1939 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Don Budge and Alice Marble were the defending champions, but Budge was ineligible to compete after turning professional at the end of the 1938 season. Marble partnered with Bobby Riggs and defeated Frank Wilde and Nina Brown in the final, 9–7, 6–1 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Mixed doubles
1939 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Bobby Riggs
United States Alice Marble
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Frank Wilde
United Kingdom Nina Brown
Score9–7, 6–1
Details
Draw80 (5 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1938 · Wimbledon Championships · 1946 →

Seeds edit

01.     Elwood Cooke /   Sarah Fabyan (semifinals)
02.     Bobby Riggs /   Alice Marble (champions)
03.     Cam Malfroy /   Betty Nuthall (semifinals)
04.     Franjo Kukuljević /   Simonne Mathieu (fourth round)

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

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
2   Bobby Riggs
  Alice Marble
5 6 6
  Jimmy Jones
  Ermyntrude Harvey
7 1 3
2   Bobby Riggs
  Alice Marble
3 6 6
3   Cam Malfroy
  Betty Nuthall
6 2 4
3   Cam Malfroy
  Betty Nuthall
6 2 6
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  Josane de Meulemeester
3 6 4
2   Bobby Riggs
  Alice Marble
9 6
  Frank Wilde
  Nina Brown
7 1
  Don McNeill
  Kay Stammers
4 6 1
  Frank Wilde
  Nina Brown
6 3 6
  Frank Wilde
  Nina Brown
6 7
1   Elwood Cooke
  Sarah Fabyan
3 5
  Alejo Russell
  Freda Hammersley
5 6 2
1   Elwood Cooke
  Sarah Fabyan
7 3 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2   Bobby Riggs
  Alice Marble
6 6
  Cliff Hovell
  Denise Huntbach
3 1
2   R Riggs
  A Marble
6 6
  E Filby
  M Whitmarsh
0 3
  Helge Plougmann
  Phyllis Xydis
2 3
  Eric Filby
  Mary Whitmarsh
6 6
2   R Riggs
  A Marble
6 6
  R Mulliken
  S Kenyon
2 2
  Bob Mulliken
  Sheila Kenyon
6 6
  Ronnie Shayes
  Jean Saunders
3 3
  R Mulliken
  S Kenyon
6 4 6
Q   J Fulton
  L Fulton
4 6 4
  Jack Harrison
  Mary Sargeant
2 2
Q   John Fulton
  Lesley Fulton
6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Harold Hare
  Betty Batt
6 7
  György Dallos
  Alex McKelvie
4 5
  H Hare
  E Batt
  R Göpfert
  A Ullstein
w/o
  Rolf Göpfert
  Anneliese Ullstein
6 3 6
  Arnulf Schmidt
  Magda Berescu
2 6 1
  H Hare
  E Batt
2 4
  C Jones
  E Harvey
6 6
  Donald MacPhail
  Anita Ellis
6 6 6
  Bill Robertson
  Effie Peters
8 3 4
  D MacPhail
  A Ellis
2 3
  C Jones
  E Harvey
6 6
  Jean Borotra
  Peggy Scriven
6 1 4
  Jimmy Jones
  Ermyntrude Harvey
1 6 6

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Cam Malfroy
  Betty Nuthall
6 6
  Ottó Szigeti
  Klára Somogyi
4 2
3   C Malfroy
  B Nuthall
7 8
  D Mitić
  H Kovač
5 6
  Dragutin Mitić
  Hella Kovač
5 10 6
Q   B Butters
  Peggy Brace
7 8 3
3   C Malfroy
  B Nuthall
6 7
  J Olliff
  J Nicoll
3 5
  Hector Etchart
  Pamela Morison
  Jaroslav Drobný
  Eva Poráková
w/o
  H Etchart
  P Morison
3 3
  J Olliff
  J Nicoll
6 6
  John Olliff
  Jean Nicoll
10 6
  Tod Hughan
  Gem Hoahing
8 4

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
  Josane de Meulemeester
6 3 9
  Dennis Coombe
  Phyllis King
4 6 7   P Geelhand de Merxem
  J de Meulemeester
6 6
  Léopold de Borman
  Susan Noel
6 3 3 Q   H Whitney
  P Seaton
2 2
Q   Bert Whitney
  Pam Seaton
3 6 6   P Geelhand de Merxem
  J de Meulemeester
6 6
  Hans van Swol
  Dorothy Andrus
  M Ellmer
  A Weiwers
2 3
  Harold Hare
  Mary Hardwick
w/o   A van Swol
  D Andrus
8 8 7
  Max Ellmer
  Alice Weiwers
6 3 6   M Ellmer
  A Weiwers
6 10 9
  Neil Edwards
  Thelma Jarvis
1 6 4   P Geelhand de Merxem
  J de Meulemeester
6 1 6
  Don Butler
  Valerie Scott
4 9   C Boussus
  S Henrotin
4 6 3
  Bob Tinkler
  Margot Lumb
6 11   R Tinkler
  M Lumb
6 6
  Dewar Brown
  Rosemary Thomas
6 6   D Brown
  R Thomas
1 1
  Josef Šíba
  Elsie Pittman
3 3   R Tinkler
  M Lumb
5 4
  GI Bayley
  Audrey Roberts
4 8 7   C Boussus
  S Henrotin
7 6
  Georg von Metaxa
  Inge Schumann
6 6 5   GI Bayley
  A Roberts
4 3
  Jack Lysaght
  Billie Yorke
4 3   C Boussus
  S Henrotin
6 6
  Christian Boussus
  Sylvie Henrotin
6 6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Ignacy Tłoczyński
  Suzanne Pannetier
2 0
  Helmuth Gulcz
  Thilde Dietz
6 6   H Gulcz
  T Dietz
12 3
Q   GE Bean
  Betty Uber
2 1   D McNeill
  K Stammers
14 6
  Don McNeill
  Kay Stammers
6 6   D McNeill
  K Stammers
6 6
  Harry Lee
  Nancy Macpherson-Grant
1 4   H Henkel
  G Wheeler
4 3
  Henner Henkel
  Grace Wheeler
6 6   H Henkel
  G Wheeler
6 6
  Jock Findlay
  Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
2 6 3   J Comery
  A Cardinall
4 4
  John Comery
  Audrey Cardinall
6 3 6   D McNeill
  K Stammers
6 8
  Adam Baworowski
  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
7 4 9   F Punčec
  A Florian
3 6
  Owen Anderson
  Rita Jarvis
5 6 7   A Baworowski
  J Jędrzejowska
2 3
  Guy Cooper
  Evelyn Dearman
6 6   G Cooper
  E Dearman
6 6
  Herman David
  Mary Cartwright
2 3   G Cooper
  E Dearman
3 1
  Franjo Punčec
  Alicia Florian
7 3 9   F Punčec
  A Florian
6 6
  Pat Sherwood
  Elsa Haylock
5 6 7   F Punčec
  A Florian
6 6 6
  Bill Manby
  Joan Strawson
6 6   N Manby
  J Strawson
8 1 2
  Colin Ritchie
  Penny Durlac
2 2

The nationality of GE Bean is unknown.

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Jost Spitzer
  Gaby Curtis
6 2
  Frank Wilde
  Nina Brown
8 6
  F Wilde
  N Brown
7 6
  G Hone
  T Geddes
5 1
  Antoine Gentien
  Arlette Halff
5 6 1
  Garton Hone
  Thora Geddes
7 4 6
  F Wilde
  N Brown
6 3 6
4   F Kukuljević
  S Mathieu
3 6 3
  Murray Deloford
  Betty Clements
6 7
  Emil Gábori
  Vittoria Tonolli
4 5
  M Deloford
  E Clements
1 4
4   F Kukuljević
  S Mathieu
6 6
  Bobby Meredith
  Ruth Kirk
3 1
4   Franjo Kukuljević
  Simonne Mathieu
6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Hector Fisher
  Madzy Couquerque
3 1
  Alejo Russell
  Freda Hammersley
6 6
  A Russell
  F Hammersley
6 6
Q   R Nicoll
  A Wenyon
2 3
Q   Bobby Nicoll
  Audrey Wenyon
  Dickie Ritchie
  Patsy O'Connell
w/o
  A Russell
  F Hammersley
8 5 6
  G Canepele
  W San Donnino
6 7 2
  Eustace Fannin
  Joy Myerscough
3 9 6
  Jimmy Hunt
  Yvonne Law
6 7 8
  J Hunt
  Y Law
4 1
  G Canepele
  W San Donnino
6 6
  Vanni Canepele
  Wally San Donnino
8 8
  Ian Collins
  Lady Rowallan
6 6

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Edmund David
  Peggy Knight
  Kho Sin-Kie
  Diana Wood
w/o
  E David
  P Knight
1 2
  H Billington
  J Ingram
6 6
  Henry Billington
  Joan Ingram
6 7
  Jacques Brugnon
  Nancy Glover
1 5
  H Billington
  J Ingram
2 2
1   E Cooke
  S Fabyan
6 6
  Tommy Anderson
  Rosemary Smith
3 4
  Pat Hughes
  Dorothy Little
6 6
  P Hughes
  D Little
7 0 4
1   E Cooke
  S Fabyan
5 6 6
  Jack Van den Eynde
  Muriel Bray
4 4
1   Elwood Cooke
  Sarah Fabyan
6 6

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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