1952 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman successfully defended their title, defeating Vic Seixas and Eric Sturgess in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1952 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Men's doubles
1952 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Ken McGregor
Australia Frank Sedgman
Runners-upUnited States Vic Seixas
South Africa Eric Sturgess
Score6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds

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01.     Ken McGregor /   Frank Sedgman (champions)
02.     Gardnar Mulloy /   Dick Savitt (third round)
03.     Jaroslav Drobný /   Budge Patty (semifinals)
04.     Vic Seixas /   Eric Sturgess (final)

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   Ken McGregor
  Frank Sedgman
6 6 3 6
  Giovanni Cucelli
  Marcello del Bello
2 4 6 3
1   Ken McGregor
  Frank Sedgman
6 6 7 6
3   Jaroslav Drobný
  Budge Patty
3 4 9 4
3   Jaroslav Drobný
  Budge Patty
3 6 7 8 6
  Tony Mottram
  Geoffrey Paish
6 4 9 6 1
1   Ken McGregor
  Frank Sedgman
6 7 6
4   Vic Seixas
  Eric Sturgess
3 5 4
  Ian Ayre
  Ham Richardson
6 6 5 2 1
4   Vic Seixas
  Eric Sturgess
3 4 7 6 6
4   Vic Seixas
  Eric Sturgess
6 8 6 7
  Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
4 6 8 5
  Enrique Morea
  Alejo Russell
6 3 2 7 4
  Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
4 6 6 5 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Ken McGregor
  Frank Sedgman
6 6 6
  Jacques Brichant
  Philippe Washer
0 1 1 1   K McGregor
  F Sedgman
6 6 6
  Torsten Johansson
  Nils Rohlsson
6 8 12   T Johansson
  N Rohlsson
2 2 4
  Josip Palada
  Vladimir Petrović
1 6 10 1   K McGregor
  F Sedgman
6 3 6 10
  Herbie Flam
  Art Larsen
6 5 4 9 6   H Flam
  A Larsen
0 6 4 8
  Derek Capell
  Bryan Woodroffe
4 7 6 7 4   H Flam
  A Larsen
6 3 6 6
  Joe Hackett
  Matthew Mohtadi
0 4 6 9   P Geelhand de Merxem
  H Hopman
3 6 4 2
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  Harry Hopman
6 6 1 11 1   K McGregor
  F Sedgman
6 6 3 6
  Giovanni Cucelli
  Marcello del Bello
6 6 6   G Cucelli
  M del Bello
2 4 6 3
  Edmund David
  Herman David
2 3 2   G Cucelli
  M del Bello
17 6 6
  Bruce Haughton
  Jim McArdle
4 4 5   N Kumar
  N Nath
15 4 3
  Naresh Kumar
  Narendra Nath
6 6 7   G Cucelli
  M del Bello
6 6 6
  Carlos Sanhueza
  Marcelo Taverne
3 6 8 6 6   M Matouš
  R del Bello
1 4 4
Q   Pablo Eisenberg
  Dick Sorlien
6 3 10 4 3   C Sanhueza
  M Taverne
2 4 3
  Milan Matouš
  Rolando del Bello
6 6 4 6   M Matouš
  R del Bello
6 6 6
  Eugenio Saller
  Armando Vieira
2 4 6 3

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Jaroslav Drobný
  Budge Patty
6 6 6
  Vanni Canepele
  Giuseppe Merlo
1 4 4 3   J Drobný
  J Patty
6 6 6
  Dennis Coombe
  Claude Lister
3 4 6 5 Q   C Bernstein
  D Paton
0 2 0
Q   Clive Bernstein
  Don Paton
6 6 4 7 3   J Drobný
  J Patty
6 6 6
  Ivo Rinkel
  Hans van Swol
  I Rinkel
  A van Swol
4 2 4
  Headley Baxter
  Fausto Gardini
w/o   I Rinkel
  A van Swol
6 6 6
  Salvador Soriano
  Heraldo Weiss
w/o   B Neal
  A Starte
2 4 2
  Bernard Neal
  Tony Starte
3   J Drobný
  J Patty
3 6 7 8 6
  Peter Cawthorn
  Don Tregonning
6 3 1 2   A Mottram
  G Paish
6 4 9 6 1
  Irvin Dorfman
  Grant Golden
4 6 6 6   I Dorfman
  G Golden
7 4 6 3
  Don Candy
  Mervyn Rose
0 6 3 4   A Mottram
  G Paish
9 6 3 6
  Tony Mottram
  Geoffrey Paish
6 3 6 6   A Mottram
  G Paish
6 6 6
Q   Billy Knight
  Bob Lee
6 15 2 6 6   W Garrett
  W Skonecki
2 2 4
  Phil Brophy
  Doug Scharenguivel
2 17 6 4 8   P Brophy
  D Scharenguivel
3 2 6 6
  Harry Likas
  Athol Tills
w/o   W Garrett
  W Skonecki
6 6 3 8
  Gene Garrett
  Władysław Skonecki

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Ernst Buchholz
  Horst Hermann
6 6 6
  Milan Branović
  Dragutin Mitić
4 3 2   E Buchholz
  H Hermann
7 6 6
  Colin Hannam
  John Horn
3 4 6 6 10   C Hannam
  J Horn
5 4 3
  Derek Bull
  Stan Clark
6 6 4 4 8   E Buchholz
  H Hermann
6 3 4 5
Q   Ip Koon Hung
  Edwin Tsai
6 6 6   I Ayre
  H Richardson
4 6 6 7
  David Anderton
  Jeffrey Michelmore
2 0 2   K-H Ip
  E Tsai
4 8 6 3 6
  Ian Ayre
  Ham Richardson
2 7 17 7   I Ayre
  H Richardson
6 6 3 6 8
  Freddie Huber
  Hans Redl
6 5 15 5   I Ayre
  H Richardson
6 6 5 2 1
  Steve Potts
  Gustav Specht
6 3 6 4 4   V Seixas
  E Sturgess
3 4 7 6 6
  Felicisimo Ampon
  Straight Clark
8 6 4 6   F Ampon
  S Clark
10 6 6
  Nigel Cockburn
  Leon Norgarb
6 6 5 6   N Cockburn
  L Norgarb
8 3 0
  Jean Moreau
  Jacques Peten
2 1 7 4   F Ampon
  S Clark
4 4 6 4
  Czesław Spychała
  Ignacy Tłoczyński
2 4 2 4   V Seixas
  E Sturgess
6 6 3 6
  Roger Becker
  Gerry Oakley
6 6 6   R Becker
  G Oakley
4 6 7
Q   Cliff Hovell
  Howard Walton
1 3 3 4   V Seixas
  E Sturgess
6 8 9
4   Vic Seixas
  Eric Sturgess
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Robert Haillet
  Jean-Claude Molinari
6 6 10
  Henri Paul Brechbuhl
  Jost Spitzer
2 2 8   R Haillet
  J-C Molinari
6 11 7 1 6
  Guy Jackson
  Cyril Kemp
6 6 8   G Jackson
  C Kemp
1 13 5 6 1
  José Agüero
  Pedro Guimarães
0 2 6   R Haillet
  J-C Molinari
2 2 2
  Enrique Morea
  Alejo Russell
6 6 6   E Morea
  A Russell
6 6 6
  Luis Ayala
  Ricardo Balbiers
1 4 4   E Morea
  A Russell
12 11 7 6
  Kurt Nielsen
  Torben Ulrich
6 6 6   K Nielsen
  T Ulrich
10 9 9 4
  Malcolm Gracie
  Ivor Warwick
4 4 4   E Morea
  A Russell
6 3 2 7 4
  Jaime Bartrolí
  Sakari Salo
6 5 3 6 1   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
4 6 6 5 6
  Henry Billington
  Don Butler
4 7 6 4 6   H Billington
  D Butler
3 1 2
  Ulf Schmidt
  Staffan Stockenberg
0 3 7 4   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
6 6 6
  Lew Hoad
  Ken Rosewall
6 6 5 6   L Hoad
  K Rosewall
6 8 1 3 7
  Jean Borotra
  Bernard Destremau
6 6 4 6 2   G Mulloy
  R Savitt
4 6 6 6 5
  Cecil Irvine
  Basil Katz
4 3 6 3   J Borotra
  B Destremau
3 5 7 1
  Trevor Fancutt
  Owen Williams
3 4 3 2   G Mulloy
  R Savitt
6 7 5 6
2   Gardnar Mulloy
  Dick Savitt
6 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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