1	1	1					4	F Segura	6	6	6
		John Comery	1	7	6	6	7				J Comery	1	1	1
		Sanford Webster	6	9	3	1	5												4	F Segura	6	3	3	3
		Tom Brown	6	10	6															T Brown	4	6	6	6
		Murray Deloford	4	8	2						T Brown	6	6	6
		Roland Carter	6	6	11						R Carter	1	4	1
		Claude Lister	4	4	9																								T Brown	6	6	6
		Josef Šíba	2	4	6	6	6																						A Mottram	1	1	3
		Hans Huonder	6	6	1	4	3				J Šíba	6	1	8	4
		Tony Mottram	6	6	6						A Mottram	3	6	10	6
		Stefán László	2	1	1															A Mottram	6	6	6
		Jacques Van den Eynde	6	6	4	4	6													J Van den Eynde	3	1	2
		Robert Abdesselam	4	1	6	6	1				J Van den Eynde	6	7	7	6
		Frank Wilde	3	6	0	6	6				F Wilde	2	5	9	3
		Dennis Slack	6	2	6	3	3

Section 4

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	7	Franjo Punčec	6	6	6
		Gwyn Tuckett	2	2	3					7	F Punčec	6	6	6
		Jaanik Ipsen	7	6	6						J Ipsen	1	3	0
		George McVeagh	5	4	3														7	F Punčec	6	6	5	6
		Enrique Buse	2	7	6	4	6													F Vrba	3	0	7	3
		Francis Wallis	6	5	4	6	2				E Buse	6	3	4	3
		Ferdinand Vrba	6	2	6	6					F Vrba	4	6	6	6
		Guy Cooper	3	6	0	3																						7	F Punčec	6	6	6
		Kho Sin-Kie	6	6	6																								A van Swol	1	2	2
		Paul Féret	4	1	4						S-K Kho	6	4	6	7
		Alan Coldham	6	6	6						A Coldham	1	6	4	5
		Derek Bocquet	1	1	2															S-K Kho	6	4	2	5
		Jack Harper	6	6	6															A van Swol	1	6	6	7
		Léopold de Borman	2	2	2						J Harper	6	6	4	6	0
		Hans van Swol	6	6	6						A van Swol	4	8	6	4	6
		Bob Tinkler	1	3	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		Derrick Leyland	6	6	6
		JE Slater	3	4	3						D Leyland	1	1	10
		Jacques Sanglier	6	6	6						J Sanglier	6	6	12
		Johan Haanes	2	4	4															J Sanglier	7	6	4	1	7
		Bill Robertson	6	5	6	6														W Robertson	5	2	6	6	5
		Boebi van Meegeren	4	7	2	2					W Robertson	4	8	6	4	6
		Cyril Kemp	6	6	0	11	6				C Kemp	6	6	4	6	0
		Choy Wai-Chuen	4	4	6	13	2																						J Sanglier	2	4	1
		Derrick Barton	6	6	6																							8	L Bergelin	6	6	6
		Christian Grandet	2	4	3						D Barton	6	8	6
		Arnold England	6	6	7						A England	3	6	2
		John Drinkall	4	1	5															D Barton	8	3	4
		Maurice Lucking	6	6	3	6	8												8	L Bergelin	10	6	6
		Dennis Coombe	8	4	6	2	6				M Lucking	0	0	0
		Philippe Washer	4	6	1	6	5			8	L Bergelin	6	6	6
	8	Lennart Bergelin	6	3	6	2	7

Section 6

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		Bernard Destremau	7	8	4	6
		Josef Caska	5	6	6	0					B Destremau	6	6	6
		Jack Darkins	4	6	6	7					J Darkins	1	0	3
		Mahmoud Talaat	6	3	2	5														B Destremau	6	0	2	8
		Enrique Morea	6	6	8															E Morea	2	6	6	10
		Harold Marsland	3	3	6						E Morea	6	6	6
		Jost Spitzer	6	6	6						J Spitzer	2	1	2
		Bobby Nicoll	2	1	3																								E Morea	2	1	3
		Stanley Drobac	5	2	7	6	7																					3	G Brown	6	6	6
		Fergus Davidson	7	6	5	4	5				S Drobac	2	1	3
		Ernest Wittmann	6	6	6						E Wittmann	6	6	6
		Frank Beeman	1	2	2															E Wittmann	0	0	2
		Harry Marriner	4	6	6	6													3	G Brown	6	6	6
		DA Clayton	6	0	2	0					H Marriner	0	0	1
		Brian Burnett	0	3	0					3	G Brown	6	6	6
	3	Geoff Brown	6	6	6

Section 7

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		Herman David	8	9	6
		Derek Hardwick	6	7	2						H David	4	11	3	6	3
		Ivo Rinkel	7	6	6						I Rinkel	6	9	6	4	6
		Tim Lewis	5	4	4															I Rinkel	2	2	2
		Pierre Pellizza	6	6	6															P Pellizza	6	6	6
		RC Smith	2	1	0						P Pellizza	4	4	6	6	6
		Harry Hopman	6	6	6						H Hopman	6	6	3	4	1
		Andre Najar	4	0	2																								P Pellizza	7	3	7	6	6
		Roger Dubuc																										6	D Mitić	9	6	5	4	2
		Maksymiljan Stolarow	w/o								R Dubuc	6	7	6
		Cecil Betts	6	6	6						C Betts	2	5	0
		John Cope	3	1	2															R Dubuc	2	4	3
		Donald MacPhail	6	6	6														6	D Mitić	6	6	6
		Henri Pellizza	2	3	2						D MacPhail	6	3	0	2
		John Wilkinson	1	2	0					6	D Mitić	2	6	6	6
	6	Dragutin Mitić	6	6	6

Section 8

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
		Czesław Spychała	6	6	9
		Jimmy Jones	1	4	7						C Spychała	4	4	2
		Jaroslav Drobný	6	6	6						J Drobný	6	6	6
		Eric Filby	4	2	3															J Drobný	6	6	6
		Headley Baxter	6	6	6															J Peten	2	2	3
		Gaston Medecin	1	0	3						H Baxter	5	6	2
		Jacques Peten	6	8	7						J Peten	7	8	6
		Hans Pfaff	3	6	5																								J Drobný	2	17	6	3	6
		Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	4	6	6																						2	J Kramer	6	15	3	6	3
		Jean Lesueur	2	6	3	4					I Tłoczyński	6	6	6
		Cliff Hovell	6	6	6						C Hovell	3	2	1
		Howard Walton	3	4	4															I Tłoczyński	1	0	0
		Ted Avory	6	6	6														2	J Kramer	6	6	6
		Helge Johansen	3	2	1						E Avory	1	1	0
		Dick Sandys	0	2	0					2	J Kramer	6	6	6
	2	Jack Kramer	6	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com