Budge Patty

Budge Patty

Budge Patty in 1958
Full name	John Edward Patty
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1924-02-11) February 11, 1924 Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Turned pro	1940 (amateur tour)
Retired	1960
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1977 (member page)
Singles
Career record	378–107
Career titles	46
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1950, John Olliff)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	W (1950)
Wimbledon	W (1950)
US Open	QF (1951, 1953, 1957)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	W (1957)
US Open	F (1957)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1946)

John "Budge" Edward Patty (born February 11, 1924) is a former World No. 1 American tennis player.

Biography

Patty was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.

In 1950, he won the men's singles title at the French Championships defeating Egypt's Jaroslav Drobný in a five-set match. A few weeks later he also won the Wimbledon Championships in a four-set victory over Australian Frank Sedgman. Only two other American male players have achieved this double victory: Don Budge in 1938 and Tony Trabert in 1955.

Patty was ranked World No. 1 in 1950 by John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph.

He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.

Patty attended Los Angeles High School. He now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, with his wife, Marcina.

Grand Slam record

• French Championships
  • Singles champion: 1950
  • Singles runner-up: 1949
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 1946
• Wimbledon
  • Singles champion: 1950
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1957
• U.S. Championships
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1957

Grand Slams finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1949	French Championships	Frank Parker	3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	1950	French Championships	Jaroslav Drobný	6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	1950	Wimbledon Championships	Frank Sedgman	6–1, 8–10, 6–2, 6–3

Performance timeline

Tournament	1941	1942-1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
French	A	A	QF	4R	SF	F	W	4R	QF	4R	SF	QF	4R	4R	4R	3R	2R
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	SF	QF	3R	W	2R	4R	3R	SF	SF	2R	4R	4R	1R	1R
U.S.	2R	A	4R	A	3R	A	1R	QF	A	QF	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	A

Publications

• Patty, Edward John (1951). Tennis my way by Budge Patty. New York: Hutchinson’s Library of Sports and Pastimes. LCCN 51008955.

External links

• Budge Patty at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Budge Patty at the Davis Cup