1938 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Don Budge and Gene Mako successfully defended their title, defeating Henner Henkel and Georg von Metaxa in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championship.[1][2]

Men's doubles
1938 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Don Budge
United States Gene Mako
Runners-upGermany Henner Henkel
Germany Georg von Metaxa
Score6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Details
Draw64 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Seeds edit

01.     Don Budge /   Gene Mako (champions)
02.     Ladislav Hecht /   Roderich Menzel (third round)
03.     Dragutin Mitić /   Franjo Punčec (second round)
04.     Henner Henkel /   Georg von Metaxa (final)

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

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 6 6
  Tod Hughan
  Hans van Swol
2 3 0
1   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 6 12
  Pat Hughes
  Frank Wilde
2 4 10
  Pat Hughes
  Frank Wilde
6 6 6 7
  František Cejnar
  Cam Malfroy
8 2 2 5
1   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 3 6 8
4   Henner Henkel
  Georg von Metaxa
4 6 3 6
  György Dallos
  Ottó Szigeti
4 6 7
4   Henner Henkel
  Georg von Metaxa
6 8 9
4   Henner Henkel
  Georg von Metaxa
7 6 6
  Franjo Kukuljević
  Josip Palada
5 2 4
  Franjo Kukuljević
  Josip Palada
6 10 6
  Brian Sturgeon
  Gwyn Tuckett
3 8 4

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Don Budge
  Gene Mako
6 6 6
  Léopold de Borman
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
3 4 4 1   D Budge
  G Mako
6 6 6
  Vladimir Landau
  Gaston Médécin
3 5 3   M Csikós
  H Kleinschroth
0 1 0
  Mihály Csikós
  Heinrich Kleinschroth
6 7 6 1   D Budge
  G Mako
6 6 7
  Kho Sin-Kie
  George Lyttleton-Rogers
6 6 4 6   J Borotra
  J Brugnon
3 4 5
  Murray Deloford
  Jimmy Jones
4 2 6 3   S-K Kho
  G Lyttleton-Rogers
2 14 6 6 2
  Guy Cooper
  Eric Peters
8 1 3   J Borotra
  J Brugnon
6 16 2 3 6
  Jean Borotra
  Jacques Brugnon
10 6 6 1   D Budge
  G Mako
6 6 6
  Reginald Bessemer-Clark
  Alan Coldham
4 6 10 2 0   T Hughan
  A van Swol
2 3 0
  Tamio Abe
  Kenneth Gandar-Dower
6 2 8 6 6   T Abe
  K Gandar-Dower
8 19 0
  Alexandru Hamburger
  Jean Moreau
6 2 2 3   C Hovell
  P Sherwood
10 21 6
  Cliff Hovell
  Pat Sherwood
3 6 6 6   C Hovell
  P Sherwood
5 1 5
  Tod Hughan
  Hans van Swol
2 6 6 6   T Hughan
  A van Swol
7 6 7
  Cecil Betts
  Jimmy Reddall
6 3 4 4   T Hughan
  A van Swol
6 6 4 3 6
Q   Maurice Lucking
  Desmond Morris
7 4 3 3   G Mohammad
  S Sawhney
3 3 6 6 4
  Ghaus Mohammad
  Subba Sawhney
5 6 6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Dragutin Mitić
  Franjo Punčec
6 6 5 6
  Alcides Procópio
  Laurie Shaffi
1 1 7 1 3   D Mitić
  F Punčec
6 2 4
  Rolf Göpfert
  Engelbert Koch
0 4 2   P Hughes
  F Wilde
8 6 6
  Pat Hughes
  Frank Wilde
6 6 6   P Hughes
  F Wilde
6 6 6
Q   Freddie Della Porta
  Leslie Walter
6 4 10 6   E Avory
  H Lee
3 3 3
  Dewar Brown
  Dennis Coombe
3 6 8 3 Q   A Della Porta
  L Walter
3 2 5
  Daniel Prenn
  Bill Robertson
2 4 4   E Avory
  H Lee
6 6 7
  Ted Avory
  Harry Lee
6 6 6   P Hughes
  F Wilde
6 6 6 7
  Hector Fisher
  Werner Steiner
6 6 6 4 6   F Cejnar
  C Malfroy
8 2 2 5
  Jimmy Hunt
  Colin Ritchie
2 8 4 6 2   H Fisher
  W Steiner
3 3 6 6 1
  John Olliff
  Bob Tinkler
6 6 6   J Olliff
  R Tinkler
6 6 3 1 6
Q   Jack Hamilton
  Derrick Leyland
3 2 4   J Olliff
  R Tinkler
1 5 2
  Laddie Wheatcroft
  Bill Manby
2 6 2 4   F Cejnar
  C Malfroy
6 7 6
  František Cejnar
  Cam Malfroy
6 4 6 6   F Cejnar
  C Malfroy
6 6 3 6
  Harley Watkins
  Mervyn Weston
7 3 7 4   Y Kuramitsu
  F Nakano
3 2 6 3
  Yasumine Kuramitsu
  Fumiteru Nakano
9 6 5 6

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Henri Bolelli
  Christian Boussus
7 6 6
  Edmund David
  Herman David
5 4 4   H Bolelli
  C Boussus
6 8 6
  Roland Morton
  Norman Taylor
2 1 6 4   H Hare
  C Lister
2 6 1
  Harold Hare
  Claude Lister
6 6 4 6   H Bolelli
  C Boussus
6 8 3 1
  György Dallos
  Ottó Szigeti
6 3 8 6   G Dallos
  O Szigeti
1 10 6 6
  Henry Billington
  Don Butler
4 6 6 3   G Dallos
  O Szigeti
6 7 6
  Raymond Egan
  Jack Van den Eynde
2 11 3   D Bull
  CF Duncan
3 5 2
  Derek Bull
  CF Duncan
6 13 6   G Dallos
  O Szigeti
4 6 7
  Charles Aeschlimann
  Walter Musgrove
0 6 2 6 3 4   H Henkel
  G von Metaxa
6 8 9
  Leonard Brooke Edwards
  Ranbir Singh
6 1 6 4 6   L Brooke Edwards
  R Singh
4 5 4
  Eric Filby
  Ronnie Shayes
6 4 8 8   E Filby
  R Shayes
6 7 6
  Hector Etchart
  Alejo Russell
4 6 6 6   E Filby
  R Shayes
3 2 7 2
  Sebastian Harreguy
  Eduardo Stanham
6 3 3 2 4   H Henkel
  G von Metaxa
6 6 5 6
  Dickie Ritchie
  Nigel Sharpe
4 6 6 6   R Ritchie
  N Sharpe
0 4 6
  Max Ellmer
  Boris Maneff
6 2 4 5 4   H Henkel
  G von Metaxa
6 6 8
4   Henner Henkel
  Georg von Metaxa
3 6 6 7

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
  Henry Burrows
  Jack Harrison
4 2 6 6 6
  George Godsell
  Jack Lysaght
6 6 3 2 8   G Godsell
  J Lysaght
3 4 6
  Choy Wai-Chuen
  Ho Jin
3 4 6   F Kukuljević
  J Palada
6 6 8
  Franjo Kukuljević
  Josip Palada
6 6 8   F Kukuljević
  J Palada
6 8 5 6
Q   Tommy Anderson
  TC Braithwaite
6 9 3 7   R Mulliken
  J Piercy
4 6 7 4
  PD Eeman
  Georgios Nikolaides
1 7 6 5 Q   T Anderson
  TC Braithwaite
5 5 4
  Bob Mulliken
  Jack Piercy
6 6 6   R Mulliken
  J Piercy
7 7 6
  Ralph Nichols
  David Williams
4 1 1   F Kukuljević
  J Palada
6 10 6
Q   Thomas Henderson-Brooks
  Guy Pettigrew
4 4 2   B Sturgeon
  G Tuckett
3 8 4
  Brian Sturgeon
  Gwyn Tuckett
6 6 6   B Sturgeon
  G Tuckett
6 9 7 6
  Owen Anderson
  Lawrence Nelson
3 6 6 6   O Anderson
  L Nelson
3 7 9 0
  Michael Condon
  Leonard King
6 0 3 2   B Sturgeon
  G Tuckett
8 6 6
  Ian Collins
  Donald MacPhail
6 6 6 2   L Hecht
  R Menzel
6 4 4
  Jock Findlay
  Lewis Michell
4 1 2   I Collins
  D MacPhail
7 1 3
  Alan Brown
  John Comery
3 4 6 2   L Hecht
  R Menzel
9 6 6
2   Ladislav Hecht
  Roderich Menzel
6 6 8

References edit

  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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