1948 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Bob Falkenburg defeated John Bromwich in the final 7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships. He saved three championship points en route to the title, in the final set.

Men's singles
1948 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Bob Falkenburg
Runner-up	John Bromwich
Score	7–5, 0–6, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1948 Wimbledon Championships

Jack Kramer was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1947 season.

Seeds

01.   Frank Parker (fourth round)

02.   John Bromwich (final)

03.   Gardnar Mulloy (semifinals)

04.   Tom Brown (quarterfinals)

05.   Jaroslav Drobný (second round)

06.   Budge Patty (quarterfinals)

07.   Bob Falkenburg (champion)

08.   Eric Sturgess (fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	2	John Bromwich	6	7	6
	6	Budge Patty	4	5	1
										2	John Bromwich	6	14	6
											József Asbóth	3	12	2
	4	Tom Brown	6	3	6	1	1
		József Asbóth	4	6	4	6	6
																			2	John Bromwich	5	6	2	6	5
																			7	Bob Falkenburg	7	0	6	3	7
		Tony Mottram	2	6	5	1
	3	Gardnar Mulloy	6	1	7	6
										3	Gardnar Mulloy	4	4	6
										7	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	8
	7	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	3	6
		Lennart Bergelin	4	2	6	4

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	2	John Bromwich	6	6	8
		Jack Van den Eynde	2	4	6					2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
		Zoltán Katona	6	6	2	2	2				G Jackson	0	0	2
		Guy Jackson	4	4	6	6	6												2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
		Douglas Snart	3	6	6	6														V Černík	4	1	2
	Q	Clive Bernstein	6	1	1	3					D Snart	5	4	2
		Ferruccio Quintavalle	2	1	2						V Černík	7	6	6
		Vladimír Černík	6	6	6																							2	J Bromwich	6	6	6
		Hans van Swol	9	6	3	2	6																						A van Swol	4	3	4
		Czesław Spychała	7	3	6	6	2				A van Swol	8	6	7
		Jaime Bartrolí	1	0	1						F Ampon	6	2	5
		Felicisimo Ampon	6	6	6															A van Swol	8	1	6	6
		Francis Wallis	6	2	3															N Nath	6	6	3	1
		Roland Carter	8	6	6						R Carter	1	1	1
		Narendra Nath	6	6	6						N Nath	6	6	6
		Andre Najar	4	2	1

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	6	Budge Patty	6	6	7
		Torben Ulrich	4	4	5					6	J Patty	6	6	6
		Ellsworth Donnell	6	6	0	3					R Abdesselam	1	1	1
		Robert Abdesselam	4	8	6	6													6	J Patty	6	0
	LL	Tim Miles	5	2	3															F Punčec	3	0r
		Carlo Sada	7	6	6						C Sada	6	2	3	2
		Bill Robertson	6	3	2						F Punčec	2	6	6	6
		Franjo Punčec	8	6	6																							6	J Patty	6	6	8
		Headley Baxter	6	6	4	6																							G Meredith	3	3	6
		Edgar Büchi	4	0	6	2					H Baxter	6	2	4	3
		Bill Moss	7	1	2						J Jones	3	6	6	6
		Jimmy Jones	9	6	6															J Jones	6	3	6	5	5
		Jean Ducos de la Haille	6	5	6	0	4													G Meredith	4	6	3	7	7
		Bobby Meredith	1	7	3	6	6				G Meredith	7	6	6
	Q	Jack Morison	9	2	1	1					C Jones	5	3	1
	Q	Charles Jones	7	6	6	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	4	Tom Brown	5	6	4	6	9
		Don Butler	7	1	6	2	7			4	T Brown	6	6	7
		Howard Walton	6	7	6						H Walton	2	2	5
		Joe MacHale	4	5	1														4	T Brown	6	3	6	6
		Renato Bossi	6	2	6															B Fornstedt	4	6	3	2
		Borje Fornstedt	8	6	8						B Fornstedt	6	6	6
		Paddy Roberts	11	7	4	6	8				A Roberts	2	4	2
		John Spence	9	5	6	8	6																					4	T Brown	4	8	6	6
		Claude Lister	0	1	4																								D Bose	6	6	4	4
		Dilip Bose	6	6	6						D Bose	6	0	3	8	8
		Harry Hopman	6	5	6	6					H Hopman	4	6	6	6	6
		William Young	4	7	4	3														D Bose	6	6	6
		Arnold England	0	1	1															H Billington	3	3	1
		Henry Billington	6	6	6						H Billington	7	6	2	6
		Roy Mansell	4	7	4	3					J Moore	5	1	6	3
		Jack Moore	6	5	6	6

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	Eric Sturgess	6	6	6
		Boebi van Meegeren	2	0	3					8	E Sturgess	6	7	6
		Jacques Peten	6	6	8						J Peten	4	5	2
		Khusru Madan	3	4	6														8	E Sturgess	7	6	5	6
		Eddie Mandelbaum	3	1	3															E Morea	5	4	7	2
		Enrique Morea	6	6	6						E Morea	6	5	6	6
		Ernest Wittmann	4	6	4	3					C Grandet	2	7	4	3
		Christian Grandet	6	1	6	6																						8	E Sturgess	6	7	5	6	1
		John Comery	3	0	2																								J Asbóth	2	9	7	2	6
		József Asbóth	6	6	6						J Asbóth	7	6	6
		Johan Haanes	6	6	6						J Haanes	5	4	1
		Tim Lewis	4	1	2															J Asbóth	6	6	6
	Q	Tony Starte	4	3	1															J Palada	3	4	4
		Edmund David	6	6	6						E David	4	0	2
		Josip Palada	6	6	6						J Palada	6	6	6
		Doug Scharenguivel	3	2	4

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Q	Rusty Mayers	6	6	8
		Matthew Murphy	4	1	6					Q	R Mayers	6	5	2	7	6
		Guy Cooper	4	3	1						D Bull	4	7	6	5	4
		Derek Bull	6	6	6														Q	R Mayers	4	2	4
		Ron Reeve	6	6	6															P Washer	6	6	6
		Géza Erős	4	4	3						R Reeve	1	1	1
		Ahmed-Hasan Khokhar	0	0	2						P Washer	6	6	6
		Philippe Washer	6	6	6																								P Washer	8	1	5
		Tony Mottram	6	6	6																								A Mottram	10	6	7
		Norman Kitovitz	1	4	2						A Mottram	6	6	6
		Kurt Nielsen	2	6	6	6					K Nielsen	2	4	1
		Franjo Kukuljević	6	3	3	2														A Mottram	6	6	10	9	6
		Giovanni Cucelli	6	6	6															G Cucelli	8	3	12	7	2
		RJ McCabe	2	4	1						G Cucelli	6	16	1	2	6
		Choy Wai-Chuen	1	3	3					5	J Drobný	4	14	6	6	3
	5	Jaroslav Drobný	6	6	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Ivo Rinkel	6	7	6
		Dick Guise	0	5	2						I Rinkel	7	6	3	5	6
	Q	Laurie Proctor	1	4	2						J Delire	5	1	6	7	8
		Jacques Delire	6	6	6															J Delire	2	3	3
		David Mockridge	1	2	4															J Harper	6	6	6
		Leslie Cater	6	6	6						L Cater	2	2	1
		Bernard Destremau	2	6	3	7	0				J Harper	6	6	6
		Jack Harper	6	0	6	5	6																						J Harper	5	0	4
		Gordon Fitt	6	5	6	6																						3	G Mulloy	7	6	6
		Billy Muller	1	7	1	2					G Fitt	2	1	4
		Mario Szavoszt	1	4	6	3					S Misra	6	6	6
		Sumant Misra	6	6	3	6														S Misra	6	4	1	6	4
	Q	Charles Dobbs	4	4	6	6													3	G Mulloy	2	6	6	3	6
		Hans Redl	6	6	3	8					H Redl	1	4	4
		Alejo Russell	2	4	3					3	G Mulloy	6	6	6
	3	Gardnar Mulloy	6	6	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Raymundo Deyro	6	6	6
		Dennis Slack	3	2	3						R Deyro	6	6	6
		Gwyn Tuckett	4	9	3	2				Q	L Dundas	0	3	3
	Q	Lawrence Dundas	6	7	6	6														R Deyro	6	6	3	1
		Subba Sawhney	2	5	4															F Sedgman	0	8	6	6
		Frank Sedgman	6	7	6						F Sedgman	6	6	6	5	7
		Marcello del Bello	6	7	2	6					M del Bello	3	2	8	7	5
		Paul Rémy	2	5	6	4																							F Sedgman	1	2	4
		Ignacy Tłoczyński	3	5	6																							7	R Falkenburg	6	6	6
		Dragutin Mitić	6	7	8						D Mitić	8	6	6	6
		Vojtěch Vodička	2	6	1	5					G Paish	6	8	2	1
		Geoffrey Paish	6	0	6	7														D Mitić	7	3	6	3	4
		George Godsell	5	8	6	0													7	R Falkenburg	5	6	4	6	6
		Alexandru Hamburger	7	10	1	6					A Hamburger	2	2	3
		Jacques Brichant	1	2	3					7	R Falkenburg	6	6	6
	7	Bob Falkenburg	6	6	6

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
		Jean-Pierre Blondel	1	3	1
		Marcel Coen	6	6	6						M Coen	9	6	5	6
		Mahmoud Alam	6	5	6	6					M Alam	7	4	7	3
		Béla Pető	3	7	4	3														M Coen	1	1	5
		Lennart Bergelin	6	6	8															L Bergelin	6	6	7
		Cliff Hovell	3	2	6						L Bergelin	4	6	6	7
	Q	Michael Clarke	3	4	3						H Weiss	6	1	1	5
		Heraldo Weiss	6	6	6																								L Bergelin	5	7	9	0	10
		Alan Coldham	4	6	7	6	7																					1	F Parker	7	5	7	6	8
		Gerry Oakley	6	2	9	4	5				A Coldham	2	2	5
		Peter Hare	2	0	4						C Kemp	6	6	7
		Cyril Kemp	6	6	6															C Kemp	0	1	0
	Q	Charles Fawcus	2	1	9	4													1	F Parker	6	6	6
		Finn Rune Karlsen	6	6	7	6					FR Karlsen	0	0	2
		Dennis Coombe	2	0	2					1	F Parker	6	6	6
	1	Frank Parker	6	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com