1948 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

John Bromwich and Louise Brough successfully defended their title, defeating Frank Sedgman and Doris Hart in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed doubles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
Runners-upAustralia Frank Sedgman
United States Doris Hart
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw80 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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Seeds

01.   John Bromwich / Louise Brough (champions)
02.   Tom Brown / Margaret Osborne (semifinals)
03.   Jaroslav Drobný / Pat Todd (semifinals)
04.   Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart (final)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
2 Tom Brown
Margaret duPont
466
Tony Mottram
Jean Bostock
643
2 Tom Brown
Margaret duPont
463
4 Frank Sedgman
Doris Hart
636
4 Frank Sedgman
Doris Hart
376
Lennart Bergelin
Nelly Landry
653
4 Frank Sedgman
Doris Hart
263
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
636
Don Butler
Kay Menzies
23
3 Jaroslav Drobný
Pat Todd
66
3 Jaroslav Drobný
Pat Todd
716
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
568
John Wilkinson
Mary Prentiss
31
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
66

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
2 Tom Brown
Margaret duPont
66
David Mockridge
Kay Tuckey
01
2 T Brown
M duPont
66
G Jackson
M Fitzgibbon
44
Guy Jackson
Mary Fitzgibbon
66
Derek Bull
Betty Wilford
43
2 T Brown
M duPont
66
H Weiss
H Rihbany
23
József Asbóth
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
66
Ferruccio Quintavalle
Annelise Bossi
23
J Asbóth
Z Körmöczy
w/o
H Weiss
H Rihbany
Heraldo Weiss
Helen Rihbany
76
Walter Musgrove
Mary Belin
52

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
Eric Sturgess
Sheila Summers
66
Paul Rémy
Ginette Jucker
42
E Sturgess
S Summers
66
G Paish
J Gannon
03
Geoffrey Paish
Joy Gannon
66
Howard Walton
Wendy Stork
24
E Sturgess
S Summers
265
A Mottram
J Bostock
617
Edgar Büchi
Edith Sutz
96
Q Freddie Della Porta
Peggy Knight
74
E Büchi
E Sutz
14
A Mottram
J Bostock
66
Tony Mottram
Jean Bostock
66
Kurt Nielsen
Lisa Andersen
13

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
4 Frank Sedgman
Doris Hart
66
Hans Redl
Hilde Doleschell
32
4 F Sedgman
D Hart
66
I Rinkel
J Quertier
20
Marcello del Bello
Effie Peters
w/o
Ivo Rinkel
Jean Quertier
4 F Sedgman
D Hart
66
George McVeagh
G Chandler
23
Roland Morton
Patsy O'Connel
33
George McVeagh
Gay Chandler
66
George McVeagh
G Chandler
376
P Hare
A Osborne
652
Q Ted Urlwin-Smith
Peggy Urlwin-Smith
23
Peter Hare
Audrey Osborne
66

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
Franjo Kukuljević
Gloria Butler
361
Cliff Hovell
Mary Halford
636 C Hovell
M Halford
26
Headley Baxter
Vera Thomas
625 V Černík
O Mišková
68
Vladimír Černík
Olga Mišková
467 V Černík
O Mišková
76
Enrique Morea
Mary Terán de Weiss
03 J Spence
R Woodgate
53
Jack Harper
Billie Yorke
66 J Harper
A Yorke
w/o
Matthew Murphy
Roguie Bain
673 J Spence
R Woodgate
John Spence
Billie Woodgate
496 V Černík
O Mišková
365
Lennart Bergelin
Nelly Landry
76 L Bergelin
N Landry
637
Subba Sawhney
Gem Hoahing
52 L Bergelin
N Landry
266
Ralph Nichols
Betty Passingham
66 R Nichols
E Passingham
623
Christian Grandet
Madzy Couquerque
22 L Bergelin
N Landry
166
Jimmy Jones
Ermyntrude Harvey
34 G Oakley
P Rodgers
613
Gerry Oakley
Patsy Rodgers
66 G Oakley
P Rodgers
66
Robert Abdesselam
Alice Weiwers
66 R Abdesselam
A Weiwers
34
Johan Haanes
Laila Schou Nilsen
43

Bottom half

Section 5

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
RJ McCabe
Maeve Brennan
33
Boebi van Meegeren
Tineke Lubbers-Fischer
66 R van Meegeren
T Lubbers-Fischer
23
Alexandru Hamburger
Georgie Woodgate
622 D Bose
J Walker-Smith
66
Dilip Bose
Jean Walker-Smith
466 D Bose
J Walker-Smith
21
John Fulton
Lesley Fulton
34 D Butler
K Menzies
66
Czesław Spychała
Bea Carris
66 C Spychała
B Carris
3104
Don Butler
Kay Menzies
386 D Butler
K Menzies
686
Zoltán Katona
Márta Peterdy
664 D Butler
K Menzies
86
Marcel Coen
Miriamme de Borman
479 A Roberts
J Curry
62
Hans van Swol
Dorothy Muller
657 M Coen
M de Borman
53
Paddy Roberts
Joan Curry
106 A Roberts
J Curry
76
Bill Robertson
Rita Anderson
83 A Roberts
J Curry
68
Roland Carter
Margaret Cary
w/o G Cooper
V Cooper
26
Guy Cooper
Valerie Cooper
G Cooper
V Cooper
566
Ernest Wittmann
Edith Middleton
33 C Lister
T Lister
743
Claude Lister
Thelma Lister
66

Section 6

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
Q Bobby Thorn
Viola White
13
Bobby Meredith
Elsa Haylock
66
G Meredith
E Haylock
43
J Van den Eynde
J de Meulemeester
66
Jack Van den Eynde
Josane de Meulemeester
368
Borje Fornstedt
Nel Hermsen
636
J Van den Eynde
J de Meulemeester
w/o
3 J Drobný
P Todd
Dennis Slack
Peggy Dawson-Scott
52
Jean Borotra
Colette Boegner
76
J Borotra
C Boegner
03
3 J Drobný
P Todd
66
Henry Billington
Susan Billington
072
3 Jaroslav Drobný
Pat Todd
656

Section 7

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
Colin Ritchie
Barbara Knapp
13
Philippe Washer
Shirley Fry
66
P Washer
S Fry
66
C Kemp
E Lombard
23
Alejo Russell
Betty Hilton
563
Cyril Kemp
Betty Lombard
726
P Washer
S Fry
w/o
J Wilkinson
M Prentiss
Norman Kitovitz
Sheila Dowdeswell
24
John Wilkinson
Mary Prentiss
66
J Wilkinson
M Prentiss
66
J Brugnon
G Blaisse-Terwindt
11
Jacques Brugnon
Truid Blaisse-Terwindt
66
Herman David
Nancy Glover
34

Section 8

First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round
Tim Lewis
Pam Bocquet
66
Norman Blair
Molly Blair
21
N Lewis
P Bocquet
66
W Young
A Rice
14
William Young
Argyll Rice
66
GI Bayley
Edna Pool
24
N Lewis
P Bocquet
13
1 J Bromwich
L Brough
66
Dennis Coombe
Natalie Zinovieff
42
Harry Hopman
Barbara Scofield
66
H Hopman
B Scofield
33
1 J Bromwich
L Brough
66
Eddie Mandelbaum
Vera Mattar
21
1 John Bromwich
Louise Brough
66

References