1939 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles explained

Score:9–7, 6–1
Draw:80 (5)
Seeds:4
After Name:Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles
Before Name:Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles
After Year:1946
Type:grand slam

See main article: 1939 Wimbledon Championships. 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]

Seeds

See also: 1 and 8. Elwood Cooke / Sarah Fabyan (semifinals)

See also: 2 and 1. Bobby Riggs / Alice Marble (champions)

See also: 3 and 3. Cam Malfroy / Betty Nuthall (semifinals)

See also: 4 and 6. Franjo Kukuljević / Simonne Mathieu (fourth round)

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

The nationality of GE Bean is unknown.

Section 8

Notes and References

  1. 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Book: Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. 2014. Vision Sports Publishing. 9-781909-534230. 4th.