1937 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako defeated the defending champions Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey in the final, 6–0, 6–4, 6–8, 6–1 to win the gentlemen doubles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Men's doubles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Don Budge
United States Gene Mako
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Pat Hughes
United Kingdom Raymond Tuckey
Score6–0, 6–4, 6–8, 6–1
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1936 · Wimbledon Championships · 1938 →

Seeds

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01.     Pat Hughes /   Raymond Tuckey (final)
02.     Don Budge /   Gene Mako (champions)
03.     Gottfried von Cramm /   Henner Henkel (semifinals)
04.     Jack Crawford /   Vivian McGrath (first round)

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   Pat Hughes
  Raymond Tuckey
6 6 6
  Fumiteru Nakano
  Jiro Yamagishi
2 2 2
1   Pat Hughes
  Raymond Tuckey
6 6 6
  Ladislav Hecht
  Roderich Menzel
2 2 4
  Ladislav Hecht
  Roderich Menzel
6 6 6
  Jacques Jamain
  Georg von Metaxa
3 4 2
1   Pat Hughes
  Raymond Tuckey
0 4 8 1
2   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 6 6 6
  Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
4 6 4 5
3   Gottfried von Cramm
  Henner Henkel
6 4 6 7
3   Gottfried von Cramm
  Henner Henkel
6 6 2 4 3
2   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
4 4 6 6 6
  John Bromwich
  Clifford Sproule
2 5 8 2
2   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 7 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Pat Hughes
  Raymond Tuckey
6 6 16
  Marcel Bernard
  Jean Borotra
4 3 14 1   P Hughes
  R Tuckey
11 4 6 6
  George McVeagh
  George Lyttleton-Rogers
5 6 6 6   George McVeagh
  G Lyttleton-Rogers
9 6 0 4
  John Anderson
  John Collins
7 4 3 4 1   P Hughes
  R Tuckey
6 6 6
Q   Derek Bull
  CF Duncan
4 8 3 3   C Aeschlimann
  M Ellmer
2 3 2
  Charles Aeschlimann
  Max Ellmer
6 6 6 6   C Aeschlimann
  M Ellmer
  Harold Hare
  Stig Mårtensson
2 7 3   C Harris
  H Surface
w/o
  Charles Harris
  Hal Surface
6 9 6 1   P Hughes
  R Tuckey
6 6 6
  Murray Deloford
  Laurie Shaffi
6 1 6 6 7   F Nakano
  J Yamagishi
2 2 2
  Eric Attewell
  Jack Harrison
8 6 3 4 5   M Deloford
  L Shaffi
3 5 2
Q   Charles Fawcus
  JR Fawcus
6 4 1 0   R Nichols
  D Williams
6 7 6
  Ralph Nichols
  David Williams
2 6 6 6   R Nichols
  D Williams
4 4 0
  George Godsell
  Henry Purcell
6 2 6 2 4   F Nakano
  J Yamagishi
6 6 6
  Dennis Cook
  Eric Filby
3 6 4 6 6   D Cook
  E Filby
3 3 7 6 2
  Colin Eedes
  Eustace Fannin
3 1 1   F Nakano
  J Yamagishi
6 6 5 3 6
  Fumiteru Nakano
  Jiro Yamagishi
6 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   Jack Crawford
  Vivian McGrath
3 3 2
  Ladislav Hecht
  Roderich Menzel
6 6 6   L Hecht
  R Menzel
5 9 6 6
  Bryan Grant
  Wayne Sabin
7 6 6   B Grant
  W Sabin
7 7 4 1
  Jimmy Jones
  Ronnie Shayes
5 4 4   L Hecht
  R Menzel
6 6 6
  Pierre Goldschmidt
  AN Other
w/o   J Palada
  F Punčec
2 2 3
LL   Cecil Betts
  Jimmy Reddall
LL   C Betts
  J Reddall
1 6 4 5
  Ted Avory
  Harry Lee
0 1 7 3   J Palada
  F Punčec
6 4 6 7
  Josip Palada
  Franjo Punčec
6 6 5 6   L Hecht
  R Menzel
6 6 6
  Alan Brown
  Jock Findlay
0 4 4   J Jamain
  G von Metaxa
3 4 2
  Buster Andrews
  Ferruccio Quintavalle
6 6 6   E Andrews
  F Quintavalle
4 6 3 3
Q   Stan Clark
  Leonard Grossmith
4 2 6 6 5   F Parker
  G de Stefani
6 1 6 6
  Frank Parker
  Giorgio de Stefani
6 6 4 4 7   F Parker
  G de Stefani
3 4 4
  Franjo Kukuljević
  Prince of Kutch
3 5 16 6 3   J Jamain
  G von Metaxa
6 6 6
  Jacques Jamain
  Georg von Metaxa
6 7 14 3 6   J Jamain
  G von Metaxa
6 6 6
  Fritz Jenssen
  Heinrich Kleinschroth
2 1 9 4   T Hughan
  A van Swol
3 2 2
  Tod Hughan
  Hans van Swol
6 6 7 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Charles Hare
  Frank Wilde
6 6 5 6
  Edmund David
  Herman David
2 2 7 1   C Hare
  F Wilde
6 6 7
  Lawrence Hall
  Eric Peters
6 8 6   L Hall
  E Peters
2 3 5
  Jimmy Hunt
  Colin Ritchie
4 6 3   C Hare
  F Wilde
6 6 6
  Henry Billington
  Bobby Meredith
2 3 4   G Cooper
  R Tinkler
1 2 2
  Guy Cooper
  Bob Tinkler
6 6 6   G Cooper
  R Tinkler
6 8 6 6
Q   Reginald Bessemer-Clark
  Alan Coldham
3 6 6 6 Q   R Bessemer-Clark
  A Coldham
4 10 3 4
  John Olliff
  Nigel Sharpe
6 3 4 3   C Hare
  F Wilde
4 6 4 5
  Ho Jin
  Bob Mulliken
6 1 2 3   G von Cramm
  H Henkel
6 4 6 7
  Norman Farquharson
  Vernon Kirby
8 6 6   N Farquharson
  V Kirby
6 6 6
  Jacques Brugnon
  Alan Stedman
6 6 2 6   J Brugnon
  A Stedman
4 3 1
  Claude Lister
  Norman Taylor
2 1 6 3   N Farquharson
  V Kirby
3 6 6 5 4
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  André Lacroix
6 6 3 6 3   G von Cramm
  H Henkel
6 0 2 7 6
  Raymond Egan
  Eustace Fannin
3 3 6 0   P Geelhand de Merxem
  A Lacroix
2 6 6
  Freddie Della Porta
  Leslie Walter
3 7 0 3   G von Cramm
  H Henkel
6 8 8
3   Gottfried von Cramm
  Henner Henkel
6 9 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Choy Wai-Chuen
  Jack Van den Eynde
5 8 6 5 4
  Jack Lysaght
  Pat Sherwood
7 6 1 7 6   J Lysaght
  P Sherwood
4 6 3 3
  Kho Sin-Kie
  Karl Schröder
6 6 6   S-K Kho
  K Schröder
6 3 6 6
  Dennis Coombe
  James Giesen
1 4 2   S-K Kho
  K Schröder
6 5 2 4
  Ian Collins
  Donald MacPhail
3 4 6 6 6   J Bromwich
  C Sproule
4 7 6 6
  Helge Plougmann
  Bill Robertson
6 6 3 3 2   I Collins
  D MacPhail
3 4 2
  John Bromwich
  Cliff Sproule
4 6 6 6   J Bromwich
  C Sproule
6 6 6
  Léopold de Borman
  Laddie Wheatcroft
6 3 2 3   J Bromwich
  C Sproule
2 5 8 2
  Christian Boussus
  Yvon Petra
6 6 8 2   D Budge
  G Mako
6 7 6 6
  John Comery
  Roland Morton
2 4 6   C Boussus
  Y Petra
6 6 7
  Don Butler
  Dickie Ritchie
6 6 6 3 11   D Butler
  R Ritchie
3 4 5
Q   Tommy Anderson
  TC Braithwaite
3 2 8 6 9   C Boussus
  Y Petra
4 4 8
  Hector Fisher
  Boris Maneff
4 6 3 6 8 2   D Budge
  G Mako
6 6 10
  Brian Sturgeon
  Bill Manby
6 4 6 3 6   H Fisher
  B Maneff
1 1 3
  Daniel Prenn
  Jack Warboys
2 6 1 2   D Budge
  G Mako
6 6 6
2   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 8 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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