1951 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1951 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Dick Savitt
Runner-up	Ken McGregor
Score	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	10
Events
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In the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the title.^[1] He was the second ever American to win the Wimbledon and Australian tournaments in the same year.^[2] Number 4 seed Budge Patty was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to another American, the unseeded 17-year-old Ham Richardson.

Progress of the competition

After defeating Patty, Richardson went out in the fourth round, losing to another unseeded player, the Brazilian Armando Vieira; this was Vieira's most successful Wimbledon, but he lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa's Eric Sturgess, a former world number one,^[3] in straight sets. McGregor reached the final by defeating Sturgess in the semifinals.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Frank Sedgman	6	6	3	4	5
	5	Herbie Flam	2	1	6	6	7
										5	Herbie Flam	6	13	3	2
										6	Dick Savitt	1	15	6	6
	3	Art Larsen	1	4	4
	6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
																			6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
																			7	Ken McGregor	4	4	4
	8	Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
		Armando Vieira	2	0	3
										8	Eric Sturgess	4	6	3	5
										7	Ken McGregor	6	3	6	7
	7	Ken McGregor	6	4	5	6	6
	10	Lennart Bergelin	0	6	7	2	4

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	Frank Sedgman	6	6	6
		Raymundo Deyro	4	3	4					1	F Sedgman	6	7	6	7
	Q	Sven Davidson	6	6	3	6				Q	S Davidson	4	9	4	2
	Q	Clive Bernstein	2	0	6	3													1	F Sedgman	8	11	6
		Sverre Lie	6	3	7	6	6													S Clark	6	9	3
		Guy Jackson	8	6	5	3	1				S Lie	4	4	5
		Robert Sibert	0	0	2						S Clark	6	6	7
		Straight Clark	6	6	6																							1	F Sedgman	6	6	6
	9	Gardnar Mulloy	13	4	6	6	6																						F Gardini	0	2	1
		Philippe Washer	15	6	3	4	1			9	G Mulloy	6	6	6
		John Horn	6	6	3	7					J Horn	4	0	4
		Doug Scharenguivel	2	1	6	5													9	G Mulloy	5	6	4	4
		Heraldo Weiss	6	2	9	6														F Gardini	7	3	6	6
		Murray Deloford	4	6	7	2					H Weiss	2	6	6	4
		Fausto Gardini	4	6	6	6					F Gardini	6	3	8	6
		Headley Baxter	6	2	1	2

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	5	Herbie Flam	6	6	6
		Naresh Kumar	1	2	2					5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Geoff Ward	2	3	3						C Spychała	0	1	2
		Czesław Spychała	6	6	6														5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Peter Hare	4	2	1															H Billington	3	4	4
		Henry Billington	6	6	6						H Billington	6	6	4	8
		Sydney Levy	6	4	6	0	4				J-C Molinari	2	3	6	6
		Jean-Claude Molinari	3	6	4	6	6																					5	H Flam	6	6	6
		Jaime Bartrolí	6	6	6	3																							A van Swol	2	2	3
		Philippe Chatrier	8	8	4	6					P Chatrier	6	6	2	1	8
		Petko Milojković	2	1	6	6	3				A Huber	4	2	6	6	6
		Freddie Huber	6	6	3	2	6													P Chatrier	4	3	4
		Douglas Snart	0	1	8															A van Swol	6	6	6
		Hans van Swol	6	6	10						A van Swol	7	6	6
		Adli El Shafei	6	6	6						A El Shafei	5	3	1
	Q	András Kálmán	4	4	4

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	Art Larsen	6	6	0	6
		Mervyn Rose	1	2	6	1				3	A Larsen	6	6	12
		Hal Burrows	3	3	2						G Paish	3	1	10
		Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6														3	A Larsen	6	6	3	6
		Gene Garrett	6	6	7															W Garrett	3	3	6	3
		Marcello del Bello	4	0	5						W Garrett	6	6	6
	Q	Bill Hough	1	0	1						J Palada	3	3	2
		Josip Palada	6	6	6																							3	A Larsen	6	7	6
		Milan Matouš	1	2	6	6	6																						T Johansson	3	5	4
		Robert Haillet	6	6	2	1	0				M Matouš	6	6	6
		Ron Reeve	3	9	4						H Walton	1	3	2
		Howard Walton	6	11	6															M Matouš	3	7	4
		Torsten Johansson	6	6	6															T Johansson	6	9	6
		Erwin Balestra	0	0	1						T Johansson	6	5	6	6
		Derek Bull	4	2	9	6	6				D Bull	1	7	4	4
		Matthew Mohtadi	6	6	7	3	3

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Dick Savitt	6	6	6
		Nigel Cockburn	2	2	2					6	R Savitt	6	6	6
		Edmund David	6	6	6						E David	1	1	1
		Lawrence Dundas	0	4	4														6	R Savitt	6	1	6	8	6
		Kurt Nielsen	6	7	6	6														K Nielsen	4	6	3	10	4
		Brendan Macken	3	9	3	2					K Nielsen	6	6	7
		Charles Fawcus	2	6	2	3					J Peten	4	1	5
		Jacques Peten	6	4	6	6																						6	R Savitt	6	6	6
		Władysław Skonecki	7	6	6																								J Asbóth	4	2	3
	Q	Roy Mansell	5	1	1						W Skonecki	6	6	6
		Ignacy Tłoczyński									I Tłoczyński	3	4	4
		José Roquette	w/o																	W Skonecki	5	6	8	6	2
		József Asbóth	4	10	6	6														J Asbóth	7	3	10	4	6
		Ernst Buchholz	6	8	3	2					J Asbóth	6	9	1	11	6
		Ip Koon Hung	4	6	6	5	2				V Černík	1	11	6	9	3
		Vladimír Černík	6	4	4	7	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ivan Devroe	2	3	2
		Bernard Destremau	6	6	6						B Destremau	2	6	6	9
		Cesar Carmona	6	3	8	4	2				R del Bello	6	4	2	7
		Rolando del Bello	1	6	6	6	6													B Destremau	6	6	6
		Darrell Shaw	3	6	6	5	6													G Oakley	4	1	4
	Q	Jack Morison	6	4	2	7	1				D Shaw	1	4	3
		Gerry Oakley	6	6	8						G Oakley	6	6	6
		Ong Chew Bee	3	4	6																								B Destremau	2	3	2
		Bengt Axelsson	6	6	6																							8	E Sturgess	6	6	6
	Q	Bernard Crouch	1	2	4						B Axelsson	6	6	6
		Frank Mott-Trille	4	4	4						S Davidson	3	3	2
		Stanley Davidson	6	6	6															B Axelsson	6	0	4	2
		Paddy Roberts	6	2	3														8	E Sturgess	4	6	6	6
		Don Candy	8	6	6						D Candy	3	6	6	2
		Roland Carter	1	0	3					8	E Sturgess	6	4	8	6
	8	Eric Sturgess	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Joe Hackett	4	4	5
		Staffan Stockenberg	6	6	7						S Stockenberg	6	7	4	6
		Jost Spitzer	4	3	4						A Segal	1	5	6	4
		Abe Segal	6	6	6															S Stockenberg	6	3	6
		Marcel Coen	0	1	4															A Vieira	8	6	8
		Claude Lister	6	6	6						C Lister	4	4	6	3
		Armando Vieira	7	6	8						A Vieira	6	6	1	6
		Don Tregonning	5	4	6																								A Vieira	6	1	6	6
		Tony Clark	6	2	1	2																							H Richardson	3	6	3	0
		Tommy Anderson	4	6	6	6					T Anderson	6	6	4	6	1
		Robert Connor	5	6	1	7	4				V Petrović	2	8	6	0	6
		Vladimir Petrović	7	2	6	5	6													V Petrović	6	0	2	5
	Q	Fred Dehnert	2	3	2															H Richardson	2	6	6	7
		Ham Richardson	6	6	6						H Richardson	4	6	4	10	6
		David Lurie	1	1	4					4	J Patty	6	3	6	8	4
	4	Budge Patty	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Bohuslav Hykš	2	0	0
		Ivo Rinkel	6	6	6						I Rinkel	4	10	4
	Q	Johann Kupferburger	5	3	0						L Norgarb	6	12	6
		Leon Norgarb	7	6	6															L Norgarb	6	4	3	6	2
		Paul Rémy	6	7	6															P Rémy	3	6	6	3	6
		Milan Branović	3	5	2						P Rémy	6	6	6
		Bruce Haughton	2	6	5						Peter Cawthorn	3	3	3
		Peter Cawthorn	6	8	7																								P Rémy	4	6	3	4
		Hans Redl	6	6	4	6																						7	K McGregor	6	3	6	6
		Jean Becker	1	1	6	0					H Redl	6	5	5	3
		David Samaai	6	4	6	2	6				D Samaai	3	7	7	6
	Q	Michel Lemasson	4	6	3	6	4													D Samaai	1	4	1
		Lorne Main	6	6	6														7	K McGregor	6	6	6
		John Barrett	0	2	1						L Main	3	5	5
		Narendra Nath	6	1	6	2				7	K McGregor	6	7	7
	7	Ken McGregor	8	6	3	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6
		Norman Kitovitz	2	2	3						G Cucelli	6	6	6
		Athol Tills	6	6	1	6					A Tills	3	1	4
		George Godsell	1	4	6	4														G Cucelli	7	2	4	3
		Felicisimo Ampon	6	6	6														10	L Bergelin	5	6	6	6
		Dick Guise	1	0	0						F Ampon	6	6	2	7	3
		Tony Starte	2	1	0					10	L Bergelin	2	2	6	9	6
	10	Lennart Bergelin	6	6	6																							10	L Bergelin	6	6	6
		Finn Søhol	2	2	4																								A Mottram	1	0	2
		Tony Mottram	6	6	6						A Mottram	6	6	7
		Tadeusz Slawek	0	2	0						H Rochon	0	3	5
		Henri Rochon	6	6	6															A Mottram	5	6	2	7	8
		Jacques Brichant	5	4	3														2	J Drobný	7	4	6	5	6
		Torben Ulrich	7	6	6						T Ulrich	9	6	3	4
		Gottfried von Cramm	7	4	4					2	J Drobný	11	1	6	6
	2	Jaroslav Drobný	9	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1951 French Championships

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