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1950 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1950 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia John Bromwich
Australia Adrian Quist
Runners-upAustralia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell
Score7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1949 · Wimbledon Championships · 1951 →

Pancho Gonzales and Frank Parker were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.

John Bromwich and Adrian Quist defeated Geoff Brown and Bill Sidwell in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1950 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Seeds

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01.   United States Gardnar Mulloy / United States Bill Talbert (third round)
02.   Australia John Bromwich / Australia Adrian Quist (champions)
03.   Egypt Jaroslav Drobný / South Africa Eric Sturgess (semifinals)
04.   Australia Geoff Brown / Australia Bill Sidwell (final)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
2 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Adrian Quist
6 6 6
Australia Mervyn Rose
Australia George Worthington
4 2 4
2 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Adrian Quist
6 3 6 6
3 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
South Africa Eric Sturgess
4 6 3 4
3 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
South Africa Eric Sturgess
6 6 6
Belgium Jacques Brichant
Belgium Philippe Washer
2 2 4
2 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Adrian Quist
7 3 6 3 6
4 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell
5 6 4 6 2
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Černík
Czechoslovakia Milan Matouš
5 2 1
4 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell
7 6 6
4 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell
6 6 6
United States Budge Patty
United States Tony Trabert
4 4 3
United States Budge Patty
United States Tony Trabert
6 31 7 6
Australia Ken McGregor
Australia Frank Sedgman
4 29 9 2

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
2 Australia John Bromwich
Australia Adrian Quist
6 6 6
Q Dominion of Ceylon Doug Scharenguivel
United Kingdom Tony Starte
0 0 2 2 Australia J Bromwich
Australia A Quist
6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Ralph Nichols
United Kingdom Bert Whitney
4 3 6 3 United Kingdom P Anderson
United Kingdom R Guise
3 4 1
United Kingdom Peter Anderson
United Kingdom Dick Guise
6 6 3 6 2 Australia J Bromwich
Australia A Quist
6 6 6
Republic of Ireland Cyril Kemp
Republic of Ireland George McVeagh
2 3 3 Sweden T Johansson
Argentina E Morea
2 2 2
Sweden Torsten Johansson
Argentina Enrique Morea
6 6 6 Sweden T Johansson
Argentina E Morea
11 4 6 6
Netherlands Ivo Rinkel
Netherlands Hans van Swol
6 6 6 Netherlands I Rinkel
Netherlands A van Swol
9 6 4 4
Poland Czesław Spychała
Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński
0 2 2 2 Australia J Bromwich
Australia A Quist
6 6 6
United States Fred Kovaleski
United States Vic Seixas
3 4 6 Australia M Rose
Australia G Worthington
4 2 4
Australia Mervyn Rose
Australia George Worthington
6 6 8 Australia M Rose
Australia G Worthington
6 6 6
United Kingdom Derek Bull
United Kingdom Stan Clark
1 8 5 2 United Kingdom G Oakley
India S Sawhney
2 2 4
United Kingdom Gerry Oakley
India Subba Sawhney
6 6 7 6 Australia M Rose
Australia G Worthington
6 6 7
France Jean Borotra
France Bernard Destremau
France J Borotra
France B Destremau
3 2 5
India Dilip Bose
India Sumant Misra
w/o France J Borotra
France B Destremau
6 3 9 6
United Kingdom Freddie Della Porta
United Kingdom Harley Watkins
1 7 6 5 3 Austria A Huber
Austria H Redl
3 6 7 4
Austria Freddie Huber
Austria Hans Redl
6 5 4 7 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
South Africa Eric Sturgess
6 6 6
United Kingdom Roland Carter
United Kingdom Eric Filby
0 2 2 3 Egypt J Drobný
South Africa E Sturgess
6 6 6
Netherlands John Linck
Australia Peter Molloy
6 6 9 9 Netherlands J Linck
Australia P Molloy
0 2 3
Egypt Marcel Coen
France Christian Grandet
2 3 11 7 3 Egypt J Drobný
South Africa E Sturgess
6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Tony Dawes
United Kingdom Noel Rowland
3 3 2 Norway J Haanes
Norway N-E Hessen
1 3 3
France Philippe Chatrier
France Jean-Claude Molinari
6 6 6 France P Chatrier
France J-C Molinari
7 7 2 6
Norway Johan Haanes
Norway Nils-Erik Hessen
3 6 6 6 Norway J Haanes
Norway N-E Hessen
5 9 6 8
United Kingdom Derrick Lester
United Kingdom Bobby Thorn
6 2 0 4 3 Egypt J Drobný
South Africa E Sturgess
6 6 6
Belgium Jacques Brichant
Belgium Philippe Washer
6 7 4 6 Belgium J Brichant
Belgium P Washer
2 2 4
United Kingdom Henry Billington
United Kingdom Don Butler
4 5 6 4 Belgium J Brichant
Belgium P Washer
10 7 4 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada
4 3 6 Italy G Caccia
Italy R del Bello
8 9 6 1 4
Italy Giulio Caccia
Italy Rolando del Bello
6 6 8 Belgium J Brichant
Belgium P Washer
6 6 6
New Zealand Dennis Coombe
United Kingdom Claude Lister
6 6 3 6 Philippines R Deyro
Australia J Harper
3 4 4
France Alain Lemyze
France Francis Nys
2 1 6 4 New Zealand D Coombe
United Kingdom C Lister
2 3 4
Philippines Raymundo Deyro
Australia Jack Harper
6 6 6 Philippines R Deyro
Australia J Harper
6 6 6
United Kingdom Headley Baxter
United Kingdom Eddie Ford
3 4 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom GI Bayley
United Kingdom Guy Cooper
0 3 7 3
Republic of Ireland Matthew Murphy
Argentina Heraldo Weiss
6 6 5 6 Republic of Ireland M Murphy
Argentina H Weiss
6 6 3 6 7
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Černík
Czechoslovakia Milan Matouš
Czechoslovakia V Černík
Czechoslovakia M Matouš
8 4 6 1 9
United States Gene Garrett
Australia Harry Hopman
w/o Czechoslovakia V Černík
Czechoslovakia M Matouš
6 2 6 6
United Kingdom Cliff Hovell
United Kingdom Jimmy Jones
6 8 6 10 6 United Kingdom C Hovell
United Kingdom C Jones
1 6 4 4
Q United Kingdom Laurie Proctor
United Kingdom John White
2 10 3 12 3 United Kingdom C Hovell
United Kingdom C Jones
6 6 10 6
United Kingdom Bobby Meredith
United Kingdom Douglas Snart
9 6 3 8 2 South Africa D Lurie
South Africa B Rooke
3 4 12 4
South Africa David Lurie
South Africa Brian Rooke
11 1 6 6 6 Czechoslovakia V Černík
Czechoslovakia M Matouš
5 2 1
United Kingdom Tony Mottram
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
6 6 6 4 Australia G Brown
Australia W Sidwell
7 6 6
Republic of Ireland Raymond Egan
Republic of Ireland Joe Hackett
1 1 1 United Kingdom A Mottram
United Kingdom G Paish
9 3 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Branović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petko Milojković
w/o Sweden L Bergelin
Sweden S Davidson
11 6 6
Sweden Lennart Bergelin
Sweden Sven Davidson
Sweden L Bergelin
Sweden S Davidson
6 3 6 11
Belgium Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Belgium Jacques Peten
1 1 4 4 Australia G Brown
Australia W Sidwell
4 6 8 13
India Naresh Kumar
India Narendra Nath
6 6 6 India N Kumar
India N Nath
5 3 2
Egypt Adli El Shafei
Egypt Mahmoud Talaat
0 0 1 4 Australia G Brown
Australia W Sidwell
7 6 6
4 Australia Geoff Brown
Australia Bill Sidwell
6 6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
United Kingdom John Barrett
United Kingdom John Horn
4 4 6
United States Budge Patty
United States Tony Trabert
6 6 8 United States J Patty
United States A Trabert
6 6 6
Denmark Kurt Nielsen
Denmark Torben Ulrich
4 2 6 7 United Kingdom L Cater
United Kingdom F Wallis
3 4 4
United Kingdom Leslie Cater
United Kingdom Francis Wallis
6 6 3 9 United States J Patty
United States A Trabert
6 6 6
Netherlands Hubert Wilton
Netherlands Boebi van Meegeren
7 3 5 6 United Kingdom P Hare
United Kingdom H Walton
4 2 2
France Jean Ducos de la Haille
France Robert Haillet
5 6 7 8 France J Ducos de la Haille
France R Haillet
6 4 2 1
Q United Kingdom John Fulton
United Kingdom John Rutherglen
4 2 3 United Kingdom P Hare
United Kingdom H Walton
4 6 6 6
United Kingdom Peter Hare
United Kingdom Howard Walton
6 6 6 United States J Patty
United States A Trabert
6 31 7 6
United Kingdom George Godsell
United Kingdom Ted Tinling
2 1 2 Australia K McGregor
Australia F Sedgman
4 29 9 2
Philippines Felicisimo Ampon
Philippines Cesar Carmona
6 6 6 Philippines F Ampon
Philippines C Carmona
2 6 4
Australia Ken McGregor
Australia Frank Sedgman
7 6 9 Australia K McGregor
Australia F Sedgman
6 8 6
United Kingdom Edmund David
United Kingdom Herman David
5 0 7 Australia K McGregor
Australia F Sedgman
8 8 8 10
Italy Vanni Canepele
Italy Giuliano Scribani
0 6 7 0 1 United States G Mulloy
United States W Talbert
6 6 10 8
United States Irvin Dorfman
United States Art Larsen
6 4 9 6 United States I Dorfman
United States A Larsen
4 6 3 4
France Guy Delhomme
France Jacques Sanglier
1 1 0 1 United States G Mulloy
United States W Talbert
6 3 6 6
1 United States Gardnar Mulloy
United States Bill Talbert
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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