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1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

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Champion
  
Yvon Petra

Draw
  
128 (8Q)

Singles
  
men

Runner-up
  
Geoffrey Brown

Seeds
  
8

Final score
  
6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4

Yvon Petra (FRA) defeated Geoffrey Brown (AUS) 6–2, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1946 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Yvon Petra is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Dinny Pails (Quarterfinalist)
  2. Jack Kramer (Fourth round)
  3. Geoffrey Brown (Finalist)
  4. Pancho Segura (Third round)
  5. Yvon Petra (Champion)
  6. Dragutin Mitić (Fourth round)
  7. Franjo Punčec (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Lennart Bergelin (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired
  • References

    1946 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Wikipedia