Wimbledon 1939


General 1939-06-26 - 1939-07-07
Grandslam
Grass
7
Wimbledon
England


Report The gentlemen`s singles final was on a Friday.



Media


Winner Robert Larimore (Bobby) Riggs


Players
Robert Abdesselam
Iftikhar Ahmed Khan
Owen Anderson
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Eskel Dundas (Buster) Andrews
József Asboth (Asbóth)
Kalman Aschner
Henry William (Bunny) Austin
Edward Raymond (Ted) Avory
Adam Baworowski
Headley Thomas Baxter
Reginald Frederick Bessemer-Clark
Henry Billington
Dilip Kumar Bose
Jacques Christian Augustin Boussus
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
Henry Scriven Burrows
Donald William (Don) Butler
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele
Cristea Caralulis
František Cejnar
Janmeja Charanjiva
Wai-Chuen Choy
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham
Ian Glen Collins
John Stuart Comery
Elwood Thomas Cooke
Dennis Cameron Coombe
Dr Harry Guy Nugent (Guy) Cooper
Mihaly Csikos
György Dallos
Jack Darkins
Edmund John David
Herman Francis David
Leopold de Borman
Giorgio De Stefani
Murray Don Deloford
Alistair (Alister) Dewar-Brown
Jagan Nath Dhamija
Jaroslav Drobny
Neil Vincent Edwards
Raymund Francis Egan
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
Arnold Travis England
Hector Jorge Etchart
Evelyn Eustace Fannin
Eric John Filby
Hector Cosmo Fisher
Gordon Stephen William Fitt
Emil Gabori (Gábori) (Gabrowitz)
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Antoine (Coco) Gentien
George Edward Godsell
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Helmut Gulcz
John W. (Jack) Gunn
Alexander M. Hamburger
Harold A. Hare
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
Heinrich Ernst Otto (Henner) Henkel
Robert Walter Devereux Higgin
Jin H. Ho
Dr Garton Maxwell (Gar) Hone
Clifford Joseph (Cliff) Hovell
Frederik Christian Joseph (Tod) Hughan
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
Franjo Kukuljevic
Harold George Newcombe (Harry) Lee
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland
Claude Frederick Owen Lister
Maurice Edward Lucking
John Frederick Gerald (Jack) Lysaght
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
Malcolm D. MacLagan
Donald MacPhail
Camille Enright (Cam) Malfroy
Boris Auguste Maneff
William Donald (Don) McNeill
Gaston Medecin (Médécin)
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel
George Robert Broughton (Bobby) Meredith
Dragutin Mitic (Mitić)
Ghaus Mohammed Khan
Roland Morton
Anthony John (Tony) Mottram
Robert Edward (Bob) Mulliken
Captain Walter Dermot Muspratt
Andre Najar
Georgios Nikolaides
John Sheldon Olliff
Josip Palada
Eric Conrad Peters
Hans Pfaff
Dr. Frederick John (Jack) Piercy
Helge Steen Plougmann
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
Franjo Puncec (Punčec)
Robert Larimore (Bobby) Riggs
Colin Neville Ower Ritchie
William W. (Bill) Robertson
Brian Royds
Alejo Domingo Russell
Chuni Lal Savara
Yaswanath-Rao Savur (Savoor)
Arnulf Schmidt
Lawrence Shaffi
Nigel G. Sharpe
Ronald Alfred Shayes
Patrick Vernon Veitch Sherwood
Josef Siba (Síba)
Kho Sin-Khie
Dennis Henry Slack
Max Eugene (Gene) Smith
Douglas G. Snart
Jost Spitzer
Lieutenant John Brian Sturgeon
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)
Norman Taylor
Robert Kenneth (Bob) Tinkler
Ignacy Hanislaw Tloczynski (Tloczyński)
Gordon Gwyn Lennox Tuckett
Jacques van den Eynde
Albertus Christiaan (Hans) Van Swol
Georg Felix von Metaxa
John Charles (Jack) Warboys
Henry Weatherall
Herbert James (Bert) Whitney
Frank Herbert David Wilde


Rounds
Round 1
Bunny Austin*
Jozsef Asboth
6-1 6-4 12-10
Owen Anderson*
Maurice Edward Lucking
7-5 6-1 7-5
Jaroslav Drobny*
Jin H. Ho
6-1 6-2 6-4
Henry Weatherall*
Garton Hone
6-4 6-3 7-5
Jack Darkins*
Douglas G. Snart
8-6 6-4 8-6
Donald Butler*
Cristea Caralulis
6-4 6-2 7-9 6-0
Jacques van den Eynde*
Herbert James (Bert) Whitney
6-2 6-3 6-2
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Andre Najar
6-3 6-3 6-1
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Christian Boussus
1-6 6-4 6-0 6-3
George Godsell*
Jost Spitzer
6-3 4-6 6-1 6-1
Clifford Joseph (Cliff) Hovell*
Headley Thomas Baxter
0-6 7-9 6-0 8-6 6-3
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Iftikhar Ahmed Khan
6-3 9-7 10-8
Alistair (Alister) Dewar-Brown*
Helmut Gulcz
6-2 6-2 6-4
Ian Collins*
Robert Walter Devereux Higgin
6-1 6-2 6-2
John Olliff*
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
3-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 ret.
Boris Maneff*
Janmeja Charanjiva
6-2 6-4 6-1
Don McNeill*
Kalman Aschner
6-1 6-1 6-0
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Tod Hughan
6-1 4-6 6-1 6-0
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
6-1 6-0 6-3
Wai-Chuen Choy*
Raymund Francis Egan
5-7 1-6 6-4 6-2 6-3
Herman David*
Gordon Stephen William Fitt
6-2 6-1 5-7 6-3
Dragutin Mitic*
Dennis Coombe
6-4 11-13 6-3 6-1
Hector Jorge Etchart*
Brian Royds
7-5 6-1 6-2
Murray Deloford*
Arnold Travis England
7-5 8-6 6-4
Henner Henkel*
Dr. Frederick John (Jack) Piercy
9-7 6-0 6-0
John Stuart Comery*
György Dallos
6-3 7-9 6-4 6-4
Hans Pfaff*
Dilip Bose
6-2 4-6 6-1 1-6 6-2
Lawrence Shaffi*
Lieutenant John Brian Sturgeon
6-1 6-2 3-6 7-5
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Frank Wilde
6-1 6-3 3-6 6-3
Robert Edward (Bob) Mulliken*
Reginald Frederick Bessemer-Clark
7-5 6-1 8-6
Giorgio De Stefani*
Adam Baworowski
3-6 6-4 7-5 7-5
Leopold de Borman*
Colin Ritchie
6-4 7-5 3-6 0-6 7-5
Emil Gabori*
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
6-4 6-2 6-2
John W. (Jack) Gunn*
Kho Sin-Khie
w.o.
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele*
Guy Cooper
7-5 6-4 6-3
Yaswanath-Rao Savur (Savoor)*
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
7-5 9-7 6-1
Frantisek Cejnar*
Antoine (Coco) Gentien
6-1 9-7 6-2
Mihaly Csikos*
Malcolm D. MacLagan
6-2 7-5 9-7
Eugene Smith*
Eskel Andrews
3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Roderich Menzel*
Eric Peters
6-1 6-2 6-2
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham*
Gordon Gwyn Lennox Tuckett
6-3 6-4 6-3
Alejo Russell*
Captain Walter Dermot Muspratt
6-4 6-3 6-4
Arnulf Schmidt*
Harold A. Hare
2-6 6-3 8-6 0-6 6-3
Tony Mottram*
Eric Filby
6-8 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-5
Hector Cosmo Fisher*
Roland Morton
3-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-1
Donald MacPhail*
Bobby Meredith
6-2 6-1 6-3
Pat Sherwood*
Henry Billington
6-3 6-2 11-9
Franjo Puncec*
Neil Vincent Edwards
6-2 6-2 6-3
Helge Plougmann*
Gaston Medecin
9-7 1-6 6-2 6-1
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
William W. (Bill) Robertson
12-10 6-4 6-4
Hans van Swol*
Jack Lysaght
6-4 6-3 6-3
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer*
Alexander M. Hamburger
6-1 6-0 6-3
Robert Tinkler*
Claude Frederick Owen Lister
6-1 4-6 6-3 6-1
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Norman Taylor
6-3 6-1 6-2
Dennis Henry Slack*
Henry Scriven Burrows
6-8 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-3
Ignacy Tloczynski*
Chuni Lal Savara
6-2 6-0 6-3
Robert Abdesselam*
Georg Felix von Metaxa
6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4
Josef Siba*
Eustace Fannin
6-3 6-2 6-1
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Georgios Nikolaides
2-6 6-2 7-5 4-6 6-2
Josip Palada*
John Charles (Jack) Warboys
6-0 6-0 6-0
Harry Lee*
Edmund John David
6-2 7-5 7-5
Cam Malfroy*
Nigel G. Sharpe
6-4 6-3 2-6 4-6 6-0
Ted Avory*
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland
6-3 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-4
Bobby Riggs*
Jagan Nath Dhamija
6-3 6-0 6-4

Round 2
Bunny Austin*
Owen Anderson
6-3 6-4 6-4
Jaroslav Drobny*
Henry Weatherall
6-2 6-2 6-4
Donald Butler*
Jack Darkins
9-7 4-6 6-3 6-1
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Jacques van den Eynde
7-5 6-4 6-2
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
George Godsell
6-1 7-5 7-5
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Clifford Joseph (Cliff) Hovell
6-2 10-8 8-6
Ian Collins*
Alistair (Alister) Dewar-Brown
6-3 1-6 6-4 6-1
John Olliff*
Boris Maneff
6-2 6-4 6-4
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Don McNeill
6-4 7-5 6-1
Wai-Chuen Choy*
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
6-3 2-6 6-2 6-4
Dragutin Mitic*
Herman David
6-4 7-5 6-4
Murray Deloford*
Hector Jorge Etchart
6-4 6-3 2-6 6-2
Henner Henkel*
John Stuart Comery
6-1 6-2 6-4
Lawrence Shaffi*
Hans Pfaff
3-6 6-3 6-3 6-4
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Robert Edward (Bob) Mulliken
6-4 6-2 6-4
Giorgio De Stefani*
Leopold de Borman
6-2 10-8 6-1
Emil Gabori*
John W. (Jack) Gunn
7-5 9-7 5-7 6-2
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele*
Yaswanath-Rao Savur (Savoor)
6-2 6-4 7-5
Frantisek Cejnar*
Mihaly Csikos
6-4 7-5 6-3
Eugene Smith*
Roderich Menzel
6-1 3-6 6-3 7-5
Alejo Russell*
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham
6-8 6-4 11-9 6-2
Tony Mottram*
Arnulf Schmidt
3-6 6-3 6-1 6-1
Donald MacPhail*
Hector Cosmo Fisher
3-6 6-1 6-2 6-0
Franjo Puncec*
Pat Sherwood
6-3 6-1 6-3
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
Helge Plougmann
6-3 6-3 7-5
Hans van Swol*
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
6-2 6-3 4-6 6-4
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Robert Tinkler
6-4 6-3 6-2
Ignacy Tloczynski*
Dennis Henry Slack
6-3 6-1 6-1
Josef Siba*
Robert Abdesselam
7-5 6-1 6-4
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Josip Palada
6-4 3-6 9-7 2-6 8-6
Cam Malfroy*
Harry Lee
6-2 6-4 7-5
Bobby Riggs*
Ted Avory
6-4 6-4 6-2

Round 3
Bunny Austin*
Jaroslav Drobny
7-5 9-7 ret.
Donald Butler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
7-5 6-1 6-4
John Olliff*
Ian Collins
6-2 6-4 6-4
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Wai-Chuen Choy
6-4 7-5 6-4
Murray Deloford*
Dragutin Mitic
7-5 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-3
Henner Henkel*
Lawrence Shaffi
6-4 4-6 6-4 6-1
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Giorgio De Stefani
6-4 6-4 6-8 6-4
Emil Gabori*
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele
6-4 6-1 2-6 6-1
Eugene Smith*
Frantisek Cejnar
6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-1
Alejo Russell*
Tony Mottram
10-8 6-4 6-1
Franjo Puncec*
Donald MacPhail
6-3 6-3 7-5
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
Hans van Swol
8-6 6-4 6-4
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-0 6-3 6-4
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Josef Siba
7-5 6-4 9-7
Bobby Riggs*
Cam Malfroy
8-6 11-9 6-2

Round 4
Bunny Austin*
Donald Butler
8-6 6-4 6-4
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
John Olliff
6-1 6-1 6-4
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Murray Deloford
6-4 6-3 6-1
Henner Henkel*
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
6-1 6-3 6-0
Eugene Smith*
Emil Gabori
6-0 6-4 6-3
Franjo Puncec*
Alejo Russell
6-3 8-6 6-1
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)
6-4 14-16 2-6 6-3 6-4
Bobby Riggs*
Ronald Alfred Shayes
7-5 6-8 6-4 6-3

Quarterfinals
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Bunny Austin
6-3 6-0 6-1
Henner Henkel*
Franjo Kukuljevic
6-1 6-3 6-2
Franjo Puncec*
Eugene Smith
6-0 6-2 6-2
Bobby Riggs*
Ghaus Mohammed Khan
6-2 6-2 6-2

Semifinals
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Henner Henkel
6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4
Bobby Riggs*
Franjo Puncec
6-2 6-3 6-4

Final
Bobby Riggs*
Elwood Thomas Cooke
2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Bobby Riggs*
Jagan Nath Dhamija
Ted Avory*
Frederick (Derrick) Leyland
Cam Malfroy*
Nigel G. Sharpe
Harry Lee*
Edmund John David
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Georgios Nikolaides
Josip Palada*
John Charles (Jack) Warboys
Josef Siba*
Eustace Fannin
Robert Abdesselam*
Georg Felix von Metaxa
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Norman Taylor
Robert Tinkler*
Claude Frederick Owen Lister
Ignacy Tloczynski*
Chuni Lal Savara
Dennis Henry Slack*
Henry Scriven Burrows
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
William W. (Bill) Robertson
Helge Plougmann*
Gaston Medecin
Hans van Swol*
Jack Lysaght
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer*
Alexander M. Hamburger
Franjo Puncec*
Neil Vincent Edwards
Pat Sherwood*
Henry Billington
Donald MacPhail*
Bobby Meredith
Hector Cosmo Fisher*
Roland Morton
Alejo Russell*
Captain Walter Dermot Muspratt
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham*
Gordon Gwyn Lennox Tuckett
Tony Mottram*
Eric Filby
Arnulf Schmidt*
Harold A. Hare
Eugene Smith*
Eskel Andrews
Roderich Menzel*
Eric Peters
Frantisek Cejnar*
Antoine (Coco) Gentien
Mihaly Csikos*
Malcolm D. MacLagan
Emil Gabori*
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
John W. (Jack) Gunn*
Kho Sin-Khie
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele*
Guy Cooper
Yaswanath-Rao Savur (Savoor)*
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Christian Boussus
George Godsell*
Jost Spitzer
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Iftikhar Ahmed Khan
Clifford Joseph (Cliff) Hovell*
Headley Thomas Baxter
John Olliff*
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
Boris Maneff*
Janmeja Charanjiva
Ian Collins*
Robert Walter Devereux Higgin
Alistair (Alister) Dewar-Brown*
Helmut Gulcz
Bunny Austin*
Jozsef Asboth
Owen Anderson*
Maurice Edward Lucking
Jaroslav Drobny*
Jin H. Ho
Henry Weatherall*
Garton Hone
Donald Butler*
Cristea Caralulis
Jack Darkins*
Douglas G. Snart
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Andre Najar
Jacques van den Eynde*
Herbert James (Bert) Whitney
Henner Henkel*
Dr. Frederick John (Jack) Piercy
John Stuart Comery*
György Dallos
Lawrence Shaffi*
Lieutenant John Brian Sturgeon
Hans Pfaff*
Dilip Bose
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Frank Wilde
Robert Edward (Bob) Mulliken*
Reginald Frederick Bessemer-Clark
Giorgio De Stefani*
Adam Baworowski
Leopold de Borman*
Colin Ritchie
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Tod Hughan
Don McNeill*
Kalman Aschner
Wai-Chuen Choy*
Raymund Francis Egan
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones*
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
Murray Deloford*
Arnold Travis England
Hector Jorge Etchart*
Brian Royds
Dragutin Mitic*
Dennis Coombe
Herman David*
Gordon Stephen William Fitt
Round 2
Bobby Riggs*
Ted Avory
Cam Malfroy*
Harry Lee
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Josip Palada
Josef Siba*
Robert Abdesselam
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Robert Tinkler
Ignacy Tloczynski*
Dennis Henry Slack
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
Helge Plougmann
Hans van Swol*
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
Franjo Puncec*
Pat Sherwood
Donald MacPhail*
Hector Cosmo Fisher
Alejo Russell*
Harold Alan Ernest (Tiny) Coldham
Tony Mottram*
Arnulf Schmidt
Eugene Smith*
Roderich Menzel
Frantisek Cejnar*
Mihaly Csikos
Emil Gabori*
John W. (Jack) Gunn
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele*
Yaswanath-Rao Savur (Savoor)
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
George Godsell
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers*
Clifford Joseph (Cliff) Hovell
John Olliff*
Boris Maneff
Ian Collins*
Alistair (Alister) Dewar-Brown
Bunny Austin*
Owen Anderson
Jaroslav Drobny*
Henry Weatherall
Donald Butler*
Jack Darkins
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Jacques van den Eynde
Henner Henkel*
John Stuart Comery
Lawrence Shaffi*
Hans Pfaff
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Robert Edward (Bob) Mulliken
Giorgio De Stefani*
Leopold de Borman
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Don McNeill
Wai-Chuen Choy*
Clarence Medlycott (Jimmy) Jones
Murray Deloford*
Hector Jorge Etchart
Dragutin Mitic*
Herman David
Round 3
Bobby Riggs*
Cam Malfroy
Ronald Alfred Shayes*
Josef Siba
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Ignacy Tloczynski
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)*
Hans van Swol
Franjo Puncec*
Donald MacPhail
Alejo Russell*
Tony Mottram
Eugene Smith*
Frantisek Cejnar
Emil Gabori*
Giovanni (Vanni) Canepele
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
John Olliff*
Ian Collins
Bunny Austin*
Jaroslav Drobny
Donald Butler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Henner Henkel*
Lawrence Shaffi
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon*
Giorgio De Stefani
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Wai-Chuen Choy
Murray Deloford*
Dragutin Mitic
Round 4
Bobby Riggs*
Ronald Alfred Shayes
Ghaus Mohammed Khan*
Ottó Szigetti (Schmidt)
Franjo Puncec*
Alejo Russell
Eugene Smith*
Emil Gabori
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
John Olliff
Bunny Austin*
Donald Butler
Henner Henkel*
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
Franjo Kukuljevic*
Murray Deloford
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs*
Ghaus Mohammed Khan
Franjo Puncec*
Eugene Smith
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Bunny Austin
Henner Henkel*
Franjo Kukuljevic
Semifinals
Bobby Riggs*
Franjo Puncec
Elwood Thomas Cooke*
Henner Henkel
Final
Bobby Riggs*
Elwood Thomas Cooke