1949 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Eric Sturgess and Sheila Summers defeated the defending champions John Bromwich and Louise Brough in the final, 9–7, 9–11, 7–5 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed doubles
1949 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsSouth Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Summers
Runners-upAustralia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough
Score9–7, 9–11, 7–5
Details
Draw80 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1948 · Wimbledon Championships · 1950 →

Seeds

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01.     John Bromwich /   Louise Brough (final)
02.     Bill Sidwell /   Margaret Osborne (semifinals)
03.     Bob Falkenburg /   Gussie Moran (withdrew)
04.     Eric Sturgess /   Sheila Summers (champions)

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

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   John Bromwich
  Louise Brough
3 9 6
  Geoffrey Paish
  Jean Quertier
6 7 0
1   John Bromwich
  Louise Brough
6 6
  George Worthington
  Thelma Long
1 2
  Torsten Johansson
  Birgit Gullbrandsson
7 1
  George Worthington
  Thelma Long
9 6
1   John Bromwich
  Louise Brough
7 11 5
4   Eric Sturgess
  Sheila Summers
9 9 7
  Geoff Brown
  Joyce Fitch
6 4 3
4   Eric Sturgess
  Sheila Summers
3 6 6
4   Eric Sturgess
  Sheila Summers
6 7 6
2   Bill Sidwell
  Margaret duPont
4 9 3
  Tony Mottram
  Joy Gannon
1 4
2   Bill Sidwell
  Margaret duPont
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   John Bromwich
  Louise Brough
6 6
  Subba Sawhney
  Jean Walker-Smith
0 0
1   J Bromwich
  L Brough
6 6
  D Coombe
  M Blair
2 2
  Dennis Coombe
  Molly Blair
  Kálmán Fehér
  Zsuzsa Körmöczy
w/o
1   J Bromwich
  L Brough
6 6
  D Butler
  E Hilton
0 3
  Thorgny Haanes
  Virginia Boyer
4 0
  George McVeagh
  Gay Chandler
6 6
  George McVeagh
  G Chandler
2 5
  D Butler
  E Hilton
6 7
  Don Butler
  Betty Hilton
6 5 6
  Franjo Punčec
  Francine Isaac
3 7 1

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Cyril Kemp
  Betty Lombard
6 6 4
  Adli El Shafei
  Betsy Venter
0 8 6
  A El Shafei
  B Venter
6 4
  R Balbiers
  S Fry
8 6
  Hans Redl
  Hilde Doleschell
6 2 2
  Ricardo Balbiers
  Shirley Fry
4 6 6
  R Balbiers
  S Fry
4 1
  G Paish
  J Quertier
6 6
  Geoffrey Paish
  Jean Quertier
6 6
  Stephen Nimr
  Freda Hammersley
0 2
  G Paish
  J Quertier
6 6
  C Lister
  E Peters
2 3
  Claude Lister
  Effie Peters
7 6
  Gerry Oakley
  Patsy Rodgers
5 3

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Bob Falkenburg
  Gussie Moran
w/o
  Heraldo Weiss
  Mary Terán de Weiss
  H Weiss
  M Terán de Weiss
6 6
  L Proctor
  N Feiron
2 4
  Laurie Proctor
  Nathalie Feiron
6 4 6
  Eddie Mandelbaum
  María Josefa de Riba
3 6 4
  H Weiss
  M Terán de Weiss
3 7 5
  T Johansson
  B Gullbrandsson
6 5 7
  Torsten Johansson
  Birgit Gullbrandsson
3 6 8
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  Joy Hibbert
6 4 6
  T Johansson
  B Gullbrandsson
6 5 6
  P Rémy
  N Adamson
4 7 3
  GI Bayley
  Betty Coutts
3 6 3
  Paul Rémy
  Nelly Adamson
6 3 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Robert Abdesselam
  Anne-Marie Seghers
3 3
  Frank Sedgman
  Kay Menzies
6 6   F Sedgman
  K Menzies
6 6
  Headley Baxter
  Peggy Dawson-Scott
6 6 10   H Baxter
  P Dawson-Scott
4 3
  Christian Grandet
  Arvilla McGuire
8 1 8   F Sedgman
  K Menzies
6 6
  Dragutin Mitić
  Nel Hermsen
6 6   N Cockburn
  E Watermeyer
1 4
  Buster Andrews
  Phyllis King
1 0   D Mitić
  P Hermsen
4 4
Q   Warwick Shute
  Laura Morgan
2 4   N Cockburn
  E Watermeyer
6 6
  Nigel Cockburn
  Toots Watermeyer
6 6   F Sedgman
  K Menzies
6 4 8
  Ernest Wittmann
  Billie Woodgate
6 3 7   G Worthington
  T Long
3 6 10
Q   David Samaai
  Meg Buxton-Knight
4 6 5   E Wittmann
  R Woodgate
6 7
  Hans Huonder
  Edith Sutz
2 4   H David
  N Glover
3 5
  Herman David
  Nancy Glover
6 6   E Wittmann
  R Woodgate
3 2
  Bent Koželuh
  Gladys Lines
2 1   G Worthington
  T Long
6 6
  George Worthington
  Thelma Long
6 6   G Worthington
  T Long
  Robert Colin
  Jacqueline Boutin
6 6   R Colin
  J Boutin
Q   Mike Lloyd
  Joey David
2 4

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Douglas Snart
  Wendy Stork
4 1
  Milan Matouš
  Helena Straubeová
6 6   M Matouš
  H Straubeová
6 6
  Roland Carter
  Enid Andrews
3 3   R Buser
  V Rigollet
4 4
  René Buser
  Violette Rigollet
6 6   M Matouš
  H Straubeová
8 8
  Jean Borotra
  Colette Boegner
6 6   J Borotra
  C Boegner
6 6
  Jaime Bartroli
  MI Maier
0 4   J Borotra
  C Boegner
6 12
  Tim Lewis
  Georgie Woodgate
6 6   N Lewis
  G Woodgate
4 10
  Mahmoud Talaat
  Georgina Greiss
3 4   M Matouš
  H Straubeová
0 4
  Geoff Brown
  Joyce Fitch
  G Brown
  J Fitch
6 6
  Władysław Skonecki
  Louise Anderson
w/o   G Brown
  J Fitch
6 6
Q   Leslie Cater
  Leonie Brighton
6 6 6 Q   L Cater
  L Brighton
2 3
  Paddy Roberts
  Joan Curry
2 8 4   G Brown
  J Fitch
6 7
  Henry Billington
  Susan Billington
7 6   A Coldham
  P O'Connell
2 5
  Roy Mansell
  Edith Middleton
5 4   H Billington
  S Billington
3 5
Q   Peter Hare
  Elsie Phillips
6 3 2   A Coldham
  P O'Connell
6 7
  Alan Coldham
  Patsy O'Connell
1 6 6

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Derek Bull
  Betty Wilford
5 6 13
  Marcel Coen
  Miriamme de Borman
7 3 11
  D Bull
  E Wilford
6 4 1
  F Ampon
  G Butler
2 6 6
  Felicisimo Ampon
  Gloria Butler
6 6
  Jacques Thomas
  Jacqueline Marcellin
2 1
  F Ampon
  G Butler
3 2
4   E Sturgess
  S Summers
6 6
  John Fulton
  Lesley Fulton
4 4
  Eustace Fannin
  Helen Rihbany
6 6
  E Fannin
  H Rihbany
2 1
4   E Sturgess
  S Summers
6 6
  Tommy Anderson
  Gem Hoahing
2 2
4   Eric Sturgess
  Sheila Summers
6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Czesław Spychała
  Bea Carris
6 3 3
  Tony Mottram
  Joy Gannon
4 6 6
  A Mottram
  J Gannon
6 6
  M del Bello
  A Bossi
2 2
  Cliff Hovell
  Rita Anderson
5 6 3
  Marcello del Bello
  Annelise Bossi
7 3 6
  A Mottram
  J Gannon
6 4 7
  A Hamburger
  K Tuckey
2 6 5
  Ignacy Tłoczyński
  Sheila Dowdeswell
3 6
  Alexandru Hamburger
  Kay Tuckey
6 8
  A Hamburger
  K Tuckey
6 2 6
  N-E Hessen
  L Schou Nilsen
3 6 4
  Guy Cooper
  Mary Lagerborg
1 1
  Nils-Erik Hessen
  Laila Schou Nilsen
6 6

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Sydney Levy
  Molly Stone
3 4
  Hans van Swol
  Mary Halford
6 6
  A van Swol
  M Halford
1 2
  E Cochell
  P Todd
6 6
  Dezső Vad
  Márta Peterdy-Wolf
w/o
  Earl Cochell
  Pat Todd
  E Cochell
  P Todd
4 6 3
2   W Sidwell
  M duPont
6 3 6
  Guy Jackson
  Mary Fitzgibbon
6 4 5
  Erik Bjerre
  Eva Fog
3 6 7
  E Bjerre
  E Fog
2 1
2   W Sidwell
  M duPont
6 6
  Bobby Meredith
  Natalie Gourlay
0 0
2   Bill Sidwell
  Margaret duPont
6 6

References

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  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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