1947 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1947 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Jack Kramer
Runner-up	Tom Brown
Score	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (10Q)
Seeds	8
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Jack Kramer defeated Brown in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] Yvon Petra was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tom Brown.

Champion

Jack Kramer

Runner-up

Tom Brown

Score6–1, 6–3, 6–2

Draw128 (10)

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Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

	Budge Patty	3	6	7	6	6

6	Jaroslav Drobný	6	4	9	2	3
								Budge Patty	3	3	3

							3	Tom Brown	6	6	6
3	Tom Brown	7	6	6

7	Yvon Petra	5	2	4
													3	Tom Brown	1	3	2

													1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6
8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	3	0	2

4	Dinny Pails	4	4	6	6	6
							4	Dinny Pails	1	6	1	0

							1	Jack Kramer	6	3	6	6
5	Geoff Brown	0	1	3

1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

2	John Bromwich	6	6	6
	Jost Spitzer	1	2	4			2	J Bromwich	6	6	11
	Lennart Bergelin	6	6	6				L Bergelin	0	4	9
	Dick Guise	2	3	1										2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
	Paddy Roberts	1	1	4											B Destremau	1	1	1
	Bernard Destremau	6	6	6				B Destremau	4	6	4	6	6
Q	Tony Starte	5	3	4				C Kemp	6	3	6	3	4
	Cyril Kemp	7	6	6																2	J Bromwich	4	6	4	6	4
	Budge Patty	4	6	3	6	6															J Patty	6	0	6	1	6
	Bill Sidwell	6	3	6	2	3		J Patty	7	1	6	5	6
	Atri Madan Mohan	6	6	6				AM Mohan	5	6	2	7	3
Q	Dick Sandys	2	4	3											J Patty	6	6	3	6
	Nils-Erik Hessen	2	4	2											D Barton	3	4	6	1
	Derrick Barton	6	6	6				D Barton	3	6	6	6
	Gordon Fitt	4	5	3				H Billington	6	2	2	1
	Henry Billington	6	7	6

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

6	Jaroslav Drobný	7	7	6
	Pancho Segura	5	5	3			6	J Drobný	6	6	6
	Jimmay Mehta	6	3	3	9	6		J Mehta	2	1	2
	Jacques Sanglier	1	6	6	7	3							6	J Drobný	6	6	6
	Cam Malfroy	1	6	1										W Skonecki	3	1	3
	Yehuda Finkelkraut	6	8	6				Y Finkelkraut	0	4	3
	Tibor Frigyesy	6	3	4	3			W Skonecki	6	6	6
	Władysław Skonecki	4	6	6	6														6	J Drobný
Q	Warwick Shute	3	7	0																E Morea	w/o
	Jacques Peten	6	9	6				J Peten	6	6	6	6
Q	Geoff Emmett	2	2	1				A Najar	8	1	2	2
	Andre Najar	6	6	6										J Peten	6	2	3	3
	Luis Carles	4	0	3										E Morea	1	6	6	6
	Ron McKenzie	6	6	6				R McKenzie	6	3	4	4
	Enrique Morea	6	6	6	9			E Morea	2	6	6	6
	Marcello del Bello	3	2	8	7

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	Tom Brown	7	5	6	2	8
	Eric Sturgess	5	7	2	6	6	3	T Brown	6	6	6
	Peter Hare	11	8	2	3			C Grandet	3	4	4
	Christian Grandet	13	6	6	6									3	T Brown	6	6	10	6
Q	Roy Mansell	3	6	2											H Baxter	2	2	12	4
	Ivo Rinkel	6	8	6				I Rinkel	6	2	6	1
	Cliff Hovell	7	3	6	3	4		H Baxter	3	6	8	6
	Headley Baxter	5	6	3	6	6														3	T Brown	3	13	3	6	6
	Vinny Rurac	6	6	6																	C Long	6	11	6	1	0
LL	David Mockridge	0	1	4				V Rurac	7	3	7	4	6
	Jack Moore	3	0	1				I Tłoczyński	5	6	5	6	4
	Ignacy Tłoczyński	6	6	6											V Rurac	3	2	3
	Jacques Brichant	1	1	2											C Long	6	6	6
	Jack Harper	6	6	6				J Harper	2	2	4
	Colin Long	6	6	6				C Long	6	6	6
	Bjørn Hansen	1	1	0

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

7	Yvon Petra	6	7	6
	Don Butler	2	5	0			7	Y Petra	6	6	6
	Howard Walton	6	6	5	8			H Walton	2	2	2
	John Comery	2	3	7	6									7	Y Petra	6	6	6
Q	Gerry Oakley	2	3	0											D Bose	3	4	3
	Dilip Bose	6	6	6				D Bose	2	6	6	3	6
Q	John Griffith	4	3	4				J Van den Eynde	6	1	4	6	4
	Jack Van den Eynde	6	6	6																	7	Y Petra	6	6	4	6
	Jeff Robson	6	6	1	6																	J Robson	2	3	6	3
	Arnold England	3	2	6	0			J Robson	7	2	4	6	13
	Jack Piercy	6	5	6	6			J Piercy	5	6	6	3	11
	Bob Tinkler	1	7	3	3										J Robson	6	2	6	6	10
	George Godsell	4	5	6	7	4									C Jones	4	6	8	4	8
	Edgar Büchi	6	7	4	5	6		E Büchi	6	3	2	3
	Jimmy Jones	6	7	6				C Jones	4	6	6	6
	Francis Wallis	3	5	4

1947 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

LL	John Archer	6	0	3	4
	Hans Redl	4	6	6	6			H Redl	6	2	6	6
	Max Ellmer	5	8	8	6			M Ellmer	2	6	3	4
	Jack Crawford	7	6	6	0									H Redl	1	6	7	0	6
	John Barry	0	4	8	6	6								D Slack	6	3	5	6	3
	Geoffrey Paish	6	6	6	4	4		J Barry	5	2	5
	Douglas Snart	6	2	9	3			D Slack	7	6	7
	Dennis Slack	4	6	11	6																H Redl	3	3	4
	Finn Rune Karlsen	6	1	2	3															8	R Falkenburg	6	6	6
	Józef Hebda	4	6	6	6			J Hebda	6	3	3	2
	Claude Lister	6	6	7				C Lister	1	6	6	6
	Mordechai Apel	4	3	5										C Lister	5	3	1
	Roland Carter	6	9	4	4	8							8	R Falkenburg	7	6	6
	Cristea Caralulis	3	7	6	6	6		R Carter	2	1	5
	Philippe Washer	2	2	2			8	R Falkenburg	6	6	7
8	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

	Alan Coldham	2	2	4
	Iftikar Ahmed	6	6	6				I Ahmed	6	6	6
	Jeffrey Michelmore	6	6	6	3	6		J Michelmore	0	1	3
	Raymond Egan	8	0	2	6	1								I Ahmed	7	4	9	6	4
	Géza Erős	0	3	2										R Abdesselam	9	6	7	4	6
	Eustace Fannin	6	6	6				E Fannin	9	3	6	4
	Derrick Leyland	4	3	4				R Abdesselam	11	6	2	6
	Robert Abdesselam	6	6	6																	R Abdesselam	2	1	4
	András Ádám-Stolpa	6	6	6																4	D Pails	6	6	6
Q	Ron Reeve	2	2	2				A Ádám-Stolpa	4	5	1
	Herman David	6	6	2	3			S Misra	6	7	6
	Sumant Misra	4	8	6	6									S Misra	4	3	2
	Jan Staubo	6	7	6									4	D Pails	6	6	6
	Guy Cooper	2	5	2				J Staubo	2	1	1
	Leslie Cater	1	0	1			4	D Pails	6	6	6
4	Dinny Pails	6	6	6

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

	Stephen Nimr	2	2	0
	Choy Wai-Chuen	6	6	6			W-C Choy	3	6	6	4	3
Q	Guy Jackson	6	6	3	6		M Deloford	6	3	4	6	6
	Murray Deloford	8	1	6	8									M Deloford	6	7	3	3
	Norman Farquharson	6	5	5										P Pellizza	4	9	6	6
	Tony Mottram	8	7	7			A Mottram	5	3	10	4
	Pierre Pellizza	6	6	6			P Pellizza	7	6	8	6
	Derek Bull	2	1	0																P Pellizza	3	2	6	3
	Tim Lewis	3	3	6	1														5	G Brown	6	6	1	6
	Erik Bjerre	6	6	4	6		E Bjerre	6	4	1^r
	Bobby Meredith	4	8	7	6		G Meredith	2	6	3
	Ernest Wittmann	6	6	5	4									G Meredith	2	1	3
	Alexandru Hamburger	1	2	5									5	G Brown	6	6	6
	Vladimír Černík	6	6	7			V Černík	4	6	1	6	1
	Bill Robertson	1	0	3		5	G Brown	6	2	6	4	6
5	Geoff Brown	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Pierre Geelhand de Merxem	6	6	8	6
	Edmund David	1	3	10	4			P Geelhand de Merxem	0	0	0
	Brian Royds	0	0	0				T Johansson	6	6	6
	Torsten Johansson	6	6	6										T Johansson	8	5	6	6
	József Asbóth	7	6	6	5	6								J Asbóth	6	7	2	2
	Hans van Swol	9	4	3	7	1		J Asbóth	6	6	6
	Ghaus Mohammad Khan	6	6	6				G Mohammad Khan	3	2	4
	Gwyn Tuckett	2	2	3																T Johansson	5	2	3
LL	José Luis Morea	7	3	6	2														1	J Kramer	7	6	6
	Owen Bold	9	6	2	6			O Bold	0	4	8	3
	Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6				G Cucelli	6	6	6	6
	Norman Kitovitz	3	4	1										G Cucelli	0	2	0
	John Drinkall	5	0	4									1	J Kramer	6	6	6
	Czesław Spychała	7	6	6				C Spychała	2	2	2
Q	Bill Moss	0	1	0			1	J Kramer	6	6	6
1	Jack Kramer	6	6	6