1937 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1937 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Don Budge
Runner-up	Gottfried von Cramm
Score	6â3, 6â4, 6â2
Details
Draw	128 (10Q)
Seeds	8
Events
	â 1936 Â· Wimbledon Championships Â· 1938 â

Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm in the final, 6â3, 6â4, 6â2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Fred Perry was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1936 season.

Champion

Don Budge

Runner-up

Gottfried von Cramm

Score6â3, 6â4, 6â2

Draw128 (10)

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Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

2	Gottfried von Cramm	6	8	3	2	6

	Jack Crawford	3	6	6	6	2
							2	Gottfried von Cramm	8	6	12	6

							4	Bunny Austin	6	3	14	1
4	Bunny Austin	6	7	6

5	Bryan Grant	1	5	4
													2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	4	2

													1	Don Budge	6	6	6
8	Frank Parker	6	7	4	4	6

3	Henner Henkel	3	5	6	6	2
							8	Frank Parker	6	4	4	1

							1	Don Budge	2	6	6	6
7	Vivian McGrath	3	1	4

1	Don Budge	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

2	Gottfried von Cramm	3	6	6	6
	Jack Lysaght	6	1	2	0		2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
LL	Raymond Fontes	2	1	1				R Tuckey	2	0	4
	Raymond Tuckey	6	6	6										2	G von Cramm	6	6	3	6
	Tod Hughan	4	4	2											J Yamagishi	4	4	6	4
	Herman David	6	6	6				H David	1	4	3
	Jiro Yamagishi	6	6	6				J Yamagishi	6	6	6
Q	Edward Hansom	0	0	0																2	G von Cramm	6	6	6
	Frank Wilde	6	5	6	0	7															G Mako	0	2	3
	Yvon Petra	3	7	4	6	5		F Wilde	4	6	2	6	3
	Bob Mulliken	3	2	3				S-K Kho	6	4	6	3	6
	Kho Sin-Kie	6	6	6											S-K Kho	6	1	2	4
	Jacques Jamain	4	7	3	3										G Mako	3	6	6	6
	Gene Mako	6	5	6	6			G Mako	6	6	6
	LÃ©opold de Borman	6	4	1				H Fisher	1	2	1
	Hector Fisher	8	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

6	Roderich Menzel	4	9	6	3	4
	Jack Crawford	6	7	4	6	6		J Crawford	6	8	6
	Buster Andrews	6	6	6				E Andrews	4	6	1
	Fritz Jenssen	1	2	1											J Crawford	6	6	10
	Hal Surface	6	6	6											F KukuljeviÄ	3	2	8
	Stig MÃ¥rtensson	0	2	1				H Surface	7	3	6	3	7
	Franjo KukuljeviÄ	6	6	6				F KukuljeviÄ	5	6	2	6	9
	Harold Hare	2	2	2																	J Crawford	6	6	8
	Laurie Shaffi	6	6	12																	L Shaffi	4	3	6
	Lawrence Hall	3	4	10				L Shaffi	6	6	8	6
	Arnold England	8	3	3			Q	D Bull	4	4	10	3
Q	Derek Bull	10	6	6											L Shaffi	2	6	7	6
	Jack Van den Eynde	4	6	6	6										J Van den Eynde	6	2	5	4
	Henry Purcell	6	3	4	2			J Van den Eynde	7	6	6
	Giorgio de Stefani	1	6	5	4			C Eedes	5	4	3
	Colin Eedes	6	2	7	6

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

4	Bunny Austin	3	8	6	6
	George Lyttleton-Rogers	6	6	1	2	4	H Austin	6	6	6
	Wayne Sabin	6	6	6			W Sabin	2	3	0
	Dickie Ritchie	4	3	4								4	H Austin	6	4	6	8
	John Bromwich	6	10	6									J Bromwich	2	6	0	6
	John Comery	3	8	1			J Bromwich	7	2	6	6
	Georgios Nikolaides	0	9	5			V Kirby	5	6	4	3
	Vernon Kirby	6	11	7														4	H Austin	6	7	6
	Gerry France	6	6	6															A Lacroix	4	5	2
LL	JR Fawcus	4	1	4			G France	3	2	3
Q	Maurice Lucking	5	3	3			H Lee	6	6	6
	Harry Lee	7	6	6									H Lee	6	4	2	4
	Alan Coldham	6	6	6	6								A Lacroix	4	6	6	6
LL	HFC Horne	8	4	3	3		A Coldham	2	5	4
	AndrÃ© Lacroix	6	7	6			A Lacroix	6	7	6
Q	Jimmy Reddall	2	5	3

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

5	Bryan Grant	6	6	7
Q	Jimmy Hunt	3	4	5		5	B Grant	6	3	6	6
	Roland Morton	6	6	6			R Morton	2	6	3	0
LL	Harry Rothwell	3	2	4									5	B Grant	6	6	2	6
	Dennis Cook	2	5	2										E Avory	3	4	6	2
	Norman Taylor	6	7	6			N Taylor	3	6	4	7	5
	Ted Avory	3	6	6	7		E Avory	6	4	6	5	7
	John Collins	6	4	2	5														5	B Grant	6	6	6	6	6
	Richard Turnbull	4	1	2																A Stedman	4	8	1	4
	Marcel Bernard	6	6	6			M Bernard	3	6	0	6	6
	Donald MacPhail	6	6	6			D MacPhail	6	2	6	1	4
	Vladimir Landau	4	1	1										M Bernard	4	2	3
	Alan Stedman	6	6	6										A Stedman	6	6	6
	Alan Brown	1	3	3			A Stedman	6	6	0
	Pat Sherwood	8	3	3	5		N Sharpe	4	4	0^r
	Nigel Sharpe	6	6	6	7

1937 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

Q	Malcolm Young	4	3	3
	Guy Cooper	6	6	6				G Cooper	1	2	4
	(No citizenship) Daniel Prenn	7	6	6				(No citizenship) D Prenn	6	6	6
	Bill Robertson	5	1	2											(No citizenship) D Prenn	6	6	6
	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	6											G Godsell	4	1	2
	Henry Weatherall	4	1	0				P Geelhand de Merxem	7	3	4	2
	George Godsell	6	6	6				G Godsell	5	6	6	6
	Ronnie Boone	3	2	2																	(No citizenship) D Prenn	4	5	2
	Murray Deloford	11	6	6	4	7														8	F Parker	6	7	6
	Gwyn Tuckett	13	0	3	6	5		M Deloford	6	3	6	5	6
	John Anderson	10	6	0	2		Q	H Mackinnon	2	6	2	7	3
Q	Hugh Mackinnon	12	1	6	6										M Deloford	0	1	7	6
	Leonard King	5	1	4										8	F Parker	6	6	5	8
	Jacques Brugnon	7	6	6				J Brugnon	0	3	1
	Ho Jin	1	1	3			8	F Parker	6	6	6
8	Frank Parker	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

	Georg von Metaxa	0	6	6	0	3
	Charles Hare	6	4	3	6	6		C Hare	2	6	7	6
	Laddie Wheatcroft	0	3	6	3			H Billington	6	2	5	4
	Henry Billington	6	6	1	6										C Hare	6	6	10
	Brian Sturgeon	6	3	4	2									LL	E Fannin	0	1	8
	Cliff Sproule	2	6	6	6			C Sproule	5	6	6	6	0
Q	Stan Clark	6	1	4	2		LL	E Fannin	7	3	1	8	6
LL	Eustace Fannin	2	6	6	6															C Hare	4	6	6	2	3
	Boris Maneff	3	3	2															3	H Henkel	6	3	3	6	6
	Franjo PunÄec	6	6	6				F PunÄec	10	6	6
	Karl SchrÃ¶der	6	6	6				K SchrÃ¶der	8	2	3
Q	Edwin Barlow	2	0	3											F PunÄec	2	2	1
	Georges Zarifi	3	6	4	5									3	H Henkel	6	6	6
	Bob Tinkler	6	2	6	7			R Tinkler	6	5	6	0	3
	Leslie Newman	1	0	3			3	H Henkel	2	7	3	6	6
3	Henner Henkel	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

Q	Bert Whitney	5	4	0
	Choy Wai-Chuen	7	6	6				W-C Choy	3	6	7	5	1
	Ronnie Shayes	1	6	6	6			R Shayes	6	1	5	7	6
	George McVeagh	6	3	1	4										R Shayes	6	10	6	6
	Jack Harrison	4	4	9											F Nakano	8	8	3	1
	Ferruccio Quintavalle	6	6	11				F Quintavalle	1	3	6	4
	Charles Harris	6	2	2	6	4		F Nakano	6	6	4	6
	Fumiteru Nakano	3	6	6	2	6															R Shayes	2	1	3
	Edmund David	7	6	4	4	10														7	V McGrath	6	6	6
	Ian Collins	5	3	6	6	8		E David	1	1	5
	Josip Palada	2	2	6	6	6		J Palada	6	6	7
	John Olliff	6	6	4	0	2									J Palada	6	3	5	2
	Paul Partridge	1	2	8										7	V McGrath	4	6	7	6
	Dennis Coombe	6	6	10				D Coombe	3	3	7	2
	Max Ellmer	6	4	4	7		7	V McGrath	6	6	5	6
7	Vivian McGrath	0	6	6	9

First round						Second round						Third round					Fourth round

	Ladislav Hecht	6	6	7
	Eric Filby	4	1	5			L Hecht	6	6	9
	Helge Plougmann	2	2	6	3		C Lister	1	0	7
	Claude Lister	6	6	4	6								L Hecht	8	6	6
	Don Butler	6	5	6	6								C Jones	6	4	3
	Eric Peters	3	7	2	2		D Butler	3	6	3	3
	Henry Burrows	3	4	4			C Jones	6	4	6	6
	Jimmy Jones	6	6	6														L Hecht	4	2	2
	Colin Ritchie	1	2	7	3												1	D Budge	6	6	6
	Christian Boussus	6	6	5	6		C Boussus	6	6	6
	Bobby Meredith	4	2	2			A van Swol	2	1	2
	Hans van Swol	6	6	6									C Boussus	1	4	2
	Cecil Betts	0	2	6								1	D Budge	6	6	6
	Pat Hughes	6	6	8			P Hughes	2	2	2
	Norman Farquharson	3	2	1		1	D Budge	6	6	6
1	Don Budge	6	6	6