1936 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

In the 1936 Wimbledon Championships men's singles competition, Fred Perry successfully defended his title, defeating Gottfried von Cramm in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 to win the gentlemen's singles title.[1] Perry's victory was the last Wimbledon singles title won by a British male until Andy Murray won in 2013.

Men's singles
1936 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Fred Perry
Runner-upGermany Gottfried von Cramm
Score6–1, 6–1, 6–0
Details
Draw128 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1935 · Wimbledon Championships · 1937 →

Progress of the competition

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Perry was on the verge of turning professional, and his decision to compete in the Wimbledon singles first was a risky one because losing would have made him less attractive to the professional ranks, whilst winning would ensure financially beneficial offers. His semifinal against Don Budge was a much harder match than the final against second-seeded Gottfried von Cramm, who sustained an injury during the match but insisted on seeing it through to the conclusion.[2]

The second-best British player, number 7 seed Henry "Bunny" Austin, who was already thirty, was defeated by von Cramm in the semifinals, but two years later he would go on to be the last Briton to contest a Men's Singles final before Andy Murray did so in 2012[3]

Seeds

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01.     Fred Perry (champion)
02.     Gottfried von Cramm (final)
03.     Adrian Quist (quarterfinals)
04.     Wilmer Allison (quarterfinals)
05.     Don Budge (semifinals)
06.     Jack Crawford (quarterfinals)
07.     Bunny Austin (semifinals)
08.     Bryan Grant (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1   Fred Perry 6 6 6
8   Bryan Grant 4 3 1
1   Fred Perry 5 6 6 6
5   Don Budge 7 4 3 4
3   Adrian Quist 2 4 4
5   Don Budge 6 6 6
1   Fred Perry 6 6 6
2   Gottfried von Cramm 1 1 0
7   Bunny Austin 6 6 7
4   Wilmer Allison 1 4 5
7   Bunny Austin 6 3 6 3
2   Gottfried von Cramm 8 6 2 6
6   Jack Crawford 1 5 4
2   Gottfried von Cramm 6 7 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   Fred Perry 6 6 6
  Gerry Stratford 4 3 1 1   F Perry 6 6 6
  Jimmy Reddall 8 10 5 3   K Chatikavanij 3 2 2
  Kasom Chatikavanij 10 8 7 6 1   F Perry 6 6 6
Q   Roland Morton 3 6 2   J Van Ryn 3 2 0
  John Van Ryn 6 8 6   J Van Ryn 6 8 6
  David Williams 2 0 2   H Timmer 4 6 3
  Hendrik Timmer 6 6 6 1   F Perry 6 6 6
  Franjo Kukuljević 6 5 4   C Malfroy 2 2 4
  Cam Malfroy 8 7 6   C Malfroy 6 8 9 6
  Jack Lysaght 6 6 6   J Lysaght 3 6 11 2
Q   John Anderson 0 2 3   C Malfroy 6 6 7
  Jacques Jamain   J Jamain 0 4 5
  Jean Borotra w/o   J Jamain 7 6 6
  Bob Tinkler 6 6 3 2 2 Q   C Lister 5 2 3
Q   Claude Lister 2 3 6 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   Bryan Grant 5 3 7 6 6
  Henner Henkel 7 6 5 4 2 8   B Grant 4 6 6 6
  Arnold England 4 4 1   M Deloford 6 2 2 1
  Murray Deloford 6 6 6 8   B Grant 6 6 6
  Ted Avory 5 1 6 6 6   E Avory 4 2 4
  Henry Billington 7 6 4 1 3   E Avory 4 6 6 8
  Boris Maneff 7 9 1 6   B Maneff 6 4 4 6
Q   Ho Jin 5 7 6 1 8   B Grant 6 6 6
  George Godsell 5 4 0r   V McGrath 3 4 0
  Pierre Henri Landry 7 6 0   PH Landry 7 4 3 1
  Vivian McGrath 8 6 9   V McGrath 5 6 6 6
  Henry Purcell 6 0 7   V McGrath 6 2 6 12
  Léopold de Borman 2 2 6 6 6   L del Castillo 4 6 3 10
  Bill Robertson 6 6 3 4 4   L de Borman 1 6 2 6 4
  Choy Wai-Chuen 0 6 1 4   L del Castillo 6 4 6 4 6
  Lucilo del Castillo 6 1 6 6

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Adrian Quist 6 6 6
  Norman Taylor 2 0 4 3   A Quist 8 6 6
  George Lyttleton-Rogers 3 6 1 1   M Ellmer 6 3 3
  Max Ellmer 6 3 6 6 3   A Quist 6 6 6
  Tod Hughan 1 2 3   E Ito 0 0 3
  Eikishi Ito 6 6 6   E Ito 6 6 6
  Adam Baworowski 3 6 6 2 3   J Haanes 2 2 2
  Johan Haanes 6 3 4 6 6 3   A Quist 6 7 9
  Yvon Petra 6 6 6   D Butler 3 5 7
  Donald MacPhail 4 2 4   Y Petra 6 6 6
  Josip Palada w/o   M-M Bhandari 3 3 2
  Man-Mohan Bhandari   Y Petra 6 6 0 6
  Nigel Sharpe 6 6 6   D Butler 3 8 6 8
  Hal Surface 4 2 1   N Sharpe 5 6 6 2 8
  Don Butler 7 6 6   D Butler 7 3 4 6 10
  Laird Watt 5 2 3

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   Don Budge 6 6 6
  Harold Hare 1 1 4 5   D Budge 6 6 6
  Ian Collins 6 6 6   I Collins 2 2 1
Q   Stanley Stewart 4 3 2 5   D Budge 6 6 6
  Dickie Ritchie 7 6 6 0 0   J Lesueur 1 1 1
  Jacques Brugnon 5 4 8 6 6   J Brugnon 7 3 6 5 0r
  Laddie Wheatcroft 1 8 6 1   J Lesueur 5 6 4 7 1
  Jean Lesueur 6 10 4 6 5   D Budge 6 6 6
  Pat Hughes 9 6 3 6 8   J Caska 3 0 4
  Kho Sin-Kie 11 4 6 3 6   P Hughes 6 5 6 0r
  Georgios Nikolaides 5 2 5   G Cooper 3 7 2
  Guy Cooper 7 6 7   G Cooper 1 1 6 3
  Josef Caska 8 6 1 6   J Caska 6 6 2 6
  Henry Burrows 6 2 6 1   J Caska 6 6 6
Q   Leslie Newman 6 6 5 0 Q   A Coldham 2 1 1
Q   Alan Coldham 4 8 7 6

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Charles Aeschlimann 1 1 2
  Buster Andrews 6 6 6   E Andrews 6 3 4
  Paul Féret 6 8 8   P Féret 3 6 6
  John Olliff 4 6 6   P Féret 1 6 6
  André Martin-Legeay 7 2 6 7   A Martin-Legeay 6 8 8
  Herman David 5 6 4 5   A Martin-Legeay 3 6 6 6
  Josef Šíba 6 6 6   J Šíba 6 4 4 1
  Lum Pao-Hua 2 2 2   A Martin-Legeay 4 1 2
  Bernard Destremau 3 4 6 6 6 7   H Austin 6 6 6
Q   John Comery 6 6 1 0 3   B Destremau 5 6 5 2
  Georg von Metaxa 10 2 3 4   R Tuckey 7 3 7 6
  Raymond Tuckey 8 6 6 6   R Tuckey 2 1 3
  Cliff Sproule 6 6 4 6 7   H Austin 6 6 6
  Colin Ritchie 4 4 6 3   C Sproule 3 4 1
  Pat Spence 7 0 3 1 7   H Austin 6 6 6
7   Bunny Austin 5 6 6 6

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Pat Sherwood 6 3 3 4
  Kay Lund 2 6 6 6   K Lund 3 6 3 2
  Helge Plougmann 4 4 2   C Jones 6 4 6 6
  Jimmy Jones 6 6 6   C Jones 7 7 6
  Lazaros Stalios 2 2 2   P Pellizza 5 5 2
  Pierre Pellizza 6 6 6   P Pellizza 6 6 6
  Walter Michelmore 6 2 6 6   W Michelmore 0 1 0
  Vladimir Landau 4 6 4 3   C Jones 8 4 6 5
  Josef Knottenbelt 4 3 2 4   W Allison 10 6 1 7
  Eric Peters 6 6 6   E Peters 6 2 5 2
  Jack Van den Eynde 6 6 6 6   J Van den Eynde 3 6 7 6
  Jack Harrison 8 0 3 3   J Van den Eynde 6 5 5
  Edmund David 3 1 7 2 4   W Allison 8 7 7
  David Jones 6 6 5 6   D Jones 12 3 4
  Bob Mulliken 4 4 3 4   W Allison 14 6 6
4   Wilmer Allison 6 6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Hector Fisher 6 6 7
  Emil Gábori 4 2 5   H Fisher 1 1 2
  Frank Wilde 6 2 4 6   A Stedman 6 6 6
  Alan Stedman 4 6 6 8   A Stedman 3 4 4
  Merrimon Cuninggim 1 2 8 6 3   H Lee 6 6 6
  Hans van Swol 6 6 6 3 6   A van Swol 2 3 4
  Bill Breese 4 1 1   H Lee 6 6 6
  Harry Lee 6 6 6   H Lee 5 4 7
  Antoine Gentien w/o 6   J Crawford 7 6 9
  Richard Turnbull   R Turnbull 6 4 0
  Kenneth Gandar-Dower 6 4 6 6   K Gandar-Dower 8 6 6
  George McVeagh 1 6 3 1   K Gandar-Dower 1 2 3
  Charles Hare 6 6 6 6   J Crawford 6 6 6
  Józef Hebda 4 2 4   C Hare 3 2 6
(No citizenship) Daniel Prenn 1 3 4 6   J Crawford 6 6 8
6   Jack Crawford 6 6 6

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Adriano Zappa 1 3 4
  Enrique Maier 6 6 6   E Maier 6 6 6
  Charles Kingsley 6 2 3 0 Q   H Weatherall 4 3 1
Q   Henry Weatherall 2 6 6 6   E Maier 6 6 6
  Eric Filby 0 6 2 7 4   G Meredith 1 2 2
  Ronnie Shayes 6 3 6 5 6   R Shayes 4 7 5
  Franjo Punčec w/o   G Meredith 6 9 7
  Bobby Meredith   E Maier 8 2 6 2
  Laurie Shaffi 3 0 4 2   G von Cramm 10 6 2 6
  Gene Mako 6 6 6   G Mako w/o
  Fritz Jenssen 4 3 2   C Boussus
  Christian Boussus 6 6 6   C Boussus 4 3 2
  Ladislav Hecht 4 6 6 6 2   G von Cramm 6 6 6
  Robert Murray 6 3 4 2   L Hecht 4 3 4
Q   Gerry France 2 0 1 2   G von Cramm 6 6 6
2   Gottfried von Cramm 6 6 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ Kevin Jefferys (1 June 2017). Fred Perry: British Tennis Legend. Pitch Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-78531-291-5.
  3. ^ Himmat. R.M. Lala. 1977. p. 19.
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Men's Singles
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